Cerezo Osaka vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Cerezo Osaka

2': Rafael Ratão

FT
1 - 1

Urawa Red Diamonds

83': Ryoma Watanabe

About

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

Match Timeline

2': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 2'
25': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 25'
33': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yellow Card at 33'
45': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 45'
63': Ryosuke Shindo (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 63'
70': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 70'
70': Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 70'
81': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 81'
81': Vitor Bueno (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 81'
83': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 83'
83': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 83'
90'+3': Ryuya Nishio (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 93'
90'+3': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 93'

Statistics

URA		CER
10	Fouls	3
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	8
2	Saves	2
51.6	Possession	48.4
15	SHOTS	11
4	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.3
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
5	Blocked Shots	1
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: 18,366

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	7	+13	17
2	Vissel Kobe	7	+6	16
3	Kashiwa Reysol	7	+3	15
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	+13	14

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cerezo Osaka (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Koki Fukui (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
3	Ryosuke Shindo
6	Kyohei Noborizato
16	Hayato Okuda
10	Shunta Tanaka
13	Motohiko Nakajima
38	Sota Kitano
9	Rafael Ratão
11	Thiago
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Hinata Kida, Shinji Kagawa, Ryuya Nishio, Kim Jin-Hyeon, Funaki Kakeru, Vitor Bueno, Masaya Shibayama, Niko Takahashi, Satoki Uejo.

Urawa Red Diamonds (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5	Marius Hoibraten
3	Danilo Boza
26	Takuya Ogiwara
14	Takahiro Sekine
6	Taishi Matsumoto
11	Samuel Gustafsson
25	Kaito Yasui
12	Thiago Santana
8	Matheus Sávio
77	Takuro Kaneko

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Ryoma Watanabe, Genki Haraguchi, Yoichi Naganuma, Yusuke Matsuo, Ayumi Niekawa, Shoya Nakajima, Rikito Inoue, Tomoaki Okubo, Hirokazu Ishikara.

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