In this week 3 match, on Sat Mar 4th, Urawa Reds plays host to Cerezo Osaka in a meeting of these two mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 18th placed Urawa Reds is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Yokohama F. Marinos. Anderson Lopes struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 18th minute on a feed from Takuma Nishimura, then Yan Souza added another in the 89th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Urawa Reds couldn’t manage to score, and Yokohama F. Marinos took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in their last match, 12th placed Cerezo Osaka, recorded a 1-2 loss against Avispa Fukuoka. Mae struck first for Avispa Fukuoka in the 47th minute, but Satoki Uejo got the equalizer for Cerezo Osaka in the 59th minute. 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 Cerezo Osaka won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Hiroaki Okuno and Hirotaka Tameda are the top scorers for Cerezo Osaka in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Urawa Reds hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Alexander Scholz and Kasper Junker, and they each have 1 goal.