Kashima vs Cerezo Osaka match stats & report

3–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 31 · Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima · Ref Faisal Suleiman Al-Balawi, Saudi Arabia

Kashima stats & fixtures · Cerezo Osaka stats & fixtures

Kashima beat Cerezo Osaka 3–1 in the J1 League on 23 September 2025. Expected goals finished 2.17–1.69. Cerezo Osaka had 53% of the ball.

Kashima vs Cerezo Osaka match statistics

KashimaCerezo Osaka

47% Ball possession 53%
2.17 Expected goals (xG) 1.69
15 Total shots 10
7 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 3
4 Blocked shots 3
12 Shots inside the box 7
1 Corners 3
12 Fouls 11
2 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 3
454 Passes 519
79% Pass accuracy 85%
3 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

8' Yellow card Kim Tae-Hyeon Kashima
11' Yellow card H. Kida Cerezo Osaka
28' Penalty scored Vitor Bueno Cerezo Osaka
31' Goal K. Chinen (assist N. Ueda) Kashima
41' Yellow card K. Yoshino Cerezo Osaka
51' Yellow card K. Chinen Kashima
53' Goal Léo Ceará (assist N. Ueda) Kashima
64' Yellow card S. Hatanaka Cerezo Osaka
68' Goal Y. Matsumura Kashima

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Kashima

Confirmed 4-4-2 Toru Oniki

1 T. Hayakawa

25 R. Koike 3 Kim Tae-Hyeon 55 N. Ueda 23 K. Tsukui

18 Élber 10 G. Shibasaki 13 K. Chinen 22 K. Nono

17 Talles 9 Léo Ceará

Bench Y. Kajikawa , K. Chida , R. Ogawa , K. Misao , Y. Funabashi , S. Mizoguchi , Y. Matsumura , Y. Suzuki , A. Čavrić

Cerezo Osaka

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Arthur Thomas Papastamatiou

21 Kim Jin-Hyeon

22 Niko Takahashi Cendagorta 44 S. Hatanaka 33 R. Nishio 16 H. Okuda

5 H. Kida 35 K. Yoshino

19 S. Homma 55 Vitor Bueno 17 R. Sakata

13 M. Nakajima

Bench K. Fukui , Dion-Johan Cools , R. Inoue , A. Ohata , S. Kagawa , S. Tanaka , M. Shibayama , Lucas Fernandes , Thiago Andrade

Form guide

Kashima at home

9–0–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.3 per game
Conceded: 0.5 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 3.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

17% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cerezo Osaka away

5–1–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.9 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 3.6 per game
Shots on target: 4.4 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Kashima vs Cerezo Osaka head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
12 Apr 25	Cerezo Osaka v Kashima	1–0
30 Nov 24	Cerezo Osaka v Kashima	0–2
2 Mar 24	Kashima v Cerezo Osaka	1–1
16 Sep 23	Kashima v Cerezo Osaka	1–0
7 May 23	Cerezo Osaka v Kashima	0–1

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Kashima vs Cerezo Osaka head-to-head record