In this week 11 match on May 4th, Consadole Sapporo will travel to Tokyo to battle Gamba Osaka in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 14th placed Gamba Osaka, recorded a 0-2 loss against Tokyo. Adailton scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 38th minute, then Leandro added another in the 66th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gamba Osaka couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Consadole Sapporo recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Shonan Bellmare. Suga struck first for Consadole Sapporo in the 52nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Consadole Sapporo ran away with the shutout win. Consadole Sapporo is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Consadole Sapporo is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Takuro Kaneko and Taika Nakashima each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Keisuke Kurokawa and Miyahara are the top scorers for Gamba Osaka in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.