Cerezo Osaka 1-2 Fagiano Okayama — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Japan - J1 League, 18 Mar 2026

📅18/03/2026 · 🕒12:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 1-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
1.9
Draw
22%
3.35
Away
31%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.78
Over 2.5
48%
1.95
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.82
No
50%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
32%
2.84
2-3 Goals
38%
1.71
4-5 Goals
20%
3.65
6+ Goals
10%
15.9
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.84 — our 32% vs market 27.7%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
21%
1/2
5%
1/X
6%
X/1
19%
X/2
11%
X/X
9%
2/1
7%
2/2
15%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
48%
-1.4pp
22%
Draw
26%
-4.1pp
31%
Away Win
25%
+5.5pp
52%
Under 2.5
52%
-0.5pp
48%
Over 2.5
48%
+0.5pp
50%
BTTS Yes
51%
-1.3pp
50%
BTTS No
49%
+1.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Cerezo Osaka EU Bookmakers 53%
Head to Head
AWAY Fagiano Okayama EU Bookmakers 29%
-4% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / +8%
1.44/1.08 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.03/1.46
-12% / -17% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -13% / -4%
51% Ball Possession 49%
13 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 4
365 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 371 · 79%
25.5 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.2
20.2 Crosses 19.4
0.8 Yellow Cards 1.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cerezo Osaka
2W-1D-0L
AWAY Fagiano Okayama
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.60 xG 0.99
58% Ball Possession 42%
12 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 5
370 Passes 259
82% Pass Accuracy 75%
24 Box Touches 18
12 Crosses 25
1 Yellow Cards 0
18.10.2025 Fagiano Okayama Fagiano Okayama 1-2 HT 1-1 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka JAP
02.04.2025 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka 2-1 HT 2-1 Fagiano Okayama Fagiano Okayama JAP
21.03.2015 Fagiano Okayama Fagiano Okayama 1-1 HT 0-0 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka JAP2
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cerezo Osaka
1-2
AWAY Fagiano Okayama
0.89 xG 0.67
55% Ball Possession 45%
7 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 4
339 Passes 268
76% Pass Accuracy 75%
13 Box Touches 18
16 Crosses 13
0 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Cerezo Osaka vs Fagiano Okayama
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Fagiano Okayama nicked a narrow win over Cerezo Osaka 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match lean was Cerezo Osaka at 47%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Cerezo Osaka had 55% of the ball to Fagiano Okayama's 45%, shots finished 7-11, expected goals 0.89 to 0.67.

For context: across their last 3 meetings in our records, Cerezo Osaka had the better of it with 2 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Cerezo Osaka and 1.00 for Fagiano Okayama.

What was the final score of Cerezo Osaka vs Fagiano Okayama?

Cerezo Osaka 1-2 Fagiano Okayama in the Japan - J1 League on 18/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Cerezo Osaka vs Fagiano Okayama?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cerezo Osaka win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Cerezo Osaka 47%, draw 22%, Fagiano Okayama 31%. The final score 1-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Cerezo Osaka) ✗ Under 2.5
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