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Cerezo Osaka — Shimizu S-Pulse: 1:0, J1 League

J1 League
Cerezo Osaka W26 Aug · Home FC Gifu · 3:1L29 Aug · Away Vissel Kobe · 0:1W2 Sep · Home Kashiwa Reysol · 2:0D6 Sep · Home Tokyo Verdy · 0:0L12 Sep · Away Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 1:6D19 Sep · Away V-Varen Nagasaki · 1:1
1:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Shimizu S-Pulse W26 Aug · Home Osaka · 2:1L29 Aug · Home Kashiwa Reysol · 0:1D2 Sep · Home FC Tokyo · 1:1L6 Sep · Away Kawasaki Frontale · 1:3W12 Sep · Home Avispa Fukuoka · 1:0W19 Sep · Home JEF United Chiba · 2:1
Venue: Kincho Stadium City: Osaka

In the J1 League game on 22 August 2026, Cerezo Osaka beat Shimizu S-Pulse 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, corners 7:6.

Match report

Cerezo Osaka beat Shimizu S-Pulse 1-0 at Kintcho Stadium on Saturday. It was a tight affair in the Regular Season - 3 of the J-League 1. By the end, the home side had taken all three points.

The deadlock broke in the 62nd minute when Thiago Andrade found the net. Before that, the game had been a tactical standoff. Andrade’s strike put the game to bed early in the second half.

The tempo was checked by a series of bookings. Oh Se-Hun and Solomon Sakuragawa picked up yellow cards just before and after the interval. Shinnosuke Hatanaka and Mateus Brunetti also went into the book later. Shinji Kagawa was among the first changes, coming on in the 46th minute.

Cerezo Osaka controlled the ball with 58 percent possession. They registered five shots on target but managed just one big chance. To be fair, Shimizu S-Pulse created four big chances yet could only hit the frame three times. The numbers show the hosts were clinical when it mattered.

The result leaves Cerezo Osaka in sixth place with 9 points from 5 games. Shimizu S-Pulse stay in 16th place with 4 points. The hosts needed the points badly after a heavy defeat in their previous outing.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 58.00 – 42
Shots on target 5 – 3
Shots off target 4 – 4
Big chances 1 – 4

Match events

  1. 45+2' 0:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Yellow card Oh Se-Hun
  2. 46' 0:0 Cerezo Osaka Substitution Shinji Kagawa off: Yota Komi
  3. 48' 0:0 Cerezo Osaka Yellow card Solomon Sakuragawa
  4. 51' 0:0 Cerezo Osaka Yellow card Shinnosuke Hatanaka
  5. 57' 0:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Yudai Shimamoto off: Kei Koizumi
  6. 58' 0:0 Cerezo Osaka Substitution Yumeki Yokoyama off: Thiago Andrade
  7. 62' 1:0 Cerezo Osaka Goal Thiago Andrade assist: Jackson Irvine
  8. 63' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Yellow card Mateus Brunetti
  9. 66' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Tomoya Fujii off: Capixaba
  10. 66' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Oh Se-Hun off: Kinoshita Kosuke
  11. 66' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Masaki Yumiba off: Dieguinho
  12. 76' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Seung-wook Park off: Sodai Hasukawa
  13. 77' 1:0 Cerezo Osaka Substitution Solomon Sakuragawa off: Lucas Fernandes
  14. 90' 1:0 Cerezo Osaka Substitution Yota Komi off: Pablo Sabbag
  15. 90' 1:0 Cerezo Osaka Substitution Ayumu Ohata off: Kyohei Noborizato

Statistics

58.00 Possession, % 42
5 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 4
1 Big chances 4
97 Attacks 108
7 Corners 6
10 Fouls 13
13 Free kicks 10
4 Offsides 4
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 10
18 Throw-ins 23
All statistics
29/5454% Aerial duels 25/5446%
83 Backward passes 51
4 Blocked shots 3
35 Clearances 42
3/2214% Crosses 9/2438%
1/520% Dribbles 1/520%
112 Failed passes 101
2 Goalkeeper saves 4
4 Interceptions 9
10 Key passes 9
39/8446% Long passes 26/7535%
87 Passes into the final third 64
268 Passes in the opposition half 230
236 Passes in own half 137
0.38 Shot accuracy 0.30
8 Shots from outside the box 1
5 Shots inside the box 9
7/1258% Tackles 6/875%
482 Total passes 343

Line-ups

Cerezo Osaka

Starting XI
# Player number
23 Kosuke Nakamura 23
4 Rikito Inoue 4
27 Dion Cools 27
44 Shinnosuke Hatanaka 44
2 Takumi Nakamura 2
10 Shunta Tanaka 10
36 Jackson Alexander Irvine 36
66 Ayumu Ohata 66
8 Shinji Kagawa 8
9 Solomon Sakuragawa 9
14 J. Yokoyama 14
Substitutes
# Player number
31 Koto Abe 31
6 Kyohei Noborizato 6
16 Hayato Okuda 16
97 Travis Takahashi 97
28 Kosei Okazawa 28
77 Lucas Fernandes 77
11 Thiago Eduardo de Andrade 11
19 Pablo Sabbag 19
41 Yota Komi 41
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Shimizu S-Pulse

Starting XI
# Player number
16 Togo Umeda 16
14 Seung-Wook Park 14
15 Yuki Honda 15
24 Hidehiro Sugai 24
25 Mateus Brunetti 25
13 Ryo Germain 13
17 Masaki Yumiba 17
47 Yudai Shimamoto 47
9 Se-Hun Oh 9
49 Koya Kitagawa 49
50 Tomoya Fujii 50
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Yuya Oki 1
4 Sodai Hasukawa 4
28 Yutaka Yoshida 28
70 Sen Takagi 70
2 Jackson Diego Ibraim Fagundes 2
7 João Victor da Vitória Fernandes 7
21 Kai Matsuzaki 21
37 Kei Koizumi 37
19 Kosuke Kinoshita 19
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