The visiting Kashima Antlers side should be favourites in this visit to Consadole Sapporo, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kashima Antlers, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Consadole Sapporo's results here at Sapporo Dome in the J-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
No payout for Consadole Sapporo in their previous match, an away game at Nagoya Grampus that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that, Consadole had a home game versus Shonan Bellmare which ended with a victory 2-1.
Consadole Sapporo has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Consadole have conceded 24 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
7 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Kashima Antlers playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Two travels in a row for Kashima, whose manager A. Zago could celebrate last time after the J-League win against Sagan Tosu. Before that, Kashima Antlers secured a home win against Yokohama with the score 3-2.
The schedule is very tough for Kashima now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Vissel Kobe is waiting in only three days.
Kashima have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Kashima have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kashima Antlers - Consadole 0-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Consadole victory, three draws and six Kashima Antlers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 12 goals |  S. Doi 5 goals |   T. Arano 4 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 28 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| 47 | 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 91% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 83% |
| 57% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 62% | 57% |
| 43% | 42% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| 26% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 17% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 54% | 57% |
| 17% | 8% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 13% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 233 | 107 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 168 | 299 |
| 75 | 33 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 56 | 108 |
| 31% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 31% |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 45 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 42 |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 38 |
| 8 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 37 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -9 | 34 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 13 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -23 | 12 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 9 |