On Sunday Mar 6th, Cerezo Osaka will host Tokyo in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. In their last match, Cerezo Osaka recorded a 1-1 draw against Kyoto Sanga. Kosuke Taketomi scored the first goal for Kyoto Sanga in the 34th minute, then in the 48th minute, Hiroshi Kiyotake sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Takashi Inui squeezing out at least the one point for Cerezo Osaka. Cerezo Osaka looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while tokyo is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Kawasaki Frontale. Leandro Damiao da Silva dos Santos scored the first goal for Kawasaki Frontale in the 81st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tokyo couldn’t manage to score, and Kawasaki Frontale took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Tokyo won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Tokyo is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kazuya Konno and Adailton each only have 1 goal in their last five. Cerezo Osaka is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Hiroaki Okuno and Ryuya Nishio each only have 1 goal in their last 5.