Plenty of good and bad for these teams so far, sitting in positions near the midsection of the J-League table. Here's the Consadole Sapporo - Kyoto Sanga latest:
- Consadole Sapporo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kyoto Sanga have not yet lost a game away.
Kyoto Sanga 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.
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.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Consadole Sapporo have collected 7 points from their J-League home games so far after 1-4-0.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Consadole Sapporo, as their goalkeeper Takanori Sugeno has completely shut out the opponents for 363 minutes in the J-League.
The home team returns to Sapporo Dome after drawing with Gamba Osaka (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Gamba Osaka was the missed penalty kick from Xavier in the 45th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Arano (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Arano hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 63 total).
Ahead of that match, Consadole Sapporo won a home game hosting Shonan Bellmare (1-0).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 eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.
Consadole have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Consadole Sapporo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sapporo Dome in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
2-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kyoto Sanga in their J-League matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Jubilo Iwata game have they lost an away game, meaning Kyoto Sanga has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Kyoto has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Nagoya Grampus for a 1-1 draw. Defender Shirai was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Shirai served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 13 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Avispa Fukuoka.Kyoto Sanga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Consadole Sapporo-Kyoto Sanga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Consadole Sapporo two wins, Kyoto Sanga six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |   T. Kaneko 2 goals |  D. Suga 2 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 11.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 20% | 16% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | 40% |
| 10.6 | 10.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.6 |
- All of Kyoto Sanga's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Consadole Sapporo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Consadole Sapporo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga have not yet lost a game away.
- Kyoto Sanga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kyoto Sanga 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 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
