Сересо Осака срещу Урава Редс

Cerezo Osaka and Urawa Reds meet in the League Cup quarter-final, a two-legged tie. The first leg is at Saitama Stadium on 11 November, and the return is listed for Cerezo's Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium. Neither side arrives in good shape. Cerezo have gone six league games without a win, with two defeats and four draws, the latest a 4-1 loss at Kashima Antlers on 31 October. Urawa have won four of their last six, including 1-0 against V-Varen Nagasaki and 3-2 against JEF United, but they lost 4-0 at Kashiwa Reysol on the same day Cerezo fell at Kashima. The record favours Osaka. Of five meetings between September 2022 and July 2023, Cerezo won three, including a 4-0 cup win, with one draw. Urawa's only win in that run was 2-1 in March 2023. Our prediction: 1-1