On Mar 12th, Cerezo Osaka will travel to Shizuoka to battle Shimizu S-Pulse in a meeting of these two J-League teams. In their last match, 9th placed Shimizu S-Pulse, recorded a 0-2 loss against Yokohama F. Marinos. Ryuta Koike scored the first goal for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 32nd minute, then Kaina Yoshio added another in the 43rd minute In the end, Shimizu S-Pulse couldn’t muster any offence and Yokohama F. Marinos ran away with the shutout win. Shimizu S-Pulse is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while cerezo Osaka is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Tokyo. Kazuya Konno scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 23rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cerezo Osaka couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. Cerezo Osaka looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Nishio and Fujita are the top scorers for Cerezo Osaka in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Shimizu S-Pulse’s top weapon lately has been Suzuki, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.