GW 501 J1 League Preview (Patreon)

Small GW in general with only 1 J league which involves the bottom 2 clubs.

The game is a pesky Friday night game just before the GW ends and as such, very limited team news available

Fixtures

The rest of the J league fixtures will happen at the wkend and be part of GW503

Predicted Lineups

Important to note the %s used here. If no %, it means I see them as a starter and no known risks. For sorare, its about there scorer potential so check out KEY PLAYERS even subs have a way :)

When 75% or below - there is some risk involved. My main aim with these is to show where risk/potential DNPs are lurking.

I base these %s on info I read from various sources including comments from the manager and reading a lot of local Japanese news coverage/message boards. Saying that, there will always be unknowns including last minute injury/illness of a player etc.

Always do your own research when making picks. For SO5, it can make sense to take some calculated risks depending on the potential score and the rest of your team/prize pool.

Sapporo

• Bottom of table. Performances improving. Drew on wkend 2-2

• Have signed a few players. At the moment unclear if all of them are able to start. Manager hinted theres some player registration issues

• Takao has had a fever, unclear if able to play. Komai and Okamura were surprisingly missing, suggestion is they were ill and at this stage of the week remain doubts for Friday

• Suga is suspended. Asano can play on the wing or could see Tanaka/others there

• Supachok played in training game and in contention to play/at least make squad

• Without a clean sheet in 15 games.

Sagan

• 2nd bottom of the table. In dismal form. Managerless after gaffer left the club last week

• Lots of players transferred out including Yokohama and Kikuchi

• Drew 1-1 with Urawa last game. Similar team expected though with a new stand in manager, hard to know his methods/style

Odds

Sapporo are 48% odds on favs to win the game with an xG of 1.6. Its expected that both teams will score.

Predicted scored: Sapporo 2- 1 Sagan Tosu

Finish

I hope you found this useful!

If any team news drops before deadline willl post info here

If you have any questions, spot any mistakes here, just give me shout! GL