SAPPORO. Consadole Sapporo succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Cerezo Osaka to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Cerezo Osaka to strike first with a goal of H. Nakahara at the 78′. Then it was a goal in the 86′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Aoki gave the win to Consadole Sapporo in the 90′ minute. Consadole Sapporo capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Sapporo Dome stadium in Sapporo on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Yusuke Araki who had the assistance of Haruhiro Otsuka and Akitsugu Funabashi. The 4th official was Kazuo Takeda. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Consadole Sapporo had a strong ball possession 57% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Consadole Sapporo was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Consadole Sapporo won the match​.

Consadole Sapporo shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Consadole Sapporo received 3 yellow cards (G. Xavier, L. Fernandes and Y. Komai). Regarding the opposition, Cerezo Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Consadole Sapporo will have 31 points like Shimizu S-Pulse to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka will stay with 41 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Consadole Sapporo will host Shimizu S-Pulse on the 4th of November with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Consadole Sapporo (3 draws).

Cerezo Osaka will host Nagoya Grampus on the 4th of November with a 13-7 head to head stats in favor of Nagoya Grampus (3 draws).

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: Takanori Sugeno (7.4), Shunta Tanaka (6.8), Daihachi Okamura (7.4), Akito Fukumori (6.8), Lucas Fernandes (6.4), Takuma Arano (7.1), Tomoki Takamine (6.6), Daiki Suga (7.0), Yoshiaki Komai (6.9), Gabriel Xavier (7.1) and Shinzo Koroki (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Kazuki Fukai (6.5), Supachok Sarachart (6.6), Koki Otani, Ryota Aoki (6.5), Geon-heui Kim (7.4), Milan Tučič and Takuro Kaneko (6.8).

Substitutions

Consadole Sapporo made 5 changes: S. Koroki for R. Aoki (46′), A. Fukumori for Kim Gun-Hee (46′), L. Fernandes for T. Kaneko (72′), T. Arano for K. Fukai (75′) and D. Suga for S. Sarachat (82′).

Best player: Takanori Sugeno​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Consadole Sapporo was the goalkeeper: Takanori Sugeno. His rating is 7.44. He performed 5 saves.

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Akio Kogiku played with: Jin Hyeon Kim (7.0), Seiya Maikuma (6.9), Matej Jonjić (7.4), Koji Toriumi (6.6), Ryosuke Yamanaka (7.6), Hirotaka Tameda (7.4), Hiroaki Okuno (7.5), Tokuma Suzuki (7.4), Jean Patric (6.8), Satoki Uejo (6.8) and Adam Taggart (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Hikaru Nakahara (7.3), Sota Kitano, Hiroshi Kiyotake (6.3), Hiroto Yamada (6.2), Keisuke Shimizu, Bruno Mendes (6.2) and Ryuya Nishio.

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: J. Patric for H. Nakahara (58′), A. Taggart for H. Yamada (58′), S. Uejo for H. Kiyotake (68′) and H. Tameda for B. Mendes (76′).

Best player: Ryosuke Yamanaka​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Ryosuke Yamanaka.

His rating is (7.6) with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Consadole Sapporo – Cerezo Osaka – 2-1