Cerezo Osaka vs Fagiano Okayama, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

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Cerezo Osaka

20': Soromon Sakuragawa
24': Yumeki Yokoyama

FT
2 - 1

Fagiano Okayama

8': Noah Browne

About

Cerezo Osaka are hosting Fagiano Okayama at Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

8': Noah Browne (Fagiano Okayama) Goal at 8'
20': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 20'
24': Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 24'
45': Oberdan (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 45'
58': Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 58'
58': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 58'
58': Towa Yamane (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 58'
67': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 67'
67': Yuta Kamiya (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 67'
67': Kazunari Ichimi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 67'
75': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 75'
79': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 79'
79': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 79'
79': Kota Kawano (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 79'
87': Rui Sueyoshi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 87'
88': Hinata Kida (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'

Statistics

OKA		CER
10	Fouls	14
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
6	Offsides	2
8	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	3
50.1	Possession	49.9
17	SHOTS	6
5	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
305	Accurate Passes	313
397	Passes	410
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	1
6	Effective Tackles	8
12	Tackles	13
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
20	Clearances	39

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 21,843

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	3	+10	9
2	Kashiwa Reysol	3	+5	9
3	Kashima Antlers	3	+3	9
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	+6	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cerezo Osaka (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
23	Kosuke Nakamura (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
4	Rikito Inoue
27	Dion Cools
10	Shunta Tanaka
28	Kosei Okazawa
22	Niko Takahashi
2	Takumi Nakamura
9	Soromon Sakuragawa
14	Yumeki Yokoyama
8	Shinji Kagawa

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Hinata Kida, Ayumu Ohata, Travis Takahashi, Hayato Okuda, Lucas Fernandes, Yota Komi, Satoki Uejo, Koto Abe, Thiago.

Fagiano Okayama (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
13	Shun Matsuda (GK)
48	Yugo Tatsuta
43	Yoshitake Suzuki
6	Hiroshi Omori
41	Eiji Miyamoto
28	Masaya Matsumoto
79	Noah Browne
51	Kosuke Shirai
99	Lucas Marcos Meireles
8	Ataru Esaka
10	Na Sang-Ho

Fagiano Okayama Substitutes:

Oberdan, Yuta Kamiya, Rui Sueyoshi, Towa Yamane, Soichiro Mori, Kazunari Ichimi, Goro Kawanami, Kota Kawano, Ikedo Shu.

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