Cerezo Osaka - Vissel Kobe. 4th position welcomes 17th position. Nothing is certain - get a full game guide here!
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (13) in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cerezo Osaka and Vissel Kobe.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cerezo Osaka have to build on here in the J-League.
The home fans witnessed a 1-1 draw versus Kawasaki Frontale in the Nabisco Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Before that, Cerezo had a J-League home game versus Avispa Fukuoka which ended with a victory 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cerezo Osaka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cerezo as they are travelling to their away game against Kawasaki Frontale in the Nabisco Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Cerezo Osaka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vissel Kobe so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Nabisco Cup home loss versus Avispa Fukuoka with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.
The game before that, in the J-League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Kashiwa Reysol.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Vissel Kobe in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Vissel, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Vissel Kobe have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Nabisco Cup match vs Avispa Fukuoka. A back-breaking itinerary for the visitors!
The attacking power of Vissel Kobe when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Vissel have conceded 18 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other already this season, with the result Vissel Kobe - Cerezo Osaka 0-1 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cerezo Osaka victories, five draws and one Vissel Kobe win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, ten matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Muto 5 goals |   M. Kato 4 goals | H. Yamada 4 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 36 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 87% |
| 78% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 65% |
| 52% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 61% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 39% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 48% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 12.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 34% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 19% | 23% |
| 11.3 | 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.3 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (13) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Jubilo Iwata | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
