Albirex Niigata and Consadole Sapporo draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata bounces back against Consadole Sapporo with an own goal from M. Fitzgerald 17' and a goal on the Y. Asano 79'.

Luke Meyer

March 5, 2023

NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata manages to recover against Consadole Sapporo with an own goal from M. Fitzgerald 17′ and a goal on the Y. Asano 79′. Consadole Sapporo was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi with the collaboration of Mitsuharu Taketa and Hisao Manabe. The 4th official was Hironobu Kikawada. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.

Match Statistics

Albirex Niigata

2 - 2

Consadole Sapporo

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

13 Total 22
5 On Target 4
7 Off Target 13
1 Shots blocked 5

95 Attack 130
29 Dangerous attack 70
82 Ball safe 85

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 6
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

8 Total 14
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Consadole Sapporo was in firm control of the ball 56% while Albirex Niigata was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Consadole Sapporo was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Consadole Sapporo to win the match.

Albirex Niigata shot 13 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Consadole Sapporo shot 22 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Albirex Niigata didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Consadole Sapporo received 2 yellow cards (S. Baba and Toya Nakamura).

Match Timeline

M. Fitzgerald(own-goal)

17'

21'

Thomas Deng- sub ->K. Chiba

42'

S. Ota(goal)

45'

46'

Yuya Asano- sub ->Ryota Aoki

62'

Seiya Baba- sub ->Hiroki Miyazawa

65'

Seiya Baba- Yellow

Y. Komi- sub ->S. Ota

65'

K. Taniguchi- sub ->K. Suzuki

65'

71'

Yuki Kobayashi- sub ->Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa

79'

Yuya Asano(goal)

H. Akiyama- sub ->Y. Shimada

84'

87'

Toya Nakamura- sub ->Daihachi Okamura

90'

Toya Nakamura- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Albirex Niigata has 5 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Consadole Sapporo has 2 points (15th).

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Consadole Sapporo will host Urawa Reds on the 2nd of December with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Urawa Reds (5 draws).

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

R. Kojima 1.Japan

6.3

K. Chiba 35.Japan

6.2

42'

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

6.7

Taiki Watanabe 15.Japan

6.1

S. Fujiwara 25.Japan

7.1

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

6.4

84'

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

7.8

21'

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

6.4

S. Mito 14.Japan

6.5

S. Ota 11.Japan

7.3

65'

45'

K. Suzuki 9.Japan

6.4

65'

Substitutes

K. Abe 21.Japan

Thomas Deng 3.Australia

6.2

42'

Daichi Tagami 50.Japan

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

84'

K. Taniguchi 7.Japan

6.8

65'

E. Matsuda 22.Japan

Y. Komi 16.Japan

7.0

65'

Albirex Niigata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rikizo Matsuhashi decided to play with the following team: Ryosuke Kojima (6.3), Soya Fujiwara (7.1), Kazuhiko Chiba (6.2), Michael James Fitzgerald (6.7), Taiki Watanabe (6.1), Takahiro Ko (6.4), Yuzuru Shimada (6.4), Shusuke Ota (7.3), Ryotaro Ito (7.8), Shunsuke Mito (6.5) and Koji Suzuki (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Thomas Deng (6.2), Koto Abe, Kaito Taniguchi (6.8), Eitaro Matsuda, Yota Komi (7.0), Daichi Tagami and Hiroki Akiyama.

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: K. Chiba for Thomas Deng (42′), S. Ota for Yota Komi (65′), K. Suzuki for Kaito Taniguchi (65′) and Y. Shimada for Hiroki Akiyama (84′).

Best player: Ryotaro Ito

The player that probably impressed the most for Albirex Niigata was Ryotaro Ito.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 51 passes (74% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Consadole Sapporo – Formation

Consadole Sapporo

Sung-yun Gu 25.South Korea

6.4

Akito Fukumori 5.Japan

7.6

Daihachi Okamura 50.Japan

6.7

87'

Shunta Tanaka 2.Japan

6.8

Hiroki Miyazawa 10.Japan

6.4

62'

Takuma Arano 27.Japan

7.3

Daiki Suga 4.Japan

7.0

Takuro Kaneko 9.Japan

7.0

Ryota Aoki 11.Japan

7.0

46'

Gun-hee Kim 13.South Korea

6.8

Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa 19.Japan

7.0

71'

Substitutes

Koki Otani 48.Japan

Toya Nakamura 6.Japan

87'

90'

Seiya Baba 3.Japan

6.5

62'

65'

D. Nishi 22.Japan

Yuki Kobayashi 99.Japan

6.8

71'

Supachok Sarachat 49.Thailand

Yuya Asano 18.Japan

7.3

46'

79'

Consadole Sapporo started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Mihailo Petrović played with: Sung-Yun Gu (6.4), Shunta Tanaka (6.8), Daihachi Okamura (6.7), Akito Fukumori (7.6), Takuro Kaneko (7.0), Takuma Arano (7.3), Hiroki Miyazawa (6.4), Daiki Suga (7.0), Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (7.0), Ryota Aoki (7.0) and Geon-heui Kim (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Toya Nakamura, Yuki Kobayashi (6.8), Supachok Sarachart, Koki Otani, Seiya Baba (6.5), Yuya Asano (7.3) and Daigo Nishi.

Substitutions

Consadole Sapporo made 4 changes: Ryota Aoki for Yuya Asano (46′), Hiroki Miyazawa for Seiya Baba (62′), Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa for Yuki Kobayashi (71′) and Daihachi Okamura for Toya Nakamura (87′).