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Cerezo Osaka v Urawa Reds : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 28th Mar, 10:00 BST, KINCHO Stadium, Osaka

Cerezo Osaka and their manager Arthur Thomas Papastamatis will be hoping for victory against Maciej Skorza and his Urawa Reds side on Friday morning, as the pair meet at the KINCHO Stadium in the J-League. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with J-League performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of Cerezo and Urawa Reds serving up a minimum of a couple of goals in this J-League clash. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are factored into that calculation , and the bookies like the look of it as a tip too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.30.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cerezo are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.75.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cerezo
37%
7/4-
Draw
26%
9/4-
Urawa Reds
37%
13/8-
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1-
Urawa Reds 1-0
10%
15/2-
Cerezo 1-0
9%
8/1-
Urawa Reds 2-1
8%
9/1-
Cerezo 2-1
8%
9/1-
Draw 0-0
7%
17/2-
Urawa Reds 2-0
6%
12/1-
Cerezo 2-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Urawa Reds 3-1
4%
20/1-
Cerezo 3-1
4%
20/1-
Urawa Reds 3-0
3%
25/1-
Cerezo 3-0
3%
25/1-
Urawa Reds 3-2
2%
28/1-
Cerezo 3-2
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
1/1-
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
4/5-
Home 1st Goal
48%
11/10-
Away 1st Goal
48%
5/6-
No 1st Goal
5%
17/2-
BTTS - Yes
54%
3/4-
BTTS - No
46%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
9/2-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/2-
Home/draw
63%
4/9-
Away/draw
63%
2/5-
Home/away
74%
1/3-
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/10-
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
12/5-
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
12/5
3%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
3/10
1%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
6/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/10-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
5%
-
Home DNB
55%
5/6-
Away DNB
56%
5/6-
Cerezo win to nil
19%
7/2-
Urawa Reds win to nil
20%
10/3-
Cerezo / Cerezo
19%
7/2-
Cerezo / Urawa Reds
3%
28/1-
Cerezo / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Cerezo
14%
5/1-
Draw / Urawa Reds
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1-
Urawa Reds / Cerezo
3%
28/1-
Urawa Reds / Urawa Reds
19%
10/3-
Urawa Reds / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Cerezo
Urawa Reds
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima6411813 
Apr 12
Sep 23
Sep 20
d
 
1-1F
2
Machida6402312 
Apr 29
Aug 16
Oct 25
Apr 13
3
Hiroshima5320311 
Aug 31
Apr 6
Apr 25
Nov 8
4
Kashiwa6321211 
Sep 20
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-2A
Aug 22
5
Shonan6321211 
l
 
1-2A
Jul 19
Jul 23
l
 
2-1A
6
Avispa630309 
May 24
Sep 13
Jul 27
Apr 6
7
Gamba Osaka6303-49 
Jul 5
w
 
2-5F
May 6
Sep 13
8
Kawasaki522148 
Oct 25
May 18
Dec 6
May 21
9
Fagiano622228 
Apr 2
Oct 18
w
 
1-0F
Nov 30
10
Shimizu622218 
Jun 1
Nov 8
Apr 2
Sep 23
11
Kyoto Sanga6222-18 
Sep 27
May 3
Apr 16
d
 
1-1A
12
Tokyo6213-17 
Apr 20
Jun 14
May 17
Jul 19
13
Yokohama6213-17 
Dec 6
l
 
2-0A
Jun 1
Aug 9
14
Tokyo Verdy6213-47 
Jun 21
Apr 25
May 3
Sep 27
15
Yokohama FM513116 
May 11
Nov 30
Apr 20
Oct 18
16
Vissel Kobe513106 
Aug 23
May 6
Oct 4
d
 
0-00-0
17
Urawa Reds Away6132-26 
Mar 28
May 28
-
-
18
Cerezo Home6123-15 
-
-
May 28
Mar 28
19
Albirex6033-43 
Aug 11
d
 
