In this week 12 match on May 7th, Kyoto Sanga and Consadole Sapporo will play a match in Sapporo in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 11th placed Consadole Sapporo is fresh off their 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, while in their last match, 7th placed Kyoto Sanga, recorded a 1-1 draw against Nagoya Grampus. Mateus struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 35th minute, then in the 40th minute, Kosuke Shirai sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Peter Utaka squeezing out at least the one point for Kyoto Sanga. Kyoto Sanga is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Kyoto Sanga is glad to have Utaka in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Consadole Sapporo is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kaneko and Nakashima each only have 1 goal in their last five.