The league table is allowed to rest as Consadole Sapporo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima battle for J-League Cup honors in this first Play-offs leg of two fixtures.
It's quite the trip for Sanfrecce Hiroshima when visiting Consadole Sapporo as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Emperor Cup game only three days ago.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the J-League Cup for Consadole Sapporo, as the manager Petrović led his troops to eliminate Kashiwa Reysol, Sagan Tosu and Kyoto Sanga, and reach the Play-offs. Last season, Consadole's J-League Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals against Tokyo.Consadole Sapporo have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The club members are hoping that Consadole Sapporo will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the game against Vissel Kobe. Midfielder Fernandes was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Fernandes hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Kashiwa Reysol (1-6).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Emperor Cup game versus Toin University in only four days. This game is also played here at Sapporo Dome.
Consadole Sapporo aren't scoring a lot here at Sapporo Dome in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Consadole have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nagoya Grampus, Tokushima Vortis and Shimizu S-Pulse in order to reach play-offs of J-League Cup. Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Playing away, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 1 game, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the J-League this season.
The club members enjoyed Sanfrecce Hiroshima's previous match versus Honda Lock, a Emperor Cup win (2-0) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Nagoya Grampus in the J-League.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Sanfrecce have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Consadole Sapporo victories, three draws and four Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mitsuta 4 goals | T. Morishima 4 goals |  D. Suga 3 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
