About Match
7 points for Oita Trinita (16th), 5 for Consadole Sapporo (19th): a 2-point gap. Oita Trinita have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Oita Trinita run at 0.86 scored and 0.71 conceded, Consadole Sapporo at 1.14 and 2. Three points here take Oita Trinita to 10 and up to 8th, assuming other results stand.
Oita Trinita have drawn their last three.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Oita Trinita wins, 1 for Consadole Sapporo, 3 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
The match takes place at Ōita Bank Dome in Oita (capacity 40,000).