Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga match stats & report

3–0 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 11 · Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka · Ref D. Shiino

Cerezo Osaka stats & fixtures · Kyoto Sanga stats & fixtures

Cerezo Osaka beat Kyoto Sanga 3–0 in the J1 League on 18 April 2026. Expected goals finished 1.95–1.62. Kyoto Sanga had 51% of the ball.

Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga match statistics

Cerezo OsakaKyoto Sanga

49% Ball possession 51%
1.95 Expected goals (xG) 1.62
9 Total shots 13
4 Shots on target 4
3 Shots off target 6
2 Blocked shots 3
5 Shots inside the box 8
3 Corners 5
4 Fouls 16
4 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 4
368 Passes 378
75% Pass accuracy 71%
4 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

13' Yellow card T. Hirato Kyoto Sanga
18' Goal Thiago Andrade (assist M. Shibayama) Cerezo Osaka
50' Yellow card K. Sato Kyoto Sanga
66' Goal S. Homma (assist Nelson Ishiwatari) Cerezo Osaka
90' Yellow card Henrique Trevisan Kyoto Sanga
90' Goal S. Sakuragawa Cerezo Osaka
90+5' Yellow card H. Sugai Kyoto Sanga

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Cerezo Osaka

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Arthur Papas

23 Kosuke Nakamura

66 A. Ohata 44 S. Hatanaka 4 R. Inoue 16 H. Okuda

10 S. Tanaka 18 Nelson Ishiwatari

19 S. Homma 13 M. Nakajima 48 M. Shibayama

11 Thiago Andrade

Bench Kim Jin-Hyeon , S. Kagawa , K. Noborizato , Dion-Johan Cools , H. Kida , K. Yoshino , S. Uejo , S. Sakuragawa , Y. Yokoyama

Kyoto Sanga

Confirmed 4-3-3 Gwi-Jae Jo

1 G. Ota

44 K. Sato 34 Henrique Trevisan 50 Y. Suzuki 2 S. Fukuda

39 T. Hirato 25 Yoon Sung-Jun 6 João Pedro

29 Ko Sakai 88 Barreto 11 Marco Túlio

Bench K. Kakoi , T. Yonemoto , M. Okugawa , H. Sugai , T. Hiraoka , H. Arai , R. Nakano , S. Asada , David Da Silva Costa

Form guide

Cerezo Osaka at home

6–3–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

10% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Kyoto Sanga away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
14 Mar 26	Kyoto Sanga v Cerezo Osaka	1–2
28 Sep 25	Cerezo Osaka v Kyoto Sanga	1–2
3 May 25	Kyoto Sanga v Cerezo Osaka	2–3
17 Aug 24	Cerezo Osaka v Kyoto Sanga	3–5
1 Jun 24	Kyoto Sanga v Cerezo Osaka	1–1
25 Nov 23	Cerezo Osaka v Kyoto Sanga	0–1

The full Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head record