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Cerezo Osaka and Urawa Reds meet on 15 November in the Nabisco Cup, with both clubs in the middle of the J1 table. Cerezo sit 11th on 17 points from 14 games, while Urawa are ninth on 22 points from the same number of matches. Cerezo's recent league form reads loss, draw, draw, loss, win, so the latest result was at least a positive one. Urawa arrive after a 2-2 draw with Kobe on 8 November, a game that followed a 4-0 defeat at Kashiwa on 31 October. They have won seven of their 14 league games but lost six. The history favours the hosts. Cerezo Osaka beat Urawa Reds 2-0 at home in July 2023, with goals from Leo Ceara and Jordy Croux, and Mutsuki Kato scored the only goal of their 2021 Levain Cup semi-final second leg to send Cerezo through. Our prediction: 1-1