Kyoto Sanga v Cerezo Osaka result

Full-time · Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Cerezo Osaka

J1 League · Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:00 GMT · Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:25 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Kyoto Sanga · Cerezo Osaka · Head-to-head

Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Cerezo Osaka — Cerezo Osaka won this J1 League match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Cerezo Osaka won 2–1 at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera in the J1 League on Saturday 14 March.

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time. The goals — Kyoto Sanga: Marco Túlio (48’); Cerezo Osaka: R. Sakata (71’) and Shunta Tanaka (90’, assisted by Motohiko Nakajima).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) had little between the sides: Kyoto Sanga 0.00, Cerezo Osaka 0.00, from 15 shots to 14 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

F. Nakamura showed four yellow cards — against 2.9 yellows a game across the last 7 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Kyoto Sanga: T. Matsuda (75’); Cerezo Osaka: Ayumu Ohata (28’), Nelson Ishiwatari (35’) and Shion Homma (90+1’).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) 9.6, Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) 6.3 and R. Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) 5.7 led the match.

Next up

Kyoto Sanga next host Kashima on 21 October 2026.

Cerezo Osaka next travel to Nagoya Grampus on 21 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Kyoto Sanga: Kyoto Sanga v Kashima, Wednesday 21 October — the preview. Next for Cerezo Osaka: Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka, Wednesday 21 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Cerezo Osaka · J1 League
Venue: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera · Kameoka
Referee: F. Nakamura
Head-to-head (last 6): Kyoto Sanga 3 · draws 1 · Cerezo Osaka 2 · 3.33 goals/game
Recent form: Kyoto Sanga 2W 2D 1L · Cerezo Osaka 1W 2D 2L

Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Cerezo Osaka (J1 League): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.13 / 1.13

Goals

against 0.88 / 1.25 · 1 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.38 / 4.13

Corners

against 5 / 5.88 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5.13 / 4.63

Shots on target

against 3.5 / 4.25 · 3 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.88 / 2.13

Cards

against 1.25 / 1.75 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

2.86 yellows

Referee · F. Nakamura

0.71 home / 2.14 away

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 8 March 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 8 March 2026. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Kyoto Sanga for / against	Line	Cerezo Osaka for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 0.88 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.13 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.38 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	4.13 for · 5.88 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	12.38 for · 12.88 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	13.25 for · 15 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.13 for · 3.5 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.63 for · 4.25 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	15.63 for · 10.5 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	12.5 for · 11.63 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.88 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.13 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: F. Nakamura — 2.86 yellow cards a game, 0.14 red cards, 20.29 fouls over 7 matches (0.71 to the home side, 2.14 to the away side).

Home 0.71Away 2.14

Kyoto Sanga

Kyoto Sanga — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
João Pedro n 8	89.8	3.6 8/7	0.8 4/2	—
S. Nagasawa n 8	32.9	3.1 5/2	0.7 2/0	—
S. Fukuda n 8	79.1	2.4 8/6	1.1 5/2	—
Rafael Elias n 8	81.9	2.3 7/4	0.7 4/1	—
M. Saito n 8	42.3	2.1 5/2	1.1 3/1	—

Kyoto Sanga — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Rafael Elias n 8	81.9	2.6 7/5	1.8 6/3
Marco Túlio n 8	87.5	2.3 8/7	1.2 6/2
S. Nagasawa n 8	32.9	2.1 5/1	1 3/0
T. Hara n 8	52.4	1.7 4/2	0.9 2/2
T. Yonemoto n 8	32.1	1.4 3/1	0.7 2/0

Kyoto Sanga — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Marco Túlio n 8	87.5	0.4 3/0	0.4 3/0
Rafael Elias n 8	81.9	0.7 5/0	0.1 1/0
S. Nagasawa n 8	32.9	0.3 1/0	0.3 1/0
H. Arai n 5	39.2	0 0/0	0.5 1/0
T. Matsuda n 8	68	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0

Kyoto Sanga — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Okugawa n 8	31.5	3.2 4/2
João Pedro n 8	89.8	3 6/6
S. Yoon n 3	69.3	2.6 3/3
M. Saito n 8	42.3	2.1 4/2
R. Nakano n 8	40	2 5/2

Kyoto Sanga — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
G. Ota n 8	90	2.5 6/4

Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo Osaka — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Nelson Ishiwatari n 4	39	4.6 2/2	1.2 1/1	—
Hinata Kida n 8	64.8	2.1 6/2	0.5 2/1	—
Shion Homma n 8	44.4	2 5/2	1.8 4/2	—
Niko Takahashi Cendagorta n 8	39.3	1.7 4/2	1.4 3/2	—
Shunta Tanaka n 8	83	1.6 6/5	0.7 5/0	—

