In this week 4 match, on Sunday Mar 12th, Sagan Tosu and Cerezo Osaka will play a match in Osaka in a meeting of these two mismatched J-League teams. In their last match, 17th placed Cerezo Osaka, recorded a 1-2 loss against Urawa Reds. Ken Iwao scored the first goal for Cerezo Osaka on an own goal in the 33rd minute, then Alexander Scholz tied it up for Urawa Reds in the 61st minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 82nd minute on a goal by Yasui to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in their last match, Sagan Tosu recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Yoichi Naganuma struck first for Sagan Tosu in the 83rd minute on a feed from S. Kawahara, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nagoya Grampus couldn’t manage to score, and Sagan Tosu took the shutout win. Sagan Tosu is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Cerezo Osaka won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Sagan Tosu is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Hwang Seok-Ho and Taisei Miyashiro each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Okuno and Hirotaka Tameda 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.