In a weekend match on Saturday Apr 16th, in week 9, Tokyo will travel to Sapporo to battle Consadole Sapporo in a clash of these two mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 12th placed Consadole Sapporo is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Miyazawa scored the first goal for Consadole Sapporo in the 49th minute, then Nakashima added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Ryota Aoki In the end, Nagoya Grampus couldn’t muster any offence and Consadole Sapporo ran away with the shutout win. Consadole Sapporo is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Tokyo recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Urawa Reds. Neither Tokyo nor Urawa Reds could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Tokyo is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
For Tokyo, their top scorers are Queiroz de Oliveira and Morishige, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Consadole Sapporo’s top weapon lately has been Takuro Kaneko, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.