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• Urawa Reds host Cerezo Osaka on 2025-05-28 at 11:30 GMT, as part of week 22 of the 2025's J1 League in Saitama Stadium 2002.
• Recent managerial H2H between M. Skorża and A. Papastamatis over 1 match, record stands at 0-0, with 1 draw.
• After 19 matchdays, Urawa Reds sit 5th with 30 points and Cerezo Osaka are 8th having collected 25 points.
• Urawa Reds and Cerezo Osaka will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
• We're predicting Urawa Reds to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Cerezo Osaka are expected to line up in 3-4-2-1.
• In their last outing, Urawa Reds's highest-rated performer was R. Watanabe (7.7), while Cerezo Osaka's standout was K. Fukui (7.7).
• Both teams are coming from different results: Urawa Reds fell 1-2 against Nagoya Grampus, while Cerezo Osaka prevailed 2-0 over Avispa Fukuoka.
• Momentum favors Cerezo Osaka (4-0-1) after Urawa Reds managed only 1-2-2 from 5 matches.
• Cerezo Osaka hold the upper hand H2H: of 41 meetings, they've triumphed 18 times, conceded 12 times and shared 11 draws.
• Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Cerezo Osaka to win 2-1, despite Urawa Reds's 7-0-2 home form - Cerezo Osaka's strong 3-1-5 record away with 1.22 goals/game does the trick.

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