Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Consadole Sapporo & Verspah Oita face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Verspah Oita have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Consadole Sapporo and Verspah Oita.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Emperor Cup for Consadole Sapporo, as the manager Petrović led his troops to eliminate Sagamihara, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.When playing at home in the J-League, Consadole Sapporo have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games.
No payout for Consadole in their previous match, an away game at Avispa Fukuoka that ended in defeat 1-2. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Kaneko for missing a penalty kick versus Avispa Fukuoka in the 63rd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. The attacker Asano was announced as "man of the match" for Consadole Sapporo with the rating of 7.43/10. Asano hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Consadole Sapporo played out a J-League draw 1-1 when visiting Vissel Kobe.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Albirex Niigata in only three days. This game is also played here at Sapporo Dome.
The Consadole Sapporo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches.
Verspah Oita form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oita Trinita and Baleine Shimonoseki in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. Verspah's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Japan Football League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Verspah Oita, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Okinawa SV last time out.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Reinmeer Aomori.Verspah have another match away in just four days, a Japan Football League game vs Biwako Shiga. A back-breaking itinerary for the guests!
Verspah Oita find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Kaneko 8 goals |  Y. Asano 8 goals | T. Ogashiwa 5 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Verspah Oita missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Verspah Oita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 28 | Scored | S | 22 | 30 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 84% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.1 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 34% | ||
| 10.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Honda | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Sony Sendai | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Biwako Shiga | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Criacao Shinjuku | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Veertien Mie | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Reinmeer Aomori | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | TIAMO Hirakata | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Verspah Oita | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Suzuka Unlimited | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Tokyo Musashino City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Urayasu | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Honda Lock | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Okinawa SV | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 9 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
