Urawa Reds are located at 6th, while Consadole Sapporo are hanging back 4 points behind in the table. Will they cut the gap?
- Urawa Reds have won all their matches at home so far.
- Consadole Sapporo have not yet lost a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Consadole Sapporo, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Urawa Reds form and stats
As mentioned below, Urawa Reds are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 J-League games.
Urawa are confident in defense, having played 260 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Urawa Reds travelled for their previous game, a trip to Nagoya Grampus that ended 0-0. Nishikawa, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.11 out of 10 in that game. Nishikawa topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, 0-0 away to Kawasaki Frontale (Nabisco Cup). 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 Urawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shonan Bellmare are coming to town in four days.
At Saitama Stadium 2002, Urawa Reds has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
Consadole Sapporo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Cerezo Osaka (placed 12th). Midfielder Fukumori was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Fukumori served one assist and hit two key passes.
A loss, in the Nabisco Cup away at Yokohama F. Marinos, earlier. Consadole Sapporo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
After this away game Consadole Sapporo return home for a Nabisco Cup game against Sagan Tosu. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Consadole has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. As for defending, Consadole Sapporo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Consadole Sapporo have won at least one point in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) versus Urawa.Top Goalscorers
  T. Akimoto 2 goals |   T. Kaneko 2 goals | T. Ogashiwa 2 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Consadole Sapporo missing players
| Urawa Reds | Consadole Sapporo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 43% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 6.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 12 | 14.3 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 38% | 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 39% |
| 10.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5.3 |
- All of Urawa Reds's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Consadole Sapporo have not yet lost a game away.
- Consadole Sapporo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Urawa Reds have won all their matches at home so far.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
