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Regular Season - 6• 6 Sept 2026

Cerezo Osaka 0–0 Tokyo Verdy

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Match Recap

Tokyo Verdy arrived at Osaka as the J1 League's bottom side without a single win from five outings, yet they left with a point that felt anything but modest. Cerezo Osaka, on an alternating WLWLW run and sitting eighth with nine points, were expected to press on at home, particularly after beating Verdy in their only previous meeting between the clubs. Instead, the two sides ground out a goalless draw, Verdy's organised backline holding firm and denying their hosts any real breakthrough across the full 90 minutes. For the visitors, whose form read LLDLD before kick-off, a second draw of the season carries genuine value: it is their best result of the campaign and provides some footing in what had been a bleak start. For Cerezo, it is two points dropped at home to the side propping up the table. Watch the moments Verdy turned away every Cerezo chance to see how they earned it.

Match Statistics

Cerezo Osaka
VS
Tokyo Verdy
67% Ball Possession 33%
18 Total Shots 8
2 Shots on target 2
10 Shots off target 6
6 Blocked Shots 0
10 Shots inside box 8
8 Shots outside box 0
10 Corner Kicks 3
0 Offsides 1
8 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 2
618 Total passes 309
521 Accurate passes 207
11 Free Kicks 7

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka
Pablo Machín 3-4-2-1
VS
Tokyo Verdy
H. Jofuku 3-4-2-1
23Nakamura
4Inoue
44Hatanaka
27Cools
14Yokoyama
41Komi
14Fukuda
71Hirao
5Inoue
29Sako
15Suzuki
1Vidotto

Substitutes — Cerezo Osaka

Substitutes — Tokyo Verdy

13G. Yamada 38S. Kanda 25I. Kumatoriya 36R. Matsuda 7Y. Matsuhashi 20Soma Meshino 21Y. Nagasawa 2K. Shibato 22Y. Uchida