Football betting preview: Cerezo Osaka vs Consadole Sapporo

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)

Cerezo Osaka battle Consadole Sapporo for glory and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Cerezo Osaka have the most matches over the total-line (2) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in J-League

Consadole Sapporo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.

Cerezo Osaka enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shimizu S-Pulse's place. The match ended 3-1 with Uejo and Okuno scoring. Midfield player Okuno got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Okuno scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Tokyo (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Cerezo Osaka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cerezo as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Cerezo Osaka has won six of these, drawn four and lost four.

Early season league goal statistics from Cerezo Osaka's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Consadole Sapporo form and stats

Consadole Sapporo are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). The Consadole Sapporo manager Petrović is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 28 days.

Consadole Sapporo's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Yokohama F. Marinos that finished 1-1. Defender Fukumori was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Fukumori hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Avispa Fukuoka.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Consadole Sapporo playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Consadole wins, two draws and seven defeats.

It's early days yet, but Consadole Sapporo has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Cerezo Osaka won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Consadole Sapporo have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Cerezo OsakaR. Shindo
R. Shindo
1 goals
Cerezo OsakaT. Inui
T. Inui
1 goals
CerezoH. Okuno
H. Okuno
1 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 1 1 Scored S 0 1 3
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5.2 6.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 3.8
4.2 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.8
1.5 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 7 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.5 9.8
3.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.8
43% 12% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 20%
 
11.5 5.5 2 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 11.8
5.5 3.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in J-League
  • Cerezo Osaka have the most matches over the total-line (2) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in J-League
Cerezo Osaka Last season Consadole Sapporo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 8   Won W   6 14
9 5   Drew D   5 9
16 6   Lost L   8 15
47 26   Scored S   21 48
51 28   Conceded C   23 50
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
66% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 76%
47% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 24%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 11%
55% 68%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
24% 11%   Failed to Score F T   37% 37%
 
5.2 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.8
4.7 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.5
0.7 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.7 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 12.3
4.2 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.7
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%
 
10.3 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 8.9
4.6 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 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 Kawasaki Frontale 6 4 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 13
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 2 1 12 8 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 11
3 Kashiwa Reysol 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 9
4 Kashima Antlers 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
5 Sagan Tosu 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
6 Tokyo 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
7 Jubilo Iwata 4 1 2 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 5
8 Cerezo Osaka 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 5
9 Gamba Osaka 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
10 Kyoto Sanga 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 5
11 Nagoya Grampus 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
12 Consadole Sapporo 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
13 Urawa Reds 6 1 1 4 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 -2 4
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 4
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 3
16 Avispa Fukuoka 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 3
17 Vissel Kobe 6 0 3 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 2 3 7 -6 3
18 Shonan Bellmare 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 2
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 Kawasaki Frontale 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27