Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga match stats & report

1–2 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 32 · Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka

Cerezo Osaka stats & fixtures · Kyoto Sanga stats & fixtures

Cerezo Osaka lost to Kyoto Sanga 1–2 in the J1 League on 28 September 2025. Expected goals finished 1.58–1.00. Cerezo Osaka had 55% of the ball.

Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga match statistics

Cerezo OsakaKyoto Sanga

55% Ball possession 45%
1.58 Expected goals (xG) 1.00
14 Total shots 13
3 Shots on target 3
5 Shots off target 4
6 Blocked shots 6
11 Shots inside the box 10
13 Corners 6
12 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 2
394 Passes 319
79% Pass accuracy 75%
1 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

44' Goal T. Matsuda (assist T. Hirato) Kyoto Sanga
45+5' Yellow card Y. Miyamoto Kyoto Sanga
55' Yellow card João Pedro Kyoto Sanga
57' Goal Dion-Johan Cools (assist M. Shibayama) Cerezo Osaka
70' Yellow card R. Inoue Cerezo Osaka
87' Goal S. Nagasawa (assist F. Yamada) Kyoto Sanga
90+6' Yellow card M. Nakajima Cerezo Osaka

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 Thomas Papastamatiou

1 K. Fukui

66 A. Ohata 44 S. Hatanaka 31 R. Inoue 27 Dion-Johan Cools

8 S. Kagawa 10 S. Tanaka

11 Thiago Andrade 48 M. Shibayama 77 Lucas Fernandes

9 Rafael Ratão

Bench Kim Jin-Hyeon , R. Shindo , H. Okuda , Niko Takahashi Cendagorta , H. Kida , S. Homma , K. Yoshino , M. Nakajima , Vitor Bueno

Kyoto Sanga

Confirmed 4-3-3 Kwi-Jae Cho

26 G. Ota

22 H. Sugai 50 Y. Suzuki 24 Y. Miyamoto 2 S. Fukuda

39 T. Hirato 10 S. Fukuoka 6 João Pedro

18 T. Matsuda 9 Rafael Elias 14 T. Hara

Bench K. Kakoi , H. Tawiah , Leo Gomes , F. Yamada , M. Okugawa , K. Sato , R. Nakano , Barreto , S. Nagasawa

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
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
14 May 23	Kyoto Sanga v Cerezo Osaka	0–1

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

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