Cerezo Osaka have serious potential in attack, but the defense is on level below the average and this is actually the main reason for the unenviable position of this team.
Everything except three points from this match against Kashima will mean relegation for the home team, so I expect this team to play attacking football from the first minute to the last.
Hotaru Yamaguchi (m / 19+1) and Kai Hirano (f / 7+1) are injured, but they are not so important players for this team.
The guests also need three points from this visit, in order to stay on third position and to qualify for the next edition of AFC Champions League.
Toninho Cerezo has to deal with the absence of his leading goalscorer Davi (f / 10 goals), but even without him, Kashima is team with impressive attack – Yasushi Endo (m / 10), Shoma Doi (m / 8), Caio (m / 7), etc.
The guests failed to score only once in their last twenty games and I really doubt, that Osaka’s defense will stop them.
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