Cerezo Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Cerezo Osaka

45'+4': Sota Kitano

FT
1 - 1

Nagoya Grampus

85': Mateus

About

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

Match Timeline

11': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 11'
33': Ryuji Izumi (Nagoya Grampus) Yellow Card at 33'
37': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) Yellow Card at 37'
45'+4': Sota Kitano (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 49'
61': Tsukasa Morishima (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 61'
61': Yuya Asano (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 61'
61': Taichi Kikuchi (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 61'
65': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 65'
66': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 66'
71': Akinari Kawazura (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 71'
77': Niko Takahashi (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 77'
85': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 85'
90'+2': Kyohei Noborizato (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 92'
90'+2': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 92'
90'+2': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 92'
90'+5': Kyohei Noborizato (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 95'

Statistics

NAG		CER
9	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	9
4	Saves	5
41.9	Possession	58.1
10	SHOTS	24
6	ON GOAL	5
0.6	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
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
1	Blocked Shots	9
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 17,171

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Kashima Antlers	18	+20	45
2	FC Tokyo	18	+12	37
3	Machida Zelvia	18	+4	37
4	Kawasaki Frontale	18	-4	28

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	Kim Jin-Hyeon (GK)
14	Funaki Kakeru
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
22	Niko Takahashi
33	Ryuya Nishio
38	Sota Kitano
5	Hinata Kida
10	Shunta Tanaka
13	Motohiko Nakajima
17	Reiya Sakata
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Shinji Kagawa, Masaya Shibayama, Satoki Uejo, Kyohei Noborizato, Rafael Ratão, Koki Fukui, Thiago, Hayato Okuda, Vitor Bueno.

Nagoya Grampus (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
16	Yohei Takeda (GK)
3	Yota Sato
4	Daiki Miya
2	Yuki Nogami
8	Keiya Shiihashi
15	Sho Inagaki
55	Shuhei Tokumoto
27	Katsuhiro Nakayama
11	Yuya Yamagishi
18	Kensuke Nagai
7	Ryuji Izumi

Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:

Kenedeiebusu Mikuni, Taichi Kikuchi, Yuya Asano, Alexandre Pisano, Akinari Kawazura, Mateus, Takuya Uchida, Tsukasa Morishima, Gen Kato.

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