Урава Реддс – Сересо Осака

Urawa Reds host Cerezo Osaka in the League Cup quarter-final, with the return leg listed at Cerezo four days later on 15 November. The club confirmed Cerezo as their last-eight opponent. Cerezo Osaka arrive 12th in J1 with 14 points from 13 games and a goal difference of minus 10. Their last five matches brought one win, two draws and two defeats, nine goals scored and 12 conceded, the latest a 4-1 loss at Kashima Antlers. In the cup they won 3-1 at Mito Hollyhock on 28 October. Solomon Sakuragawa leads their league scoring with four. Urawa Reds lost 4-0 at Kashiwa Reysol on 31 October, but had won three of the four league games before that, including 1-0 against V-Varen Nagasaki and 3-2 against JEF United. Our prediction: 2-1