National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Consadole Sapporo or Yokohama F. Marinos that keep their silverware dream alive.
Yokohama F. Marinos have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The visiting Yokohama F. Marinos played their last game only four days ago, a J-League match. That game, against Gamba Osaka, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Yokohama F. Marinos.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Consadole Sapporo participated in J-League Cup the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.When playing at home in the J-League, Consadole Sapporo have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
A nice win for Consadole Sapporo last time playing, versus Kyoto Sanga. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Kaneko and Asano scoring for the victors. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Asano, having found the net in three consecutive matches. Kaneko (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Kaneko scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Shonan Bellmare.This is expected to be a close game, with Consadole perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Consadole Sapporo as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Consadole Sapporo has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 8.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Nagoya Grampus in only three days. This game is also played here at Sapporo Dome.
Goals decide football matches and Consadole Sapporo are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Consadole Sapporo defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Yokohama F. Marinos in their J-League matches away.
Two trips in a row for Yokohama, whose coach Muscat could celebrate last time after the win against Gamba Osaka. Nagato was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.81. The defender Nagato scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Albirex Niigata before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Yokohama F. Marinos in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Yokohama F. Marinos, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A new game in only four days for Yokohama F. Marinos, the J-League home match versus Avispa Fukuoka. Busy days.
Yokohama are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Yokohama F. Marinos have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Yokohama F. Marinos - Consadole Sapporo 2-1. Data for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Consadole Sapporo, four draws and four wins for Yokohama F. Marinos. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Asano 8 goals |  A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals |  T. Kaneko 6 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 56 | 31 | Scored | S | 26 | 50 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 84% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.6 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 14.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 12.3 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
