Consadole Sapporo vs Gamba Osaka betting preview

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the J-League.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Consadole Sapporo form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Consadole Sapporo have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. Two home wins in a row for Consadole bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Vegalta Sendai (placed 18th) on their last time out; the J-League game ended 1-1. Akito Fukumori, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Fukumori hit two key passes and won 10 of 13 duels.

Preceding that match was the home Emperor Cup game against V-Varen Nagasaki that was lost 1-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Consadole Sapporo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Consadole's attacking play is working. Consadole have conceded 11 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Gamba Osaka form and stats

Gamba Osaka have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

Gamba Osaka won their last game, 2-1 versus Oita Trinita played at home. Midfielder Yuki Yamamoto was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Yamamoto hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 58 successful passes (of 63 total). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Matsunami when Takashi Usami scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. The end of the last match, against Oita Trinita, was very satisfying as Takashi Usami scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A loss against Kashima Antlers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Gamba have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, four draws and five defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gamba manager M. Matsunami as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vegalta Sendai.

Gamba Osaka are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 9 away games. Gamba are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Consadole won three, Gamba Osaka won five and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Lopes de Souza 12 goals

T. Kaneko 5 goals

A. Aguiar Oliveira 4 goals

Consadole Sapporo missing players

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