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Urawa Reds v Cerezo Osaka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 28th May, 11:30 BST, National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

The J-League is the focus for both Urawa Reds and Cerezo Osaka on Wednesday morning, as bosses Maciej Skorza and Arthur Thomas Papastamatis battle it out at the National Olympic Stadium. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are provided too.


In-Play
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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Urawa Reds
47%
--
Draw
24%
--
Cerezo
29%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Urawa Reds 2-1
9%
--
Urawa Reds 1-0
9%
--
Urawa Reds 2-0
8%
--
Cerezo 2-1
7%
--
Cerezo 1-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Urawa Reds 3-1
5%
--
Cerezo 2-0
4%
--
Urawa Reds 3-0
4%
--
Urawa Reds 3-2
3%
--
Cerezo 3-1
3%
--
Cerezo 3-2
2%
--
Urawa Reds 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
53%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
Urawa Reds win to nil
23%
--
Cerezo win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Urawa Reds have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 26 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Urawa Reds have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Cerezo are in 8th position in the J-League on 25 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Cerezo have conceded 10 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Urawa Reds
Cerezo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima1712141537 
Sep 20
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Sep 23
2
Kashiwa17962733 
l
 
0-2A
Aug 22
Sep 20
l
 
2-1F
3
Kyoto Sanga18945631 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
Sep 27
w
 
2-3A
4
Urawa Reds Home19865530 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
May 28
5
Hiroshima16925429 
w
 
1-0F
Nov 8
Aug 31
l
 
2-1F
6
Vissel Kobe16835327 
Oct 4
d
 
0-00-0
Aug 23
w
 
1-3A
7
Kawasaki166731025 
Dec 6
d
 
2-2F
Oct 25
l
 
2-0A
8
Cerezo Away18747225 
May 28
d
 
1-1A
-
-
9
Machida17737224 
Oct 25
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2A
Aug 16
10
Gamba Osaka17728-323 
l
 
0-1A
Sep 13
Jul 5
w
 
2-5F
11
Shimizu17647122 
w
 
2-1F
Sep 23
Jun 1
Nov 8
12
Fagiano17647-122 
w
 
1-0F
Nov 30
w
 
2-1F
Oct 18
13
Avispa18648-422 
Jul 27
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
Sep 13
14
Shonan17638-821 
Jul 23
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
Jul 19
15
Nagoya18558-520 
Aug 16
l
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Oct 4
16
Tokyo Verdy17557-620 
w
 
2-0F
Sep 27
Jun 21
l
 
1-0A
17
Tokyo16547-319 
w
 
3-2A
Jul 19
d
 
1-1F
Jun 14
18
Yokohama17539-618 
Jun 1
Aug 9
Dec 6
l
 
2-0A
19
Albirex16277-613 
Aug 31
d
 
1-1A
Aug 11
d
 
2-2A
20
Yokohama FM161510-138 
w
 
3-1F
Oct 18
w
 
1-0F
Nov 30
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Urawa Reds 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
Cerezo 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Urawa Reds since 2018
Urawa Reds
Cerezo
Goals: Scored
9
8
Games: Scored
5 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
2 / 7
URA
3
CER
4
League games at Cerezo since 2018
Cerezo
Urawa Reds
Goals: Scored
13
5
Games: Scored
8 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
0 / 8
URA
1
D
2
CER
5
Goal Statistics
Urawa Reds 4th Cerezo 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Urawa Reds will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Cerezo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Urawa Reds’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-1
Cerezo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
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Urawa Reds
PG (predicted goals)
Cerezo
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
URA
CER
7%
better
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Games scored14
14
Failed to score4
3
Scored first9
10
Goals scored23
24
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
21%
better
URA
CER
view stats
Games conceded13
15
Clean sheets5
2
Conceded first8
7
Goals conceded17
24
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.5
KickOff rating
+21%

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

Urawa Reds J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19642
M HöibratenR WatanabeM SavioM Savio
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Höibraten DEF191
-
T Matsumoto MID1931
-
M Savio MID1924
2
-
K Yasui MID192
1
-
S Nishikawa GLK18
-
D Boza DEF181
1
-
T Sekine MID182
1
-
Y Matsuo FWD183
-
T Kaneko FWD1812
1
-
G Haraguchi MID172
1
-
R Watanabe MID1561
1
-
S Gustafson MID131
2
-
Y Naganuma MID131
1
-
H Ishihara DEF1211
-
T Ogiwara DEF12
1
-
M Nagakura FWD1211
-
Thiago FWD93
1
-
T Okubo FWD71
-
S Nakajima MID61
-
R Nitta FWD4
-
N Maeda FWD3
-
T Takahashi FWD3
-
A Niekawa GLK2
-
R Inoue DEF2
-
Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15793
L FernandesR RatãoL FernandesS Kagawa 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Fernandes MID1829
1
-
R Ratão FWD1872
2
-
R Nishio DEF171
-
S Kitano FWD1742
2
-
M Nakajima FWD1732
-
H Okuda DEF16
1
-
R Shindo DEF142
2
-
S Hatanaka DEF14
-
S Kagawa  MID1411
3
-
T Andrade FWD1421
1
-
R Sakata FWD131
-
N. Takahashi Cendagorta DEF12
1
-
H Kida MID121
1
-
S Tanaka MID121
1
-
M Shibayama MID122
-
K Fukui GLK11
2
-
K Funaki DEF9
1
-
K Noborizato DEF9
1
-
J Kim GLK8
-
V Bueno MID8
-
S Uejo MID81
-
K. Furuyama FWD41
1
-
T Nakamura DEF1
-
H Okuno MID1
1
-