We have reached the quarterfinals of the J League Cup and on the 6th of September we have a meeting between Consadole Sapporo and Yokohama F. Marinos.
This is the first leg of the tie and the match will be played at the Sapporo Dome. The hosts are currently 12th in the J League on 32 points while the visitors sit in second place on 50 points.
Consadole Sapporo come into the game on the back of a good 4-0 home win over Gamba Osaka in the J League on the weekend.
Consadole Sapporo opened the scoring in the 13th minute and led 1-0 at the interval. Into the second half and Consadole Sapporo doubled their advantage just before the hour and scored two more goals in the final minutes of the match.
The win over Gamba Osaka was the first victory in 7 fixtures in all competitions for Consadole Sapporo.
They have lost 4 of their last 7 games, with 3 of the 4 defeats coming away from home.
Their home form shows they are undefeated in 3 of their 4 most recent matches on home soil but have won only 2 of their last 6 home J League Cup games.
Trends show both teams have scored in 8 of Consadole Sapporo’s last 9 home J League Cup matches.
Yokohama F. Marinos make the trip to the Sapporo Dome having lost 2-0 away to Kashiwa Reysol in the J League on the weekend.
With the score 0-0 at half time, Kashiwa Reysol opened the scoring in the 52nd minute and secured the points with a penalty 8 minutes from time.
It was a second successive defeat in the J League for Yokohama F. Marinos having lost their previous fixture 4-1 at Yokohama, which was a disappointing result.
Yokohama F. Marinos have won only 3 of their last 10 matches in all competitions and one of those wins came in a friendly against Celtic.
In terms of the J League Cup, Yokohama F. Marinos have won 5 of their last 6 games.
They have won 2 of their last 3 J League Cup matches on the road and both teams have scored in 5 of their last 7 away J League Cup games.
Team news: Consadole Sapporo are unlikely to make many changes from the 4-0 win on the weekend.
Toya Nakamura could come into the back three at the expense of Akito Fukumori.
Yokohama F. Marinos could make a few changes having lost their 2 most recent games.
Takuma Nishimura, Riku Yamane, Kota Mizunuma, and Kaina Yoshio will all be hoping to start the match.
This could be a good game to watch and we expect to see both teams find the back of the net.
Yokohama F. Marinos have lost their two most recent fixtures but they should have enough to win this match and take a lead back with them for the second leg.