A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo know what's at stake in this second leg of the J-League Cup Play-offs clash.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Emperor Cup.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have reached this J-League Cup stage through battling and winning against Nagoya Grampus, Tokushima Vortis and Shimizu S-Pulse. Sanfrecce was eliminated in the group stage last season in the J-League Cup.5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far this season.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are returning here after guesting Consadole Sapporo in a J-League Cup fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
The Sanfrecce Hiroshima fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sanfrecce have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kashiwa Reysol, Sagan Tosu and Kyoto Sanga in order to reach play-offs of J-League Cup. Consadole Sapporo's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Tokyo.The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The regulars enjoyed Consadole Sapporo's previous fixture versus Toin University, a Emperor Cup win (4-3) played at home.
aweayteam Hara magic won. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Consadole when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
Consadole Sapporo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides played each other previously this season; Consadole Sapporo - Sanfrecce 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sanfrecce Hiroshima five wins, three draws and Consadole Sapporo two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mitsuta 4 goals | T. Morishima 4 goals | Y. Kashiwa 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Consadole Sapporo missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Consadole Sapporo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.6 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 |