2-2A
Aug 31
May 11
20
Nagoya6024-82 
d
 
1-1F
Oct 4
Aug 16
May 24
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Cerezo have not won in 5 consecutive league games
8
Urawa Reds have not won in 8 consecutive away league games
Cerezo 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cerezo1 - 1Nagoya
Cerezo1 - 2Shonan
Cerezo0 - 2Kashima
Cerezo1 - 0Avispa
Cerezo1 - 2Jubilo Iwata
Cerezo1 - 0Gamba Osaka
Cerezo0 - 0Kashiwa
Cerezo3 - 5Kyoto Sanga
Cerezo0 - 0Machida
Cerezo1 - 2Albirex
Cerezo2 - 1Nagoya
Cerezo1 - 0Sagan Tosu
Cerezo2 - 1Urawa Reds
Cerezo1 - 1Hiroshima
Cerezo1 - 4Vissel Kobe
Cerezo1 - 1Sapporo
Cerezo2 - 2Yokohama FM
Cerezo1 - 0Kawasaki
Cerezo2 - 0Shonan
Cerezo2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACerezo0 - 2Yokohama
HCerezo1 - 1Nagoya
ACerezo2 - 2Albirex
ACerezo1 - 2Kashiwa
HCerezo1 - 2Shonan
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
Urawa Reds 17TH
20 league games
Away
8
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
Draw
9
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kashima1 - 1Urawa Reds
Shonan2 - 1Urawa Reds
Kyoto Sanga1 - 1Urawa Reds
Vissel Kobe0 - 0Urawa Reds
Avispa1 - 0Urawa Reds
Yokohama FM0 - 0Urawa Reds
Tokyo Verdy2 - 1Urawa Reds
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Urawa Reds
Gamba Osaka0 - 1Urawa Reds
Machida2 - 2Urawa Reds
Kashima0 - 0Urawa Reds
Sagan Tosu1 - 1Urawa Reds
Kyoto Sanga0 - 0Urawa Reds
Nagoya0 - 1Urawa Reds
Cerezo2 - 1Urawa Reds
Jubilo Iwata1 - 1Urawa Reds
Albirex2 - 4Urawa Reds
Kawasaki3 - 1Urawa Reds
Kashiwa1 - 0Urawa Reds
Tokyo2 - 1Urawa Reds
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUrawa Reds1 - 1Kashima
HUrawa Reds1 - 0Fagiano
HUrawa Reds0 - 2Kashiwa
AUrawa Reds1 - 2Shonan
AUrawa Reds1 - 1Kyoto Sanga
AUrawa Reds0 - 0Vissel Kobe
HUrawa Reds0 - 0Albirex
AUrawa Reds0 - 1Avispa
HUrawa Reds1 - 1Kawasaki
HUrawa Reds3 - 0Hiroshima
AUrawa Reds0 - 0Yokohama FM
HUrawa Reds1 - 0Kashiwa
AUrawa Reds1 - 2Tokyo Verdy
HUrawa Reds0 - 1Cerezo
AUrawa Reds0 - 1Vissel Kobe
HUrawa Reds0 - 2Tokyo
AUrawa Reds1 - 0Gamba Osaka
AUrawa Reds2 - 2Machida
AUrawa Reds0 - 0Kashima
AUrawa Reds1 - 1Sagan Tosu
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Cerezo have beaten Urawa Reds in 5 consecutive home league meetings
5
Cerezo have not lost to Urawa Reds in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Cerezo since 2018
Cerezo
Urawa Reds
Goals: Scored
12
4
Games: Scored
7 / 7
3 / 7
Clean sheets
4 / 7
0 / 7
CER
5
D
1
URA
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cerezo
Cerezo2 - 1
Cerezo2 - 0
Cerezo2 - 0
Cerezo1 - 0
Cerezo3 - 0
1 - 2Urawa Reds
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Urawa Reds since 2018
Urawa Reds
Cerezo
Goals: Scored
9
8
Games: Scored
5 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
2 / 7
CER
4
URA
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Urawa Reds
0 - 1Cerezo
Urawa Reds2 - 1
0 - 1Cerezo
Urawa Reds2 - 0
Urawa Reds3 - 1
1 - 2Cerezo
1 - 2Cerezo
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Urawa Reds of late. It has been 9 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 Friday morning against Cerezo Osaka.

Cerezo 18th Urawa Reds 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Cerezo will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Urawa Reds will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-16
Cerezo have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted
-34
Urawa Reds have scored 34% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/289691/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Cerezo
PG (predicted goals)
Urawa Reds
1.3
1.3
Attack rating
40%
better
CER
URA
view stats
Games scored5
4
Failed to score1
2
Scored first3
2
Goals scored10
4
Avg. goals scored1.7
0.7
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal5
15
Conversion rate for19
7
Avg. XG for1.4
1
KickOff rating
+40%
Defence rating
CER
URA
37%
better
view stats
Games conceded6
4
Clean sheets0
2
Conceded first3
3
Goals conceded11
6
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
15%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.1
KickOff rating
+37%

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

Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6421
J KimS KitanoL FernandesS Tanaka
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Kim GLK6
-
K Funaki DEF6
-
H Okuda DEF6
-
L Fernandes MID62
-
S Tanaka MID61
1
-
M Nakajima FWD621
-
R Sakata FWD6
-
S Kitano FWD641
-
R Ratão FWD61
-
S Hatanaka DEF5
-
R Nishio DEF51
-
H Kida MID5
1
-
T Andrade FWD5
1
-
V Bueno MID4
-
M Shibayama MID4
-
R Shindo DEF31
1
-
N. Takahashi Cendagorta DEF3
1
-
S Kagawa  MID311
-
K Noborizato DEF2
1
-
T Nakamura DEF1
-
S Uejo MID1
-
H Okuno MID1
1
-
Urawa Reds J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6311
S NishikawaThiagoK YasuiM Savio
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Nishikawa GLK6
-
D Boza DEF6
-
M Höibraten DEF6
-
G Haraguchi MID6
-
K Yasui MID61
-
T Matsumoto MID611
-
M Savio MID6
1
-
T Sekine MID61
-
Thiago FWD63
1
-
T Kaneko FWD6
1
-
T Ogiwara DEF5
-
S Gustafson MID5
1
-
Y Matsuo FWD5
-
M Nagakura FWD4
-
N Maeda FWD3
-
Y Naganuma MID2
-
R Watanabe MID2
-
H Ishihara DEF1
-
R Inoue DEF1
-
S Nakajima MID1
-
T Okubo FWD1
-
R Nitta FWD1
-