Cerezo Osaka vs Kawasaki Frontale, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Cerezo Osaka

4': Rafael Ratão
7': Shunta Tanaka

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2 - 0

Kawasaki Frontale

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

Match Timeline

4': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 4'
7': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 7'
45': Filip Uremovic (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 45'
45': Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 45'
60': Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 60'
68': Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 68'
68': Niko Takahashi (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 68'
75': Ten Miyagi (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 75'
78': Roman Lazar (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 78'
79': Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 79'
79': Filip Uremovic (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 79'
89': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 89'
89': Kyohei Yoshino (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 89'

Statistics

KAW		CER
5	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	9
6	Saves	4
64.6	Possession	35.4
12	SHOTS	13
3	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.6
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
2	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: 17,360

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	1	+4	3
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1	+3	3
3	Gamba Osaka	1	+1	3
4	Kashima Antlers	1	+1	3

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Koki Fukui (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
3	Ryosuke Shindo
66	Ayumu Ohata
16	Hayato Okuda
13	Motohiko Nakajima
10	Shunta Tanaka
5	Hinata Kida
9	Rafael Ratão
11	Thiago
48	Masaya Shibayama

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Dion Cools, Niko Takahashi, Rikito Inoue, Reiya Sakata, Kengo Furuyama, Shion Homma, Shinji Kagawa, Kyohei Yoshino, Kim Jin-Hyeon.

Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
98	Louis Yamaguchi (GK)
5	Asahi Sasaki
4	Jesiel
15	Shuto Tanabe
31	Sai Van Wermeskerken
14	Yasuto Wakisaka
6	Yuki Yamamoto
19	So Kawahara
9	Erison
23	Marcinho
17	Tatsuya Ito

Kawasaki Frontale Substitutes:

Yuto Ozeki, Ten Miyagi, Lazar Romanić, Shunsuke Ando, Akihiro Ienaga, Ryota Kamihashi, Kento Tachibanada, Filip Uremovic, Yu Kobayashi.

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