Japanese J.League

FT Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Fagiano Okayama LLWWL 2
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Cerezo Osaka WLLWW 1
1st2ndT
OKA112
CER101
Yodoko Sakura Stadium · 13,230 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
2
44.6
Possession
55.4
11
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
268
Accurate Passes
339
358
Passes
447
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
74
Long Balls
70
26
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
6
22
Effective Clearances
24
22
Clearances
24

Head to Head

CER leads series 2-0

Lineups

CER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 10Shunta TanakaCD-L
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-R
  4. 66Ayumu OhataLB
  5. 27Dion CoolsRB
  6. 13Motohiko NakajimaAM
  7. 5Hinata KidaLM
  8. 18Nelson IshiwatariRM
  9. 9Soromon SakuragawaF
  10. 14Yumeki YokoyamaAM-L
  11. 11ThiagoAM-R

OKA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lennart MoserG
  2. 18Daichi TagamiCD
  3. 2Kota KudoCD-L
  4. 48Yugo TatsutaCD-R
  5. 5Kosei OguraCM-L
  6. 41Eiji MiyamotoCM-R
  7. 88Towa YamaneLM
  8. 28Masaya MatsumotoRM
  9. 98WerikF
  10. 8Ataru EsakaCF-L
  11. 22Kazunari IchimiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Goal - Header at 19'
  2. 30' Kota Kudo (Fagiano Okayama) Yellow Card at 30'
  3. 45' Werik (Fagiano Okayama) Goal - Header at 45'
  4. 45' Hiroshi Omori (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 45'
  5. 51' Hiroshi Omori (Fagiano Okayama) Yellow Card at 51'
  6. 59' Lucas Marcos Meireles (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 59'
  7. 59' Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 59'
  8. 60' Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 60'
  9. 69' Towa Yamane (Fagiano Okayama) Goal at 69'
  10. 71' Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 71'
  11. 71' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 71'
  12. 75' Takaya Kimura (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 75'
  13. 75' Haruka Motoyama (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 75'
  14. 84' Wigi Kanemoto (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 84'
  15. 87' Kaito Fujii (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 87'

Japanese J1 League News

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