Ehime FC take on guests Consadole Sapporo at Ningineer Stadium in the J2 League fixture on Sunday.
Our Ehime FC v Consadole Sapporo predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (including the best match odds).
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Ehime FC
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Ehime FC will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 5-1 J2 League defeat in their last game at the hands of JEF United Chiba.
The only player to score from Ehime FC was Ryo Kubota (8'). Daichi Ishikawa (21', 56'), Hiroto Goya (50'), Carlinhos Júnior (72') and Akiyuki Yokoyama (89') scored for JEF United Chiba.
Fixtures involving Ehime FC have tended to be absorbing affairs of late with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games, the sum of 24 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 7 of those being chalked up by Ehime FC.
Their past results show that Ehime FC:
- haven't lost in the league to Consadole Sapporo in their previous 4 matches.
- haven't won against Consadole Sapporo in their previous 2 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 8 league matches. They will be so desperate to end this run.
Consadole Sapporo
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Consadole Sapporo go into this clash following a 1-3 J2 League win with the downing of AFC Blaublitz Akita in their most recent fixture.
For Consadole Sapporo, goals were scored by Ryota Aoki (15'), Tomoki Kondo (23') and Rei Ieizumi (48'). Ren Komatsu (51') was the scorer for AFC Blaublitz Akita.
The stats tell the story, and Consadole Sapporo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in all. Defensively, Consadole Sapporo just haven’t been too solid at all. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this game, though.
Analysis of their past results shows that Consadole Sapporo:
- haven't beaten Ehime FC when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
- haven't been beaten by Ehime FC in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 12/05/2014 tells us that Ehime FC have won 2 of these and Consadole Sapporo 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.
A sum of 13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Ehime and 6 created by Consa. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The last league match between these sides was J2 League match day 36 on 16/10/2016 when the final score was Ehime FC 2-2 Consadole Sapporo.
The referee was Yuki Noda.
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Team News: Ehime FC
There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Ehime FC manager Kiyotaka Ishimaru to contend with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Taiga Ishiura (Metatarsal fracture) is sidelined.
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Team News: Consadole Sapporo
Consadole Sapporo boss Daiki Iwamasa has a number of players out of action. Shun Takagi (Herniated disc), Kazuki Fukai (Hamstring injury), Leo Osaki (Calf injury), Francis Cann (Hamstring injury) and Katsuyuki Tanaka (Knee medial ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Ehime FC will need to apply a lot of pressure to score against this Consadole Sapporo side who will likely emerge victorious.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Consadole Sapporo after 90 minutes.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
Victor Martins,
11:06 19/03/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ehime FC
Formed: 1970
Stadium: Ningineer Stadium (20,919)
Captain: Kenta Tokushige
Chairman: Tadashi Murakami
Manager: Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Competitions: J2 League position 20