NIIGATA. Consadole Sapporo and Albirex Niigata draw 1-1. Y. Asano scored the first goal (20′) for Consadole Sapporo. H. Akiyama equalized (80′). Albirex Niigata was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (64%)
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 Takuto Okabe who had the assistance of Haruhiro Otsuka and Makoto Bozono. The 4th official was Daisuke Sakurai. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.62 degrees Celsius or 58.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 13 Total 10
- 5 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 131 Attack 91
- 52 Dangerous attack 44
- 97 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 10 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 64% while Consadole Sapporo was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Albirex Niigata had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Albirex Niigata to win the match.
Albirex Niigata shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Consadole Sapporo shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Thomas Deng). On the other side, Consadole Sapporo received 2 yellow cards (Takanori Sugeno and Shingo Omori).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Albirex Niigata has 9 points like Júbilo Iwata and Gamba Osaka to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Consadole Sapporo will has 5 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
Albirex Niigata – Formation
Albirex Niigata
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77'
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: R. Kojima , S. Fujiwara , M. Fitzgerald , Thomas Deng , F. Hayakawa , E. Miyamoto , H. Akiyama , E. Matsuda , M. Hasegawa , Y. Komi and K. Taniguchi .
The home team had on the bench: Danilo Gomes , Y. Shimada, K. Abe, R. Mori, M. Nagakura , J. Okumura and K. Chiba.
Substitutions
Albirex Niigata made 3 changes: E. Matsuda for Danilo Gomes (61′), M. Hasegawa for J. Okumura (77′) and K. Taniguchi for M. Nagakura (77′).
Player of the match: H. Akiyama
The player that probably impressed the most for Albirex Niigata was H. Akiyama.
His rating is with 1 goal, 106 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Consadole Sapporo – Formation
Consadole Sapporo
Consadole Sapporo started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Mihailo Petrović played with: Takanori Sugeno , Seiya Baba , Daihachi Okamura , Daiki Suga , T. Kondo , Hiroki Miyazawa , Takuma Arano , Ryota Aoki , Yuya Asano , Yoshiaki Komai and Musashi Suzuki .
These were the players on the bench: Ryu Takao , Toya Nakamura , Tatsuya Hasegawa , Shunta Awaka, Shingo Omori , Katsuyuki Tanaka and Yuki Kobayashi .
Consadole Sapporo could not rely on the presence of Shingo Omori (injured) and Ryu Takao (injured).
Substitutions
Consadole Sapporo made 5 changes: Musashi Suzuki for Shingo Omori (16′), Seiya Baba for Ryu Takao (55′), T. Kondo for Tatsuya Hasegawa (81′), Hiroki Miyazawa for Yuki Kobayashi (81′) and Yoshiaki Komai for Toya Nakamura (81′).
Player of the match: Yuya Asano
The most impressive player for Consadole Sapporo was Yuya Asano.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Shonan Bellmare – 2-2
- Albirex Niigata – Consadole Sapporo – 1-1
- Júbilo Iwata – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
- Avispa Fukuoka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-1
- Kashima Antlers – Kyoto Sanga – 1-0
- Machida Zelvia – Vissel Kobe – 1-2
- Cerezo Osaka – Kawasaki Frontale – 1-0
- Tokyo Verdy – Tokyo – 2-2
