SAPPORO. Urawa Reds tops Consadole Sapporo with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by A. Scholz (58′) and a goal from S. Nakajima (72′). Consadole Sapporo was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Sapporo Dome stadium in Sapporo on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 31,143 spectators. The referee was Hiroki Kasahara who was helped by Mitsuharu Taketa and Akitsugu Funabashi. The 4th official was Yoichi Fujii. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.15 degrees Celsius or 39.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 11 Total 11
- 4 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 5
- 130 Attack 74
- 58 Dangerous attack 19
- 76 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 1
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 7
Ball possession
Consadole Sapporo had a strong ball possession 67% while Urawa Reds was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Consadole Sapporo was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Urawa Reds succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Consadole Sapporo shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Urawa Reds shot 11 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Consadole Sapporo received 2 yellow cards (Takuma Arano and Hiroki Miyazawa). Talking about the opposition, Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (Alexander Scholz).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Consadole Sapporo stays with 40 points like Kyoto Sanga to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Urawa Reds will has 57 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
Consadole Sapporo – Formation
Consadole Sapporo started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Mihailo Petrović decided to play with the following team: Shun Takagi , Shunta Tanaka , Hiroki Miyazawa , Toya Nakamura , Yuya Asano , Takuma Arano , Seiya Baba , Ryota Aoki , Yoshiaki Komai , Shinji Ono and Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa .
The home team had on the bench: Takanori Sugeno, Daiki Suga , Akito Fukumori, Gun-hee Kim , Shingo Omori, Supachok Sarachat and Yuki Kobayashi.
Substitutions
Consadole Sapporo made 3 changes: Shinji Ono for Supachok Sarachat (22′), Seiya Baba for Daiki Suga (74′) and Toya Nakamura for Gun-hee Kim (79′).
Player of the match: Seiya Baba
The player that probably impressed the most for Consadole Sapporo was Seiya Baba.
His rating is with 64 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.
Urawa Reds – Formation
Urawa Reds started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Maciej Skorża played with: Shusaku Nishikawa , Takahiro Sekine , Alexander Scholz , Marius Höibraten , Takahiro Akimoto , Atsuki Ito , Ken Iwao , Tomoaki Okubo , Ekanit Panya , Yoshio Koizumi and José Kanté .
They had on the bench: Takuya Iwanami , Bryan Linssen , Shoya Nakajima , Ayumi Niekawa, Alex Schalk , Kai Shibato and Kaito Yasui .
Urawa Reds could not rely on the presence of Takuya Iwanami (injured).
Substitutions
Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Ekanit Panya for Shoya Nakajima (46′), Atsuki Ito for Kaito Yasui (46′), José Kanté for Bryan Linssen (88′), Takahiro Sekine for Takuya Iwanami (90′) and Tomoaki Okubo for Alex Schalk (79′).
Player of the match: Alexander Scholz
The player that probably impressed the most for Urawa Reds was Alexander Scholz.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Sagan Tosu – Kawasaki Frontale – 0-1
- Avispa Fukuoka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 0-1
- Gamba Osaka – Vissel Kobe – 0-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Yokohama F. Marinos – 3-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-1
- Albirex Niigata – Cerezo Osaka – 1-0
- Shonan Bellmare – Tokyo – 0-1
- Kashima Antlers – Yokohama – 2-1
- Consadole Sapporo – Urawa Reds – 0-2