📊 Form Guide

Consadole Sapporo

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Consadole Sapporo will play in this match after a 1-1 J1 League drawn result against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that match, Consadole Sapporo had 51% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Consadole Sapporo was Supachok Sarachat (10'). For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 22 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Shuto Nakano (50') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

It’s not been often in recent games that Consadole Sapporo have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Consadole Sapporo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 11 goals on the way.

Ahead of this meeting, Consadole Sapporo are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Shonan Bellmare

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against AFC Blaublitz Akita in J. League Cup action, Shonan Bellmare will be aiming to make amends here.

Ren Komatsu (97') scored for AFC Blaublitz Akita. The match went to extra time and was won by AFC Blaublitz Akita.

The attacking players from Shonan Bellmare have suffered from a lack of goals over their previous six encounters, contributing the disappointing return of only 3. In those fixtures, Shonan have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 9. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Going into this encounter, Shonan Bellmare haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 02/05/2021 shows us that Consadole Sapporo have won 3 of these and Shonan Bellmare 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 for Consa and 5 coming from Shonan. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 27 on 16/09/2023 when it finished Consadole Sapporo 0-1 Shonan Bellmare.

That time, Consadole Sapporo had 65% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.

For their opponents, Shonan Bellmare had 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Taiyo Hiraoka (42') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yoshiro Imamura.

📋 Team News: Consadole Sapporo

Kazuki Fukai (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Shun Takagi (Cruciate ligament injury) will be missing for Consadole Sapporo gaffer Mihailo Petrović.

📋 Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Shonan Bellmare boss Satoshi Yamaguchi has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Koki Tachi (Hamstring injury), Ryo Nemoto (Cruciate ligament tear), Sere Matsumura (Meniscus injury), Naoki Yamada (Hamstring injury) and Kosuke Onose (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Shonan Bellmare might well have a job on their hands to score against this Consadole Sapporo lineup who will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore expecting a very competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Consadole Sapporo when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be an interesting one.

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

Victor Martins, 03:13 27/04/2024