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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 and Arthur Thomas Papastamatis clash in the J-League on Sunday morning, as Kawasaki Frontale face Cerezo Osaka at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds are also given.


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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%
--
Kawasaki win to nil
23%
--
Cerezo win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Kawasaki have played 13 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Kawasaki have conceded 10 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 4 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 7th place on 22 points in the J-League league table having played 16 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 12 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Cerezo have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

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
Kashima1611141434 
Jul 5
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
Sep 23
2
Kashiwa15861830 
Sep 27
d
 
1-1F
Sep 20
l
 
2-1F
3
Kyoto Sanga17845328 
l
 
0-1A
Oct 4
Sep 27
w
 
2-3A
4
Urawa Reds16754526 
May 21
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
May 28
5
Hiroshima15825326 
Nov 30
May 31
Aug 31
l
 
2-1F
6
Gamba Osaka16727-223 
May 25
Jul 20
Jul 5
w
 
2-5F
7
Cerezo Away16646222 
May 18
Oct 25
-
-
8
Shimizu16646222 
Oct 18
d
 
1-1A
Jun 1
Nov 8
9
Vissel Kobe14635121 
Jun 21
l
 
2-1A
Aug 23
w
 
1-3A
10
Machida16637-121 
Aug 31
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-2A
Aug 16
11
Avispa16637-221 
Aug 9
w
 
1-2A
May 24
Sep 13
12
Shonan16637-721 
w
 
2-0F
Sep 23
l
 
1-2A
Jul 19
13
Tokyo Verdy16556-520 
d
 
0-00-0
Jun 29
Jun 21
l
 
1-0A
14
Tokyo15546-219 
Sep 20
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1F
Jun 14
15
Fagiano16547-219 
Nov 8
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
Oct 18
16
Kawasaki Home13463718 
-
-
Oct 25
May 18
17
Nagoya16448-616 
w
 
4-0F
Aug 23
d
 
1-1F
Oct 4
18
Yokohama15438-615 
May 14
Jun 14
Dec 6
l
 
2-0A
19
Albirex15276-513 
Jun 25
Aug 16
Aug 11
d
 
2-2A
20
Yokohama FM13157-78 
d
 
3-3F
Sep 13
w
 
1-0F
Nov 30
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Win / draw / win form
Kawasaki 16TH
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
35
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKawasaki1 - 2Kashima
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
Cerezo 7TH
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
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCerezo1 - 0Yokohama FM
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
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 Frontale's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday morning, not least because Cerezo Osaka have conceded in each of their last 5 J-League outings. A PG of 1.8 for Igor Jovicevic's side suggests that run should continue.

Kawasaki 16th Cerezo 7th
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
13%
better
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Games scored10
14
Failed to score3
2
Scored first7
10
Goals scored20
24
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
15
Avg. XG for1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
31%
better
KAW
CER
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Games conceded8
14
Clean sheets5
2
Conceded first4
6
Goals conceded13
22
Avg. goals conceded1
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1
1.5
KickOff rating
+31%

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
12353
MarcinhoErison S MiuraMarcinho
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Kawahara MID1312
-
Marcinho FWD131
3
-
K Takai DEF122
2
-
A Sasaki DEF121
1
-
Y Wakizaka MID1224
-
Erison  FWD123
2
-
S Yamada FWD122
1
-
T Ito FWD1211
1
-
L Yamaguchi GLK11
-
Y Maruyama  DEF11
-
Y Yamamoto MID1111
-
A Ienaga FWD111
-
S Miura DEF105
1
-
K Tachibanada MID81
1
-
Y Ozeki MID71
1
-
S Wermeskerken DEF6
-
T Miyagi FWD62
-
S Tanabe DEF3
-
H Yamauchi MID311
-
S. Kanda FWD3
-
Y Kobayashi FWD3
-
Y Segawa FWD3
-
S Jung GLK2
-
S Kurumaya DEF2
-
C Haydar DEF21
-
Jesiel DEF2
-
P Verhon MID2
-
K. Tsuchiya DEF1
-
R Oshima MID1
-
Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13692
L FernandesR RatãoL FernandesR Ratão
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Fernandes MID1629
-
R Ratão FWD1662
2
-
R Nishio DEF151
-
M Nakajima FWD1531
-
S Kitano FWD1542
1
-
H Okuda DEF14
1
-
T Andrade FWD1321
1
-
S Hatanaka DEF12
-
R Shindo DEF122
2
-
S Kagawa  MID1211
2
-
S Tanaka MID121
1
-
R Sakata FWD11
-
N. Takahashi Cendagorta DEF10
1
-
H Kida MID101
1
-
M Shibayama MID101
-
K Fukui GLK9
2
-
K Noborizato DEF9
1
-
J Kim GLK8
-
K Funaki DEF8
1
-
V Bueno MID8
-
S Uejo MID61
-
K. Furuyama FWD41
1
-
T Nakamura DEF1
-
H Okuno MID1
1
-