March 12th features a match where Consadole Sapporo hosts Yokohama F. Marinos at Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium in a J-League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Consadole Sapporo is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Albirex Niigata. Fitzgerald struck first for Consadole Sapporo on an own goal in the 17th minute, then Ryotaro Ito tied it up for Albirex Niigata in the 20th minute on a feed from Shunsuke Mito . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Yokohama F. Marinos, recorded a 1-1 draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Shunki Higashi struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 4th minute, then Anderson Lopes tied it up for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 19th minute on a feed from Élber squeezing out at least the one point for Yokohama F. Marinos. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
In the last five matches, both Élber and Anderson Lopes are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Yokohama F. Marinos and look to continue their dominance.. Consadole Sapporo’s most prolific scorer has been Ryota Aoki. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.