📏 Form Guide

Consadole Sapporo

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Consadole Sapporo, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 J. League Cup triumph versus Azul Claro Numazu.

For Consadole Sapporo, the goalscorers were Hiromu Tanaka (10') and Yuki Kobayashi (55', 61').

It has been seldom in recent times that Consadole Sapporo haven’t conceded. The reality is that Consadole Sapporo have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals in the process.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Consadole Sapporo:

• have not been beaten in the league by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous 4 matches.
• have not emerged victorious against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous 2 matches in the league.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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In the game prior to this, Sanfrecce Hiroshima drew 1-1 in the J1 League match with Avispa Fukuoka.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 62% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Sho Sasaki (25'). For their opponents, Avispa Fukuoka had 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Shahab Zahedi (22') was the scorer for Avispa Fukuoka.

A run of resolute displays by the Sanfrecce Hiroshima defensive unit has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their past 6 clashes combined. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 10. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out if the trend shall continue on in this match or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• have left without a victory over Consadole Sapporo in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• have not lost to Consadole Sapporo when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. A very decent away record against them.
• are unbeaten in their last 7 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 26/02/2022, both clubs have shared the honours with Consadole Sapporo winning 1 of those games, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 and 4 being drawn in normal time.

A total of 10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 for Consa and 6 created by Sanfrecce. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was J1 League match day 32 on 11/11/2023 and the score finished Consadole Sapporo 0-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On that occasion, Consadole Sapporo managed 55% possession and 18 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

On the other side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Jumpei Iida.

ℹ️ Team News: Consadole Sapporo

Kazuki Fukai (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Shun Takagi (Cruciate ligament injury) will be missing for Consadole Sapporo boss Mihailo Petrović. Shingo Omori cannot play in this game through suspension.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Michael Skibbe has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Douglas Vieira (Knee injury), Hiroya Matsumoto (Knee medial ligament tear), Hayato Araki (Hamstring injury), Yusuke Chajima (Calf strain), Ezequiel (Hamstring injury) and Taichi Yamasaki (Cruciate ligament injury) are not able to play.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Consadole Sapporo might have a difficult job to breach the defence of this Sanfrecce Hiroshima lineup who we think should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of the match.

Hoping for a good game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 04:10 20/04/2024