Kashima 4–1 Cerezo Osaka
Kashima
4–1HT 3–1
Cerezo Osaka
Kashima played Cerezo Osaka in the J1 League on 31 October 2026 at Mercari Stadium. The match finished 4–1.
Goals and cards
- 14'José Élber Pimentel da Silva (assist by Yuta Matsumura)
- 22'José Élber Pimentel da Silva (assist by Yuma Suzuki)
- 25'Pablo Sabbag (assist by Lucas Fernandes)
- 33'Pablo Sabbag — Yellow card
- 36'Matheus Bueno (assist by Yuma Suzuki)
- 55'Travis Takahashi — Yellow card
- 57'Léo Ceará — Yellow card
- 70'Aleksandar Čavrić
- 88'Javi Hernández — Yellow card
- 89'Yuma Suzuki — Yellow card
- 90+4'Ikuma Sekigawa — Yellow card
Line-ups
Kashima 4-4-2
- T. Hayakawa
- K. Tsukui
- N. Ueda
- I. Sekigawa
- R. Ogawa
- Y. Matsumura
- Y. Higuchi
- Matheus Bueno
- Élber
- Y. Suzuki
- Léo Ceará
- SUBSTITUTES
- H. Tokuda
- T. Yamada
- A. Čavrić
- K. Chida
- H. Hayashu
- R. Koike
- H. Matsumoto
- K. Misao
- G. Shibasaki
- COACHES: T. Oniki
Cerezo Osaka 3-4-2-1
- Kosuke Nakamura
- Dion-Johan Cools
- T. Takahashi
- R. Inoue
- H. Okuda
- S. Tanaka
- S. Kagawa
- A. Ohata
- Lucas Fernandes
- Y. Komi
- P. Sabbag
- SUBSTITUTES
- Javi Hernández
- T. Nakamura
- K. Noborizato
- K. Okazawa
- R. Sakata
- S. Sakuragawa
- S. Uejo
- Y. Yokoyama
- K. Abe
- COACHES: Pablo Machín
Match statistics
| Kashima | Cerezo Osaka | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.27 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.48 |
| 468 | Accurate passes | 395 |
| 12 | Shots inside box | 4 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 8 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 5 |
| 10 | Free kicks | 14 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 553 | Total passes | 475 |
| 16 | Total shots | 12 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 10 | Corners | 2 |
| 14 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 54% | Possession | 46% |