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Albirex Niigata v Cerezo Osaka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 2nd Mar, 05:00 BST, Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Cerezo Osaka pay J-League rivals Albirex Niigata a visit on Sunday morning, as Arthur Thomas Papastamatis guides his side into an away clash with Daisuke Sudo & co. at the Denka Big Swan Stadium. For each and every J-League match preview, KickOff delves into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Important stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside odds.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Albirex
34%
--
Draw
26%
--
Cerezo
40%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Cerezo 1-0
9%
--
Cerezo 2-1
9%
--
Albirex 1-0
9%
--
Albirex 2-1
8%
--
Cerezo 2-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Albirex 2-0
6%
--
Cerezo 3-1
4%
--
Albirex 3-1
3%
--
Cerezo 3-0
3%
--
Cerezo 3-2
3%
--
Albirex 3-2
2%
--
Albirex 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
60%
--
Away/draw
66%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
52%
--
Away DNB
58%
--
Albirex win to nil
18%
--
Cerezo win to nil
21%
--
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Albirex
Cerezo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kawasaki110043 
Aug 16
Jun 25
Oct 25
May 18
2
Cerezo Away110033 
Mar 2
Aug 11
-
-
3
Fagiano110023 
Oct 4
May 18
Apr 2
Oct 18
4
Hiroshima110013 
Jul 20
Apr 29
Aug 31
Apr 6
5
Tokyo110013 
May 3
Dec 6
Apr 20
Jun 14
6
Shonan110013 
May 25
Nov 8
Feb 22
Jul 19
7
Kashiwa110013 
Nov 30
Apr 26
Sep 20
Feb 26
8
Shimizu110013 
Sep 13
Feb 22
Jun 1
Nov 8
9
Albirex Home101001 
-
-
Aug 11
Mar 2
10
Yokohama FM101001 
Jun 15
d
 
1-1F
May 11
Nov 30
11
Urawa Reds101001 
May 11
Aug 31
Mar 28
May 28
12
Vissel Kobe101001 
Oct 25
Apr 6
Aug 23
Jun 25
13
Machida1001-10 
Jun 29
Mar 15
Apr 29
Aug 16
14
Kashima1001-10 
Aug 23
Feb 26
Apr 12
Sep 23
15
Avispa1001-10 
Apr 2
Jun 21
May 24
Sep 13
16
Tokyo Verdy1001-10 
Mar 8
Oct 18
Jun 21
Apr 25
17
Yokohama1001-10 
Apr 13
Sep 20
Dec 6
Mar 15
18
Kyoto Sanga1001-20 
Apr 19
Jul 5
Sep 27
May 3
19
Gamba Osaka1001-30 
Mar 29
Sep 27
Jul 5
w
 
