Evenly matched teams: Consadole Sapporo vs Cerezo Osaka match preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Fri 18.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium

Consadole Sapporo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Cerezo Osaka.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's quite the trip for Cerezo Osaka when visiting Consadole Sapporo as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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Consadole Sapporo form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Consadole Sapporo have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

Consadole Sapporo's previous game was a Nabisco Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Gamba Osaka (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Gamba Osaka.

This is expected to be a close game, with Consadole Sapporo 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 twelve games. Consadole Sapporo has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

A decent goal production from Consadole Sapporo in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. Consadole Sapporo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

7-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in J-League, in their J-League matches away. Cerezo Osaka have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Cerezo Osaka failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Kashima Antlers (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Cerezo Osaka secured a home win against Gamba Osaka with the score 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Cerezo Osaka in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cerezo Osaka, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Cerezo Osaka find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Cerezo Osaka are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cerezo Osaka - Consadole Sapporo 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Consadole Sapporo won 2 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Cerezo Osaka has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

Anderson Lopes
9 goals / 2 assists
M. Suzuki
9 goals / 3 assists
J. Bothroyd
8 goals

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Consadole Sapporo Cerezo Osaka
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 3 14 28
11 6 2 Won W 1 7 14
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
10 3 1 Lost L 2 5 10
45 25 6 Scored S 2 15 32
40 17 4 Conceded C 3 13 22
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
82% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 79% 64%
54% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 32%
32% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
18% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 77% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 29%
25% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 43%
25% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 36%
 
5 5.7 4.8 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.8
5 4.8 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.6
1.5 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 1.1
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Consadole Sapporo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Consadole Sapporo
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
14-09-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 1 - 3 Vegalta Sendai
28-09-19 JL Kashima Antlers 1 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
04-10-19 JL Gamba Osaka 5 - 0 Consadole Sapporo
09-10-19 NC Gamba Osaka 2 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
13-10-19 NC Consadole Sapporo 1 - 0 Gamba Osaka
18-10-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
26-10-19 NC Consadole Sapporo 04:05 Kawasaki Frontale
02-11-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 05:00 Nagoya Grampus
09-11-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 05:00 Consadole Sapporo
23-11-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 05:00 Jubilo Iwata
Cerezo Osaka
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
01-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 2 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale
13-09-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
18-09-19 EC Sagan Tosu 4 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
28-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 3 - 1 Gamba Osaka
06-10-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 0 - 1 Kashima Antlers
18-10-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
02-11-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
09-11-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Shonan Bellmare
23-11-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Cerezo Osaka
30-11-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 05:00 Shimizu S-Pulse

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 28 16 7 5 50 24 14 10 3 1 28 10 14 6 4 4 22 14 26 55
2 Tokyo 28 16 5 7 38 23 15 12 0 3 27 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 15 53
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 28 16 4 8 51 33 14 9 3 2 27 11 14 7 1 6 24 22 18 52
4 Kawasaki Frontale 28 12 11 5 46 26 15 4 9 2 18 12 13 8 2 3 28 14 20 47
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 13 8 7 40 24 14 6 5 3 19 10 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 47
6 Cerezo Osaka 28 14 4 10 32 22 14 7 2 5 17 9 14 7 2 5 15 13 10 46
7 Consadole Sapporo 28 11 7 10 45 40 13 6 4 3 25 17 15 5 3 7 20 23 5 40
8 Oita Trinita 28 10 10 8 31 27 14 6 3 5 16 11 14 4 7 3 15 16 4 40
9 Vissel Kobe 28 10 5 13 50 51 13 5 3 5 25 22 15 5 2 8 25 29 -1 35
10 Urawa Reds 28 9 8 11 30 41 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 18 -11 35
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 10 5 13 40 60 13 6 0 7 17 35 15 4 5 6 23 25 -20 35
12 Gamba Osaka 28 8 10 10 39 41 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 3 5 6 19 26 -2 34
13 Nagoya Grampus 28 8 9 11 41 42 13 6 2 5 19 15 15 2 7 6 22 27 -1 33
14 Vegalta Sendai 28 9 5 14 32 40 15 7 4 4 21 19 13 2 1 10 11 21 -8 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 28 9 4 15 36 54 15 4 3 8 18 31 13 5 1 7 18 23 -18 31
16 Sagan Tosu 28 9 4 15 28 46 14 6 2 6 19 26 14 3 2 9 9 20 -18 31
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 6 10 12 17 31 14 2 6 6 8 15 14 4 4 6 9 16 -14 28
18 Júbilo Iwata 28 5 6 17 20 41 14 1 4 9 12 24 14 4 2 8 8 17 -21 21

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