Cerezo Osaka — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Rafael Ratao n 8	79.8	3.2 7/6	2.1 7/5
Solomon Sakuragawa n 8	78.1	2.2 8/4	1 5/2
Masaya Shibayama n 8	70.3	2.1 6/4	0.6 3/1
Thiago Andrade n 8	72.5	1.7 6/3	1.2 5/2
Vitor Bueno n 8	50.6	1.6 6/1	1.3 6/0

Cerezo Osaka — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Rafael Ratao n 8	79.8	1 5/2	0 0/0
Vitor Bueno n 8	50.6	0.7 3/0	0 0/0
R. Sakata n 8	44.1	0 0/0	0.5 1/1
Thiago Andrade n 8	72.5	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
Dion Cools n 8	70.8	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0

Cerezo Osaka — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Dion Cools n 8	70.8	3.5 8/5
Nelson Ishiwatari n 4	39	3.5 2/2
Shion Homma n 8	44.4	3 5/2
Shinji Kagawa n 8	48.3	2.8 5/4
Ayumu Ohata n 8	67	2.7 6/3

Cerezo Osaka — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Jin Hyeon Kim n 8	80.4	2.7 5/4
K. Fukui n 8	90	2.6 5/3
Kosuke Nakamura n 8	90	2.4 5/2

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Kyoto Sanga		Cerezo Osaka
54%	Possession	46%
15	Shots	14
2	Shots on target	8
8	Shots off target	3
5	Blocked shots	3
9	Shots inside the box	12
6	Corners	10
1	Offsides	3
8	Fouls	10
1	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
4	Saves	1
412	Passes	355
73%	Pass accuracy	72%

Kyoto Sanga player stats

Player	Min	G	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
G. Ota	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
S. Fukuda	90	0	1	0	1	1	0	8.2
Y. Suzuki	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
João Pedro	90	0	0	0	1	3	0	6.9
S. Yoon	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
Marco Túlio	90	1	5	2	1	0	0	6.9
T. Matsuda	90	0	0	0	2	0	Y	7.5
T. Hirato	79	0	0	0	2	1	0	7.3
Y. Ishida	74	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.5
H. Sugai	74	0	3	0	1	1	0	5.9
Rafael Elias	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
F. Honda sub	61	0	1	0	3	2	0	6.5
K. Sato sub	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Henrique Trevisan sub	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.9
M. Okugawa sub	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
R. Nakano sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7

Cerezo Osaka player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Kosuke Nakamura	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Dion Cools	90	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	6.3
Rikito Inoue	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.6
Shunta Tanaka	90	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	8
Motohiko Nakajima	90	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7
Solomon Sakuragawa	90	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	7.3
Shinnosuke Hatanaka	77	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
Ayumu Ohata	77	0	0	1	1	0	4	Y	7.2
Yumeki Yokoyama	70	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	6.7
Thiago Andrade	70	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	6.3
Nelson Ishiwatari	62	0	0	0	0	1	2	Y	6.9
Masaya Shibayama sub	28	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5.9
Shion Homma sub	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	Y	7.7
R. Sakata sub	20	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	7.7
K. Noborizato sub	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
Hayato Tanaka sub	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Kyoto Sanga v Cerezo Osaka — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Kyoto SangaDDWWL

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1.2 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Cerezo OsakaDWLLD

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 0.6 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Kyoto Sanga 3 · 1 draw · Cerezo Osaka 2 · 3.33 goals/game

2025-09-28 Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Kyoto Sanga
2025-05-03 Kyoto Sanga 2–3 Cerezo Osaka
2024-08-17 Cerezo Osaka 3–5 Kyoto Sanga
2024-06-01 Kyoto Sanga 1–1 Cerezo Osaka
2023-11-25 Cerezo Osaka 0–1 Kyoto Sanga
2023-05-14 Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Cerezo Osaka

League standing · 2026

Kyoto Sanga#8 pos23 pts18 pl-6 GD

Cerezo Osaka#2 pos31 pts18 pl+9 GD

Goals per game

Kyoto Sanga scored1.22

Cerezo Osaka scored1.67

Kyoto Sanga conceded1.56

Cerezo Osaka conceded1.17

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What is the head-to-head record between Kyoto Sanga and Cerezo Osaka?: In their last 6 meetings, Kyoto Sanga won 3, Cerezo Osaka won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 3.33 goals per game.
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