2-5F
20
Nagoya1001-40 
Sep 23
May 31
Mar 8
Oct 4
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Albirex have lost 4 consecutive home league games
3
Albirex have failed to score in 3 consecutive home league games
Albirex 9TH
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Albirex0 - 1Gamba Osaka
Albirex0 - 2Tokyo Verdy
Albirex0 - 4Kashima
Albirex2 - 3Vissel Kobe
Albirex3 - 1Shonan
Albirex0 - 0Machida
Albirex2 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Albirex2 - 2Jubilo Iwata
Albirex3 - 4Sagan Tosu
Albirex2 - 2Kawasaki
Albirex1 - 2Avispa
Albirex3 - 1Yokohama FM
Albirex2 - 4Urawa Reds
Albirex1 - 1Hiroshima
Albirex1 - 3Tokyo
Albirex1 - 1Sapporo
Albirex0 - 1Cerezo
Albirex1 - 1Kashiwa
Albirex1 - 0Nagoya
Albirex1 - 0Cerezo
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAlbirex1 - 1Yokohama FM
AAlbirex0 - 0Urawa Reds
HAlbirex0 - 1Gamba Osaka
AAlbirex1 - 1Kashiwa
HAlbirex0 - 2Tokyo Verdy
AAlbirex0 - 0Yokohama FM
HAlbirex0 - 4Kashima
AAlbirex1 - 5Kawasaki
HAlbirex2 - 3Vissel Kobe
AAlbirex0 - 3Nagoya
HAlbirex3 - 1Shonan
HAlbirex0 - 0Machida
AAlbirex1 - 0Avispa
HAlbirex2 - 0Kyoto Sanga
HAlbirex2 - 2Jubilo Iwata
AAlbirex2 - 1Cerezo
AAlbirex0 - 2Tokyo
HAlbirex3 - 4Sagan Tosu
AAlbirex1 - 0Sapporo
AAlbirex1 - 1Hiroshima
Cerezo 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gamba Osaka2 - 5Cerezo
Tokyo3 - 0Cerezo
Sapporo1 - 1Cerezo
Urawa Reds0 - 1Cerezo
Shonan1 - 2Cerezo
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Cerezo
Yokohama FM4 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima2 - 0Cerezo
Kawasaki1 - 1Cerezo
Tokyo Verdy1 - 1Cerezo
Jubilo Iwata1 - 1Cerezo
Kyoto Sanga1 - 1Cerezo
Avispa0 - 3Cerezo
Machida2 - 1Cerezo
Gamba Osaka1 - 0Cerezo
Nagoya2 - 1Cerezo
Albirex0 - 1Cerezo
Kashiwa1 - 1Cerezo
Sagan Tosu0 - 2Cerezo
Kashima1 - 1Cerezo
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACerezo5 - 2Gamba Osaka
ACerezo0 - 3Tokyo
HCerezo0 - 2Kashima
HCerezo1 - 0Avispa
ACerezo1 - 1Sapporo
HCerezo1 - 2Jubilo Iwata
ACerezo1 - 0Urawa Reds
HCerezo1 - 0Gamba Osaka
HCerezo0 - 0Kashiwa
ACerezo2 - 1Shonan
ACerezo1 - 2Vissel Kobe
ACerezo0 - 4Yokohama FM
HCerezo3 - 5Kyoto Sanga
ACerezo0 - 2Hiroshima
HCerezo0 - 0Machida
HCerezo1 - 2Albirex
ACerezo1 - 1Kawasaki
ACerezo1 - 1Tokyo Verdy
HCerezo2 - 1Nagoya
HCerezo1 - 0Sagan Tosu
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Albirex Niigata of late. It has been 8 J-League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday morning against Cerezo Osaka.

Albirex 9th Cerezo 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Albirex will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Cerezo will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Albirex’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-1
Cerezo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
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Albirex
PG (predicted goals)
Cerezo
1.3
1.4
Attack rating
ALB
CER
34%
better
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Games scored1
1
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
1
Goals scored1
5
Avg. goals scored1
5
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal9
2
Conversion rate for11
56
Avg. XG for1.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
5%
better
ALB
CER
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Games conceded1
1
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded1
2
Avg. goals conceded1
2
Avg. shots/game conceded4
14
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
7
Conversion rate against25%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+5%

Albirex v Cerezo J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Albirex J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1110
K FujitaS OtaK Hashimoto
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Fujita GLK1
-
M Fitzgerald DEF1
-
K Hashimoto DEF11
-
H Inamura DEF1
-
T Arai MID1
-
Y Takagi MID1
-
J. Okumura MID1
-
M Hasegawa MID1
-
Y Hoshi MID1
-
E Miyamoto MID1
-
S Fujiwara MID1
-
K Taniguchi FWD1
-
K Yamura FWD1
-
Y Komi FWD1
-
S Ota FWD11
-
Y Wakatsuki FWD1
-
Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1210
J KimS KitanoS Kagawa 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Kim GLK1
-
T Nakamura DEF1
-
S Hatanaka DEF1
-
K Funaki DEF1
-
H Okuda DEF1
-
R Shindo DEF1
-
R Nishio DEF1
-
H Kida MID1
-
S Kagawa  MID111
-
L Fernandes MID1
-
S Tanaka MID11
-
M Nakajima FWD11
-
T Andrade FWD1
-
R Sakata FWD1
-
S Kitano FWD121
-
R Ratão FWD1
-