Consadole Sapporo vs Sagan Tosu match preview: Even contest expected at Sapporo Dome

It's no vacation for neither Consadole nor Sagan Tosu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Consadole Sapporo form and stats

Consadole Sapporo have collected 10 points from their J-League home games so far after 3-1-2. Consadole Sapporo has recorded two wins in a row here at Sapporo Dome, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Consadole last time playing, versus Shimizu S-Pulse. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Takuro Kaneko and Anderson Lopes scoring for the victors. Attacking player Jay Bothroyd bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.91 out of 10. Bothroyd served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kashima Antlers that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Consadole have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost seven.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Consadole as they are travelling to their away game against Kashiwa Reysol in the J-League. That match is three days after this one.

Consadole Sapporo are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sapporo Dome in their league games, having scored an impressive 15 goals in 6 matches. Consadole have conceded 11 from these games.

Sagan Tosu form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sagan Tosu, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J-League, playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

Impressive finishing from Keita Yamashita and Yuta Higuchi secured the home win 2-1 against Kashima Antlers in their previous game. Midfield player Keiya Sento was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.25/10. Sento served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 49 successful passes (of 58 total).

It was a Nabisco Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Avispa Fukuoka wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sagan Tosu playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Sagan wins, three draws and six defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Vissel Kobe.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sagan Tosu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Consadole Sapporo nine wins, one draw and Sagan Tosu zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Lopes de Souza 12 goals

K. Yamashita 8 goals

D. Hayashi 4 goals

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players