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Kawasaki Frontale v Cerezo Osaka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th May, 07:00 BST, Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, Kawasaki

Igor Jovicevic welcomes Arthur Thomas Papastamatis to the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium on Sunday morning, as their Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka charges go head to head in the J-League. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that updates as you go through them. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall performance can be found, while you'll also find head-to-head history a little further down the page.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Kawasaki
49%
--
Draw
23%
--
Cerezo
28%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Kawasaki 2-1
10%
--
Kawasaki 1-0
8%
--
Kawasaki 2-0
7%
--
Cerezo 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Cerezo 1-0
6%
--
Kawasaki 3-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Kawasaki 3-0
4%
--
Cerezo 2-0
4%
--
Kawasaki 3-2
4%
--
Cerezo 3-1
3%
--
Cerezo 3-2
3%
--
Kawasaki 4-1
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
26%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
72%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
44%
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Kawasaki win to nil
23%
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Cerezo win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Kawasaki have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 5 and won 1. Kawasaki have conceded 8 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Kawasaki have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 4 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Cerezo lay in 12th place on 19 points in the J-League league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 7 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cerezo have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Cerezo have played 8 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Kawasaki
Cerezo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima1510141331 
Jul 5
May 11
w
 
1-0F
Sep 23
2
Kashiwa14761627 
Sep 27
d
 
1-1F
Sep 20
l
 
2-1F
3
Kyoto Sanga16835327 
l
 
0-1A
Oct 4
Sep 27
w
 
2-3A
4
Urawa Reds15744525 
May 21
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
May 28
5
Hiroshima14725223 
Nov 30
May 31
Aug 31
l
 
2-1F
6
Gamba Osaka15726-123 
May 25
Jul 20
Jul 5
w
 
2-5F
7
Shimizu15636221 
Oct 18
d
 
1-1A
Jun 1
Nov 8
8
Vissel Kobe13634221 
Jun 21
l
 
2-1A
Aug 23
w
 
1-3A
9
Avispa15636-121 
Aug 9
w
 
1-2A
May 24
Sep 13
10
Machida15627-120 
Aug 31
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-2A
Aug 16
11
Tokyo Verdy15555-320 
d
 
0-00-0
Jun 29
Jun 21
l
 
1-0A
12
Cerezo Away15546119 
May 18
Oct 25
-
-
13
Fagiano15546019 
Nov 8
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
Oct 18
14
Kawasaki Home12462818 
-
-
Oct 25
May 18
15
Shonan15537-918 
w
 
2-0F
Sep 23
l
 
1-2A
Jul 19
16
Tokyo14446-316 
Sep 20
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1F
Jun 14
17
Nagoya15438-615 
w
 
