In this week 29 match on Sep 11th, Consadole Sapporo hosts Júbilo Iwata in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Consadole Sapporo sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Cerezo Osaka. Hikaru Nakahara struck first for Cerezo Osaka in the 78th minute, but Kim Gun-Hee got the equalizer for Consadole Sapporo in the 86th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 94th minute on a goal by Ryota Aoki to cap off a wild match. Consadole Sapporo is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed Júbilo Iwata is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Kashiwa Reysol. Douglas struck first for Kashiwa Reysol in the 23rd minute on a feed from Takuma Ominami, then Yuki Muto added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday May 22nd, Consadole Sapporo took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Norimichi Yamamoto struck first for Júbilo Iwata in the 8th minute, then Kazuki Fukai tied it up for Consadole Sapporo in the 28th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 55th minute on a goal by Yoshiaki Komai.
Júbilo Iwata is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Shota Kaneko and Gonzalez Lasso each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Ryota Aoki has been the most prolific scorer on Consadole Sapporo in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.