Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Consadole Sapporo & V-Varen Nagasaki face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as V-Varen Nagasaki have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Consadole Sapporo have reached this Emperor Cup stage through battling and winning against Sony Sendai. Last season, Consadole's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Consadole Sapporo have collected 14 points from their J-League home games so far after 4-2-2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Consadole after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Consadole's previous game was a J-League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Tokushima Vortis. The home side are looking to build on that result. Shunta Tanaka, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Tanaka won 5 of 6 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kashima Antlers (0-4).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Consadole handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and one defeat.
There will be little rest for Consadole after this match as they are travelling to Vegalta Sendai for a J-League game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Consadole are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Okinawa SV in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.7 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of V-Varen Nagasaki playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. V-Varen Nagasaki has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Mito Hollyhock.
V-Varen Nagasaki play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Kyoto Sanga.
A loss against Júbilo Iwata was the result prior to that, in a J2-League home game.Nagasaki are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.
After this away game Nagasaki return home for a J2-League game against Omiya Ardija. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Nagasaki are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Nagasaki have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Consadole victories, three draws and one V-Varen Nagasaki win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 12 goals |  E. Teixeira Lima 8 goals |  T. Kaneko 5 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Júbilo Iwata | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 44 |
| 3 | Ryukyu | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 41 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Machida Zelvia | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | JEF United | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 22 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 18 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 19 |
| 19 | Ehime | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 18 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -18 | 13 |