V-Varen NagasakiAttacking momentumCerezo Osaka
Preview
- Matchweek 4 of the 2026 J1 League brings V-Varen Nagasaki against Cerezo Osaka on 2026-02-28 (kick-off 08:00 GMT).
- With the data available to us, Takuya Takagi and A. Papastamatis have not met as managers before.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have accumulated 3 points to lie 8th whereas Cerezo Osaka have 4 points to sit 6th.
- There are no injury or suspension concerns for either V-Varen Nagasaki or Cerezo Osaka.
- Forecasting a three-man defense for V-Varen Nagasaki (3-4-2-1), while Cerezo Osaka are predicted to deploy a 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw N. Campbell lead V-Varen Nagasaki with a 8.9 TheyScored rating, and A. Ohata top-rating for Cerezo Osaka at 7.9.
- Conflicting outcomes: V-Varen Nagasaki triumphed 3-1 over Nagoya Grampus, while Cerezo Osaka went down 1-2 to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
- Neither side is flying – V-Varen Nagasaki 2-1-2 and Cerezo Osaka 1-1-3 over the last 5 matches.
- Cerezo Osaka lead this rivalry - 4 wins from 6 matches versus V-Varen Nagasaki (who've won just 2 games), alongside 0 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as V-Varen Nagasaki's 1.00 goals/game at home balance out Cerezo Osaka's 0.50 away scoring.
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Match Info
Team Kits
V-Varen Nagasaki
Cerezo Osaka
Events
| 25' | Card upgrade | Dion Cools-VAR | |
| 26' | D. Cools | ||
| 38' | 1 - 0 | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
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| 66' | S. Hatanaka | ||
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| 89' | Diego Pituca | ||
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V-Varen Nagasaki is going head to head with Cerezo Osaka on 28/2/2026 08:00 GMT for the Japan J1 League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and V-Varen Nagasaki v Cerezo Osaka H2H statistics!