Avispa Fukuoka vs Cerezo Osaka prediction, preview, team news and more | J1 League 2024

Avispa Fukuoka welcome Cerezo Osaka to the Best Denki Stadium for a J1 League matchday 15 fixture on Saturday. The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat away to Vissel Kobe on Wednesday.

Taisei Miyashiro's 72nd-minute strike proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Cerezo Osaka, meanwhile, fell to a 2-1 defeat away to Machida Zelvia. All three goals came in the second half, with Se-Hun Oh breaking the deadlock for the hosts with a 70th-minute strike while Leo Ceara drew the game level with six minutes to go. Mitchell Duke scored the match-winner in injury time.

The loss left them in eighth spot in the table, having garnered 20 points from 14 games. Avispa Fukuoka are 10th on 19 points.

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Avispa Fukuoka vs Cerezo Osaka Head-to-Head

Cerezo Osaka have 26 wins from the last 47 head-to-head games. Avispa Fukuoka were victorious on 12 occasions while nine games ended in draws. Their most recent clash came in June 2023 when Avispa Fukuoka claimed a 1-0 away victory.

Avispa Fukuoka form guide: L-W-D-W-D

Cerezo Osaka form guide: L-L-L-D-D

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Avispa Fukuoka vs Cerezo Osaka Team News

Avispa Fukuoka

There are no injury concerns for the hosts. Hiroyuki Mae is available for selection after serving out his suspension for accumulated yellow cards.

Injuries: None

Doubtful: None

Suspension: None

Cerezo Osaka

Ryosuke Shindo and Kyohei Noborizato are both sidelined with hamstring injuries. There are no suspension concerns for the visitors.

Injuries: Ryosuke Shindo, Kyohei Noborizato

Doubtful: None

Suspension: None

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Avispa Fukuoka vs Cerezo Osaka Predicted XI

Avispa Fukuoka Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Masaaki Murakami (GK); Masayo Tashiro, Tatsuki Nara, Douglas Grolli; Yuto Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Mae, Daiki Matsuoka, Masato Yuzawa; Ryoga Sato, Kazuya Konno; Shahab Zahedi

Cerezo Osaka Predicted XI (4-3-3): Jin-Hyeon Kim (GK); Kakeru Funaki, Koji Toriumi, Ryuya Nishio, Hayato Okuda; Shunta Tanaka, Hiroaki Okuno, Masaya Shibayama; Hirotaka Tameda, Hiroto Yamada, Jordy Croux

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Avispa Fukuoka vs Cerezo Osaka Prediction

Avispa Fukuoka saw their nine-game unbeaten streak across competitions ended in midweek and Shigetoshi Hasebe's side will be hoping to bounce back to winning ways.

Cerezo Osaka started the campaign with an eight-game unbeaten run in the league but are winless in their last six, losing the last three on the bounce.

We are tipping the two sides to share the spoils in a low-scoring stalemate.

Prediction: Avispa Fukuoka 1-1 Cerezo Osaka