Betting preview: Albirex Niigata vs Consadole Sapporo should be interesting

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium (41684 seats)

Consadole Sapporo have journeyed here for an action-packed duel against the home side Albirex Niigata. Get ready for the game with this in-depth J-League preview!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Consadole Sapporo, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

It's back home for Albirex Niigata, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sanfrecce Hiroshima away with the result 2-1. Suzuki and Ota found the net in that victory. Albirex goalkeeper Kojima did an outstanding job against Sanfrecce Hiroshima with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Before that, Albirex Niigata played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Cerezo Osaka.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Albirex Niigata have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Albirex Niigata as they are travelling to their away game against Avispa Fukuoka in the Nabisco Cup. That match is four days after this one.

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Consadole Sapporo form and stats

One match played away so far in the J-League for Consadole Sapporo and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.

Consadole Sapporo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Vissel Kobe proved too strong as Consadole slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium (Sapporo). It is a bit troubling for Consadole Sapporo that their goalie Gu pulled off six saves in the Vissel Kobe fixture, but still were unable to hinder a defeat. Kaneko got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Kaneko scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Consadole Sapporo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Consadole Sapporo, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Consadole Sapporo manager Petrović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sagan Tosu.

It's early days yet, but Consadole Sapporo has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Albirex have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (6-1-0) when playing Consadole Sapporo.

Top Goalscorers

Albirex NiigataK. Taniguchi
K. Taniguchi
1 goals
Albirex NiigataK. Suzuki
K. Suzuki
1 goals
Albirex NiigataK. Chiba
K. Chiba
1 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albirex Niigata Consadole Sapporo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
8.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 12 7.5
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 9.5
5.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
36% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 17.5
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 7
Albirex Niigata Last season Consadole Sapporo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   17 34
25 16   Won W   4 11
9 2   Drew D   6 12
8 3   Lost L   7 11
73 43   Scored S   20 45
35 16   Conceded C   31 55
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 85%
81% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
50% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 53%
17% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
7% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 24%
45% 38%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
43% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
14% 5%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
5.2 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4
3.6 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 4.1
0.8 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.4
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11.5 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.7
4.5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.3
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
7.5 6.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 11.9
3 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.9

  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 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Vissel Kobe 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Nagoya Grampus 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Shonan Bellmare 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
5 Tokyo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Albirex Niigata 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4
7 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 Avispa Fukuoka 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Kashiwa Reysol 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Gamba Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
12 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Yokohama 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Sagan Tosu 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
17 Kyoto Sanga 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Urawa Reds 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albirex Niigata 42 25 9 8 73 35 21 16 2 3 43 16 21 9 7 5 30 19 38 84
2 Yokohama 42 23 11 8 66 49 21 13 4 4 33 21 21 10 7 4 33 28 17 80
3 Fagiano Okayama 42 20 12 10 61 42 21 12 5 4 37 19 21 8 7 6 24 23 19 72
4 Roasso Kumamoto 42 18 13 11 58 48 21 8 6 7 26 22 21 10 7 4 32 26 10 67
5 Oita Trinita 42 17 15 10 62 52 21 9 7 5 34 27 21 8 8 5 28 25 10 66
6 Montedio Yamagata 42 17 13 12 62 40 21 11 4 6 37 18 21 6 9 6 25 22 22 64
7 Vegalta Sendai 42 18 9 15 67 59 21 8 5 8 30 27 21 10 4 7 37 32 8 63
8 Tokushima Vortis 42 13 23 6 48 35 21 8 11 2 28 16 21 5 12 4 20 19 13 62
9 Tokyo Verdy 42 16 13 13 62 55 21 10 5 6 27 20 21 6 8 7 35 35 7 61
10 JEF United 42 17 10 15 44 42 21 8 5 8 17 16 21 9 5 7 27 26 2 61
11 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 15 11 16 50 54 21 4 8 9 20 26 21 11 3 7 30 28 -4 56
12 Blaublitz Akita 42 15 11 16 39 46 21 6 6 9 20 23 21 9 5 7 19 23 -7 56
13 Mito Hollyhock 42 14 12 16 47 46 21 8 5 8 23 21 21 6 7 8 24 25 1 54
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 13 13 16 56 69 21 5 7 9 27 36 21 8 6 7 29 33 -13 52
15 Machida Zelvia 42 14 9 19 51 50 21 7 6 8 28 25 21 7 3 11 23 25 1 51
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 13 11 18 51 54 21 8 7 6 30 27 21 5 4 12 21 27 -3 50
17 Tochigi 42 11 16 15 32 40 21 4 9 8 17 23 21 7 7 7 15 17 -8 49
18 Ventforet Kofu 42 11 15 16 47 54 21 6 8 7 29 27 21 5 7 9 18 27 -7 48
19 Omiya Ardija 42 10 13 19 48 64 21 6 7 8 29 35 21 4 6 11 19 29 -16 43
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 42 11 9 22 36 57 21 5 6 10 19 29 21 6 3 12 17 28 -21 42
21 Ryukyu 42 8 13 21 41 65 21 3 8 10 23 31 21 5 5 11 18 34 -24 37
22 Grulla Morioka 42 9 7 26 35 80 21 4 3 14 16 38 21 5 4 12 19 42 -45 34
Last season 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 34 20 8 6 70 35 17 12 3 2 33 10 17 8 5 4 37 25 35 68
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 20 6 8 65 42 17 14 1 2 38 18 17 6 5 6 27 24 23 66
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 52 41 17 10 3 4 31 15 17 5 7 5 21 26 11 55
4 Kashima Antlers 34 13 13 8 47 42 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 52
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 5 5 23 20 17 6 7 4 23 20 6 51
6 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 46 43 17 8 5 4 27 15 17 6 2 9 19 28 3 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 17 6 3 8 22 25 17 7 5 5 21 19 -1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 17 4 7 6 13 18 -5 46
9 Urawa Reds 34 10 15 9 48 39 17 7 8 2 32 17 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 45
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 17 7 6 4 25 24 17 4 6 7 20 31 -10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 17 5 9 3 23 13 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 42
12 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 31 39 17 5 6 6 15 22 17 5 5 7 16 17 -8 41
13 Vissel Kobe 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 7 3 7 21 16 17 4 4 9 14 25 -6 40
14 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 11 14 29 38 17 5 6 6 17 18 17 4 5 8 12 20 -9 38
15 Gamba Osaka 34 9 10 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 4 8 15 23 -11 37
16 Kyoto Sanga 34 8 12 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 36
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 12 15 44 54 17 2 8 7 20 29 17 5 4 8 24 25 -10 33
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 6 12 16 32 57 17 4 7 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 30

Table
  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 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Vissel Kobe 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Nagoya Grampus 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Shonan Bellmare 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
5 Tokyo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Albirex Niigata 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4
7 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 Avispa Fukuoka 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Kashiwa Reysol 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Gamba Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
12 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Yokohama 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Sagan Tosu 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
17 Kyoto Sanga 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Urawa Reds 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0

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