Cerezo Osaka 3-0 Kyoto Sanga — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Japan - J1 League, 18 Apr 2026

📅18/04/2026 · 🕒10:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
43%
2.13
Draw
28%
3.35
Away
29%
2.93
Under/Over 2.5
Under
49%
1.92
Over
51%
1.82
Both Teams to Score
Yes Pick
56%
1.66
No
44%
2.08
Total Goals
0-1
25%
3.36
2-3
46%
1.74
4-5
23%
3.17
6+
6%
11.4
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
25%
1/2
2%
1/X
6%
X/1
15%
X/2
11%
X/X
17%
2/1
3%
2/2
16%
2/X
5%
STRENGTH — pattern support: Good → Great · fuller bar = deeper record. Informational.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome.
SIGNALS Team Signals — the why behind the numbers
iddaakolik predictions — not real match figures
HOME Cerezo Osaka The Market 47%
Head to Head
AWAY Kyoto Sanga The Market 34%
Average Team Performanceagainst Market Expectation Strong
1.35 xG Scorediddaakolik model prediction 1.46
0.96 xG Concedediddaakolik model prediction 1.51
Weak Attack Strength Great
Average Defense Strength Weak
52% Ball Possession 48%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
399 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 327 · 77%
24 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20
20 Crosses 17
1 Yellow Cards 2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cerezo Osaka
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Kyoto Sanga
2.33 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
1.52 xG 2.36
56% Ball Possession 44%
13 Total Shots 18
5 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 6
349 Passes 243
79% Pass Accuracy 72%
26 Box Touches 31
22 Crosses 21
2 Yellow Cards 1
14.03.2026 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga 1-2 HT 0-0 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka JAP
28.09.2025 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka 1-2 HT 0-1 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga JAP
21.05.2025 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga 1-4 HT 1-0 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka JLK
03.05.2025 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga 2-3 HT 2-2 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka JAP
17.08.2024 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka 3-5 HT 1-3 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga JAP
01.06.2024 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Sanga 1-1 HT 0-1 Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka JAP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cerezo Osaka
3 - 0
AWAY Kyoto Sanga
1.98 xG 1.98
49% Ball Possession 51%
9 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 5
279 Passes 272
75% Pass Accuracy 71%
19 Box Touches 19
9 Crosses 11
0 Yellow Cards 4
REVIEW Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Cerezo Osaka cruised past Kyoto Sanga 3-0. Half-time: 1-0.

True to our pre-match read, our model had Cerezo Osaka as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 3-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — both teams to score (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Kyoto Sanga saw more of the ball, 51% to 49%, shots finished 9-13, expected goals 1.98 to 1.98.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cerezo Osaka had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Scoring in those meetings ran 2.33 a game for Cerezo Osaka against 2.00 for Kyoto Sanga.

Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga Result & Final Score

Cerezo Osaka 3 - 0 Kyoto Sanga in the Japan - J1 League on 18/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Cerezo Osaka win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Cerezo Osaka 43%, draw 28%, Kyoto Sanga 29%. The final score 3-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cerezo Osaka), Over 2.5 — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cerezo Osaka) ✓ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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