The league table is allowed to rest as Consadole Sapporo and Yokohama F. Marinos battle for Ybc Levain Cup honors in this first Play-offs leg of two fixtures.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Yokohama F. Marinos, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
Consadole have not come this way in the Ybc Levain Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sagan Tosu, Avispa Fukuoka and Kashima Antlers. Consadole was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.Consadole Sapporo have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Consadole Sapporo.
It's back home for Consadole, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kashiwa Reysol away with the result 2-1. Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa and Daihachi Okamura found the net in that victory. The attacker Jay Bothroyd was "man of the match" for Consadole with a rating of 7.85/10. Bothroyd hit two key passes.
Before that, Consadole Sapporo drew at home versus Sagan Tosu.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Emperor Cup game versus Sony Sendai in only three days. This game is also played here at Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium.
Goals decide football matches and Consadole Sapporo are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Consadole Sapporo defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Vegalta Sendai, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Shimizu S-Pulse in order to reach play-offs of Ybc Levain Cup. Yokohama's mission in Ybc Levain Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Yokohama had fun at their own home (Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium) last time out, beating Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1. Léo Ceará and Élber scored. Élber got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Élber scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total). Léo Ceará came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Shimizu S-Pulse last time out, making the manager A. Postecoglou feel like a tactical genius.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Oita Trinita.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Honda in just three days.
Yokohama are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Yokohama have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Consadole wins - draws - Yokohama F. Marinos wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 12 goals |  A. Onaiwu 10 goals |  D. Maeda 9 goals |
Consadole Sapporo missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Consadole Sapporo | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 52 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 14 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -30 | 7 |