SHIZUOKA. Shimizu S-Pulse comes back against Consadole Sapporo with a goal on the T. Kaneko 23′ and a goal on the K. Fukai 49′. Consadole Sapporo was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (62%)​

The match was played at the IAI Stadium Nihondaira stadium in Shizuoka on Saturday and it started at 5:00 am local time. The referee was Nobutsugu Murakami with the support of Satoshi Karakami and Masashi Yamagiwa. The 4th official was Takafumi Mikuriya. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Consadole Sapporo was in firm control of the ball 62% while Shimizu S-Pulse was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Consadole Sapporo was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Consadole Sapporo to win the encounter​.

Shimizu S-Pulse shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Consadole Sapporo shot 11 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Shimizu S-Pulse received 1 yellow card (N. Fujimoto). Regarding the opposition, Consadole Sapporo didn’t receive any yellow card.

(Shimizu S-Pulse) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After this encounter, Shimizu S-Pulse will have 33 points to climb in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Consadole Sapporo will have 45 points like Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Cerezo Osaka to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Shimizu S-Pulse will host Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the 20th of November with a 15-8 head to head statistic in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (4 draws).

Consadole Sapporo will play away agasint Sagan Tosu on the 20th of November with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Consadole Sapporo (2 draws).

Shimizu S-Pulse – Formation

Shimizu S-Pulse started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Hiroaki Hiraoka decided to play with the following team: Shuichi Gonda (6.2), Teruki Hara (7.4), Valdo (6.4), Akira Ibayashi (6.8), Eiichi Katayama (7.0), Kenta Nishizawa (6.2), Daiki Matsuoka (6.6), Ryo Takeuchi (6.6), Keita Nakamura (6.6), Noriaki Fujimoto (6.7) and Thiago Santana (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Yoshinori Suzuki (7.1), Ryo Okui, Yuito Suzuki (7.2), Yuta Taki (7.1), Kengo Nagai, Katsuhiro Nakayama (6.3) and Ronaldo (6.2).

Substitutions

Shimizu S-Pulse made 5 changes: A. Ibayashi for Y. Suzuki (58′), N. Fujimoto for Y. Suzuki (58′), K. Nakamura for K. Nakayama (58′), K. Nishizawa for Y. Taki (67′) and R. Takeuchi for Ronaldo (73′).

Best player: Teruki Hara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shimizu S-Pulse was Teruki Hara.

His rating is (7.4) with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.

Consadole Sapporo – Formation

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

Regarding the opposition, Mihailo Petrović played with: Takanori Sugeno (6.2), Shunta Tanaka (7.0), Tomoki Takamine (6.6), Akito Fukumori (8.3), Takuro Kaneko (6.9), Kazuki Fukai (7.7), Yoshiaki Komai (6.4), Daiki Suga (6.7), Takuma Arano (6.2), Chanathip Songkrasin (6.9) and Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Shota Nishino, Daihachi Okamura (7.3), Takahiro Yanagi (6.1), Milan Tučič (6.8), Kojiro Nakano, Jay Bothroyd and Ryota Aoki (6.5).

Substitutions

Consadole Sapporo made 4 changes: T. Arano for R. Aoki (58′), K. Fukai for D. Okamura (58′), A. Fukumori for T. Yanagi (77′) and D. Suga for M. Tucic (87′).

Best player: Akito Fukumori​

The most impressive player for Consadole Sapporo was Akito Fukumori.

His rating is (8.3) with 80 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Shimizu S-Pulse – Consadole Sapporo – 2-2
• Vissel Kobe – Tokushima Vortis – 1-0
• Yokohama F. Marinos – Tokyo – 8-0