Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, May 23, 2026
Cerezo Osaka WLWWW 3
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Fagiano Okayama WLWWL 2
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CER123
OKA022
City Light Stadium · 13,980 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
3
49.6
Possession
50.4
14
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
217
320
Passes
313
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
7
9
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
60
22
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
13
45
Effective Clearances
12
45
Clearances
12

Head to Head

CER leads series 2-1

Lineups

OKA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 52Taro HamadaG
  2. 48Yugo TatsutaCD
  3. 43Yoshitake SuzukiCD-L
  4. 6Hiroshi OmoriCD-R
  5. 5Kosei OguraCM-L
  6. 41Eiji MiyamotoCM-R
  7. 88Towa YamaneLM
  8. 51Kosuke ShiraiRM
  9. 98WerikF
  10. 8Ataru EsakaCF-L
  11. 27Takaya KimuraCF-R

CER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 44Shinnosuke HatanakaCD-L
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-R
  4. 66Ayumu OhataLB
  5. 27Dion CoolsRB
  6. 13Motohiko NakajimaAM
  7. 10Shunta TanakaLM
  8. 18Nelson IshiwatariRM
  9. 11ThiagoF
  10. 14Yumeki YokoyamaAM-L
  11. 48Masaya ShibayamaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 8'
  2. 37' Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 37'
  3. 54' Leonardo Andriel dos Santos (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 54'
  4. 56' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 56'
  5. 61' Jun Nishikawa (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 61'
  6. 61' Masaya Matsumoto (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 61'
  7. 61' Lucas Marcos Meireles (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 61'
  8. 62' Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 62'
  9. 64' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 64'
  10. 64' Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 64'
  11. 71' Leonardo Andriel dos Santos (Fagiano Okayama) Goal at 71'
  12. 77' Yoshitake Suzuki (Fagiano Okayama) Yellow Card at 77'
  13. 80' Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 80'
  14. 80' Kyohei Yoshino (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 80'
  15. 81' Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 81'
  16. 83' Ryo Takeuchi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 83'
  17. 85' Hiroshi Omori (Fagiano Okayama) Yellow Card at 85'
  18. 90' Leonardo Andriel dos Santos (Fagiano Okayama) Goal at 90'
  19. 90'+3' Hayato Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 93'

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