National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama F. Marinos or Consadole Sapporo that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's quite the trip for Consadole Sapporo when visiting Yokohama F. Marinos as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Yokohama nor Consadole Sapporo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.Yokohama F. Marinos have collected seven points from their first three J-League games here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium, a promising start.
In their previous game, the manager Muscat led his Yokohama F. Marinos to a defeat away at Cerezo Osaka. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Defender Hatanaka got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.85/10. Hatanaka hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, a fine away win at Sagan Tosu. A J-League Cup match. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Yokohama F. Marinos matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Yokohama in only three days. This game is also played here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium.
The Yokohama F. Marinos fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. From these home matches, Yokohama have conceded only 2 goals.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the play-offs against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.Things could have gone better for Consadole Sapporo in their J-League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
The manager Petrović was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium (Sapporo). Consadole Sapporo suffered a 3-4 loss to Kawasaki Frontale. As you can tell from the result, the match against Kawasaki Frontale was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Kaneko got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Kaneko served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Previously, the J-League Cup win away at Júbilo Iwata. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Consadole Sapporo playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Consadole have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a J-League fixture vs Cerezo Osaka. A rough fixture list for the visitors!
Consadole Sapporo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Consadole Sapporo have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Yokohama wins - draws - Consadole Sapporo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 2 goals |  T. Ogashiwa 2 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 2 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Consadole Sapporo missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Consadole Sapporo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.5 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 14.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Albirex Niigata | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 2 |
