Consadole Sapporo vs Fagiano Okayama Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form tells two shaky stories

Sapporo have won nine of their last twenty matches across competitions, drawing five and losing six, with 29 goals scored and 25 conceded. That sample includes a heavy 1-4 home defeat to Tochigi City just a few weeks back, sandwiched by draws either side of it, so the goals are there but the results have wobbled.

Consadole Sapporo: 20 completed matches; Fagiano Okayama: 20 completed matches.

Consadole Sapporo

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

27

Difference

+2

Fagiano Okayama

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

31

Difference

-3

Okayama's last twenty games make for tougher reading: eight wins, three draws and nine losses, with 28 goals for and 31 against. Part of that sample comes from pre-season friendlies against German and Japanese sides, alongside their J1 League fixtures, and results have gone against them more often than not.

Neither side arrives with real momentum behind them.

Comparative Team Statistics: Consadole Sapporo vs Fagiano Okayama

History goes back over a decade

The available meetings between these two run from 2013 to 2016, all either J2 League or Emperor Cup fixtures. Results were fairly even across that spell, with wins, losses and draws shared out and several tight, low-scoring games mixed in. It's old enough now that it tells us little about the current squads.

Sapporo's group position

In their current cup group, Sapporo sit second after six matches, with three wins, one draw and two losses, scoring 13 and conceding 10. We don't have the equivalent picture for Okayama's group, so this is only half the story, but it shows Sapporo have been competitive in this competition so far.

What to expect

With Sapporo playing in J2 and Okayama up in J1, and both sides showing inconsistent recent form, this looks like an open, hard to call tie. Goals have flowed fairly freely in both team's recent matches, which points to an entertaining game rather than a cagey one, but picking a winner from what we've seen is tricky.