Week 4 brings us a match on Mar 12th, where Consadole Sapporo and Yokohama F. Marinos will play a match in Sapporo in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 11th placed Consadole Sapporo is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Avispa Fukuoka. Avispa Fukuoka had 14 on net, and Consadole Sapporo had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Consadole Sapporo looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Yokohama F. Marinos, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Shimizu S-Pulse. Ryuta Koike scored the first goal for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 32nd minute, then Kaina Yoshio added another in the 43rd minute In the end, Shimizu S-Pulse was frustrated by Yokohama F. Marinos’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Yokohama F. Marinos ended the match with the shutout victory. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Yokohama F. Marinos won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Yokohama F. Marinos’s top weapon lately has been Teruhito Nakagawa, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Consadole Sapporo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Milan Tucic and each having 2 goals in their last five.