4-0F
Aug 23
d
 
1-1F
Oct 4
18
Albirex14266-512 
Jun 25
Aug 16
Aug 11
d
 
2-2A
19
Yokohama14338-712 
May 14
Jun 14
Dec 6
l
 
2-0A
20
Yokohama FM12156-68 
d
 
3-3F
Sep 13
May 11
Nov 30
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Win / draw / win form
Kawasaki 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kawasaki2 - 2Al Sadd
Kawasaki0 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Kawasaki3 - 3Yokohama FM
Kawasaki2 - 0Shonan
Kawasaki4 - 0Shanghai
Kawasaki0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Kawasaki2 - 0Central Coast Mariners
Kawasaki4 - 0Nagoya
Kawasaki3 - 1Avispa
Kawasaki4 - 0Shandong Luneng
Kawasaki3 - 1Shanghai SIPG
Kawasaki1 - 3Kashima
Kawasaki1 - 1Gamba Osaka
Kawasaki0 - 1Gwanju
Kawasaki5 - 1Albirex
Kawasaki3 - 2Sagan Tosu
Kawasaki1 - 3Yokohama FM
Kawasaki3 - 0Vissel Kobe
Kawasaki1 - 1Cerezo
Kawasaki1 - 1Hiroshima
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKawasaki0 - 2Al Ahli Jeddah
AKawasaki3 - 2Al Nassr
HKawasaki2 - 2Al Sadd
HKawasaki0 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AKawasaki1 - 2Vissel Kobe
AKawasaki1 - 1Shimizu
HKawasaki3 - 3Yokohama FM
AKawasaki2 - 2Machida
HKawasaki2 - 0Shonan
AKawasaki3 - 0Tokyo
AKawasaki0 - 0Fagiano
HKawasaki4 - 0Shanghai
AKawasaki0 - 1Shanghai
HKawasaki0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
AKawasaki2 - 1Avispa
AKawasaki1 - 1Kashiwa
HKawasaki2 - 0Central Coast Mariners
HKawasaki4 - 0Nagoya
AKawasaki4 - 0Pohang
HKawasaki3 - 1Avispa
Cerezo 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vissel Kobe1 - 3Cerezo
Kyoto Sanga2 - 3Cerezo
Tokyo Verdy1 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima2 - 1Cerezo
Yokohama2 - 0Cerezo
Albirex2 - 2Cerezo
Kashiwa2 - 1Cerezo
Gamba Osaka2 - 5Cerezo
Tokyo3 - 0Cerezo
Sapporo1 - 1Cerezo
Urawa Reds0 - 1Cerezo
Shonan1 - 2Cerezo
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Cerezo
Yokohama FM4 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima2 - 0Cerezo
Kawasaki1 - 1Cerezo
Tokyo Verdy1 - 1Cerezo
Jubilo Iwata1 - 1Cerezo
Kyoto Sanga1 - 1Cerezo
Avispa0 - 3Cerezo
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACerezo3 - 1Vissel Kobe
ACerezo3 - 2Kyoto Sanga
HCerezo1 - 2Machida
ACerezo0 - 1Tokyo Verdy
HCerezo1 - 1Tokyo
HCerezo1 - 0Kashima
ACerezo1 - 2Hiroshima
HCerezo2 - 1Fagiano
HCerezo1 - 1Urawa Reds
ACerezo0 - 2Yokohama
HCerezo1 - 1Nagoya
ACerezo2 - 2Albirex
ACerezo1 - 2Kashiwa
HCerezo1 - 2Shonan
ACerezo5 - 2Gamba Osaka
ACerezo0 - 3Tokyo
HCerezo0 - 2Kashima
HCerezo1 - 0Avispa
ACerezo1 - 1Sapporo
HCerezo1 - 2Jubilo Iwata
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Cerezo have not lost to Kawasaki in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Kawasaki since 2018
Kawasaki
Cerezo
Goals: Scored
12
12
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
KAW
2
D
3
CER
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kawasaki
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 4Cerezo
Kawasaki3 - 2
Kawasaki5 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Cerezo
League games at Cerezo since 2018
Cerezo
Kawasaki
Goals: Scored
12
10
Games: Scored
7 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
0 / 7
KAW
2
CER
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cerezo
Cerezo1 - 0
Cerezo3 - 0
Cerezo2 - 1
1 - 4Kawasaki
1 - 3Kawasaki
Cerezo2 - 1
Cerezo2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Kawasaki 14th Cerezo 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Kawasaki will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 63% probability that Cerezo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+24
Kawasaki have scored 24% more goals at home than predicted
+13
Cerezo have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
2.2
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Kawasaki
PG (predicted goals)
Cerezo
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
KAW
CER
8%
better
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Games scored9
12
Failed to score3
2
Scored first6
8
Goals scored19
20
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.3
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for18
15
Avg. XG for1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
36%
better
KAW
CER
view stats
Games conceded7
13
Clean sheets5
1
Conceded first4
6
Goals conceded11
21
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
15%
Avg. XG against1
1.5
KickOff rating
+36%

Kawasaki v Cerezo J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Kawasaki J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11353
MarcinhoErison S MiuraMarcinho
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Kawahara MID1212
-
Y Wakizaka MID1224
-
Marcinho FWD121
3
-
K Takai DEF112
2
-
A Sasaki DEF11
-
T Ito FWD1111
1
-
Erison  FWD113
2
-
S Yamada FWD112
1
-
L Yamaguchi GLK10
-
S Miura DEF105
1
-
Y Maruyama  DEF10
-
Y Yamamoto MID101
-
A Ienaga FWD101
-
K Tachibanada MID71
1
-
Y Ozeki MID61
1
-
T Miyagi FWD62
-
S Wermeskerken DEF5
-
S Tanabe DEF3
-
Y Kobayashi FWD3
-
Y Segawa FWD3
-
S Jung GLK2
-
S Kurumaya DEF2
-
C Haydar DEF21
-
Jesiel DEF2
-
H Yamauchi MID211
-
P Verhon MID2
-
S. Kanda FWD2
-
K. Tsuchiya DEF1
-
R Oshima MID1
-
Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12582
L FernandesR RatãoL FernandesR Ratão
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Fernandes MID1528
-
M Nakajima FWD1531
-
R Ratão FWD1552
2
-
R Nishio DEF141
-
S Kitano FWD1442
1
-
H Okuda DEF13
1
-
T Andrade FWD1321
1
-
S Tanaka MID121
1
-
S Hatanaka DEF11
-
R Shindo DEF112
2
-
S Kagawa  MID1111
1
-
R Sakata FWD11
-
M Shibayama MID101
-
K Noborizato DEF9
1
-
N. Takahashi Cendagorta DEF9
1
-
H Kida MID91
1
-
K Fukui GLK8
2
-
J Kim GLK8
-
V Bueno MID8
-
K Funaki DEF7
1
-
S Uejo MID51
-
K. Furuyama FWD31
-
T Nakamura DEF1
-
H Okuno MID1
1
-