V-Varen Nagasaki vs Cerezo Osaka — J1 League result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

J1 League·Saturday, 19 September 2026·09:30

V-Varen Nagasaki

1 – 1

Cerezo Osaka

V-Varen NagasakiExpected goalsCerezo Osaka
1.27 xG1.58 xG

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

V-Varen Nagasaki

27%

Draw

26%

result

Cerezo Osaka

47%

top pick

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 26.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Cerezo Osaka win. Expected goals 1.27–1.58 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals54%2 scored
Both teams score59%yes
V-Varen Nagasaki clean sheet19%no
Cerezo Osaka clean sheet29%no
V-Varen Nagasaki score 2+35%no
Cerezo Osaka score 2+48%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1464
1X2 Brier score0.8367
Probability on the result26.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.4%), 1–2 (11.4%), 0–1 (9.8%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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V-Varen Nagasaki

19 SeptHvs Cerezo Osaka1–1D

Cerezo Osaka

19 SeptAvs V-Varen Nagasaki1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.