National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Consadole Sapporo or Sagan Tosu that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Last season, Consadole Sapporo's J-League Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals against Tokyo.The story so far in the J-League for Consadole Sapporo at their home stadium (Sapporo Dome) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
No payout for Consadole in their previous match, an away game at Kashima Antlers that ended in defeat 1-4. Midfield player Fernandes got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernandes hit seven key passes.
Ahead of that match, Consadole Sapporo won a home game hosting Kyoto Sanga (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Consadole handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager Petrović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Júbilo Iwata in only four days.
Consadole Sapporo aren't scoring a lot here at Sapporo Dome in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Consadole Sapporo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sapporo Dome in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan was sent out of J-League Cup in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in J-League matches, Sagan Tosu have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far.
Sagan Tosu are travelling again after losing away to Vissel Kobe in their previous match (0-4). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Vissel Kobe was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Kikuchi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Kikuchi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tokyo at their stadium, the result 1-0.Sagan Tosu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sagan Tosu are hosting Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sagan as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Sagan Tosu have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date recorded match involving both these participants is the Sagan Tosu - Consadole Sapporo 2-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Consadole five wins, three draws and Sagan Tosu two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Suga 3 goals |  Y. Kakita 3 goals |  T. Kaneko 2 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 9 | 28 | ||
| 32 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
