Consadole Sapporo greet Kyoto Sanga as odds-on favourites: Read our match preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sapporo Dome (38415 seats)

In total; 13 league rounds are played and Consadole Sapporo are 6 points in front of Kyoto Sanga. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • Consadole Sapporo have the most scored goals (29) in J-League
  • Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kyoto Sanga, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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Consadole Sapporo form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Consadole Sapporo have to build on here at Sapporo Dome in the J-League.

Consadole Sapporo are returning here after visiting Shonan Bellmare and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Ogashiwa, Komai, Asano and Sarachart scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Consadole Sapporo, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Shonan Bellmare. Fun stuff to watch! Ogashiwa, who usually features in attack, was the best player for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.3 (out of 10). Ogashiwa scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Tokyo.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Consadole matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).

Take note that 10 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.

Goals decide football matches and Consadole Sapporo are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Consadole Sapporo defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kyoto Sanga have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far. It's a growing despair in Kyoto as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Cerezo Osaka with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Kawasaki got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Kawasaki hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Yokohama F. Marinos's place.

The travelling fans enjoy Kyoto Sanga's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Kyoto Sanga's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Consadole wins - draws - Kyoto Sanga wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Consadole SapporoY. Asano
Y. Asano
7 goals
Consadole SapporoT. Kaneko
T. Kaneko
5 goals
Consadole SapporoT. Ogashiwa
T. Ogashiwa
4 goals

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Consadole Sapporo Kyoto Sanga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 1 6 13
5 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 3 0 Lost L 1 3 8
29 13 0 Scored S 1 9 15
24 11 0 Conceded C 2 9 20
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
77% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
77% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
46% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 23%
77% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 46%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 38%
 
5.2 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 4.9
4.1 2.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 4.4
1.4 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.2 16.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.7 11.5
4.5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.5
50% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 33%
 
12.2 12.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.7 12.2
4.6 4.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Consadole Sapporo have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have the most matches over the total-line (10) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have the most scored goals (29) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Consadole Sapporo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Vissel Kobe 13 9 2 2 28 8 8 5 1 2 14 4 5 4 1 0 14 4 20 29
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 13 7 3 3 26 15 6 4 2 0 15 4 7 3 1 3 11 11 11 24
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 12 7 2 3 16 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 23
4 Nagoya Grampus 13 6 5 2 16 10 6 2 4 0 6 4 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 23
5 Kashima Antlers 13 7 1 5 19 13 6 2 1 3 9 9 7 5 0 2 10 4 6 22
6 Urawa Reds 11 6 2 3 16 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 20
7 Cerezo Osaka 13 6 2 5 16 15 7 3 1 3 9 9 6 3 1 2 7 6 1 20
8 Consadole Sapporo 13 5 4 4 29 24 6 2 1 3 13 11 7 3 3 1 16 13 5 19
9 Avispa Fukuoka 13 5 4 4 15 16 7 5 1 1 9 6 6 0 3 3 6 10 -1 19
10 Kawasaki Frontale 13 5 3 5 16 16 6 1 3 2 5 6 7 4 0 3 11 10 0 18
11 Tokyo 13 5 3 5 16 18 6 4 1 1 12 7 7 1 2 4 4 11 -2 18
12 Albirex Niigata 13 4 4 5 15 18 7 3 2 2 9 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -3 16
13 Sagan Tosu 13 4 3 6 12 17 6 2 1 3 5 10 7 2 2 3 7 7 -5 15
14 Kyoto Sanga 13 4 1 8 15 20 7 2 0 5 6 11 6 2 1 3 9 9 -5 13
15 Shonan Bellmare 12 2 5 5 21 22 6 1 2 3 10 12 6 1 3 2 11 10 -1 11
16 Kashiwa Reysol 13 2 5 6 8 16 7 1 3 3 5 11 6 1 2 3 3 5 -8 11
17 Yokohama 13 2 3 8 10 30 7 1 1 5 5 16 6 1 2 3 5 14 -20 9
18 Gamba Osaka 13 1 4 8 13 28 6 1 3 2 8 8 7 0 1 6 5 20 -15 7