In this week 30 match, on Sunday Sep 18th, Consadole Sapporo and Yokohama F. Marinos will play a match in Yokohama in a clash of the J-League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 2-1 win against Kyoto Sanga. Eduardo struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 25th minute on a feed from Katsuya Nagato, then Élber added another in the 50th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Yokohama F. Marinos should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 11th placed Consadole Sapporo is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Júbilo Iwata. Fukumori struck first for Consadole Sapporo in the 10th minute, then Gabriel Xavier added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Takuro Kaneko In the end, Júbilo Iwata was frustrated by Consadole Sapporo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Consadole Sapporo ended the match with the shutout victory. Consadole Sapporo is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 12th of March, Consadole Sapporo and Yokohama F. Marinos battled to a 1-1 draw. Suga struck first for Consadole Sapporo in the 70th minute on a feed from Takuma Arano, then in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Anderson Lopes sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Yuki Saneto squeezing out at least the one point for Yokohama F. Marinos.
For Consadole Sapporo, their top scorers are Shinzo Koroki and Ryota Aoki, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Both Teruhito Nakagawa and Anderson Lopes have been the hottest scorers for Yokohama F. Marinos in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.