The magic of the cup as Vissel Kobe greet Kitchee visitors in AFC Champions League tie

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Buriram Stadium (32600 seats)

Kitchee have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Vissel Kobe. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

It's no vacation for neither Vissel Kobe nor Kitchee as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

Last season, Vissel's AFC Champions League journey ended in the semi-finals.

The overall J-League stats at home this season for Vissel Kobe are 0-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Vissel Kobe's previous match was a AFC Champions League game also played at their home, ending 1-0 vs Kitchee. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. Osaki was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Osaki won 1 of 4 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Cerezo Osaka with the scoreline 0-1.

The lack of attacking qualities in Vissel Kobe means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vissel defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Kitchee form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

Kitchee are still undefeated on their travels in the Premier League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Two away matches in a row for Kitchee, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Vissel Kobe in the AFC Champions League. Midfielder Cleiton was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Cleiton hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Kitchee have the goal stats of 8-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

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Top Goalscorers

KitcheeD. Damjanović
D. Damjanović
4 goals
KitcheeT. Maronesi
T. Maronesi
2 goals
KitcheeJ. Baena Urdiales
J. Baena Urdiales
2 goals

Vissel Kobe missing players

Kitchee missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vissel Kobe Kitchee
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
10 7   Won W   7 18
6 1   Drew D   2 3
9 5   Lost L   3 4
32 18   Scored S   23 50
31 15   Conceded C   11 16
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
68% 46%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 68%
32% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 52%
32% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 24%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
40% 31%   BTTS BTTS   58% 44%
36% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 48%
32% 38%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
5.5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.5 6
4 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.7
1.1 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.6 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 10.9
4.6 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.7
28% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 39%
 
10.2 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   7.9 8.1
4.6 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kitchee 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Vissel Kobe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Shanghai SIPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chiangrai United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 10 6 2 2 15 12 5 4 0 1 6 5 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 20
2 Kashima Antlers 9 6 1 2 11 8 6 3 1 2 5 7 3 3 0 0 6 1 3 19
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 10 5 3 2 17 11 6 4 2 0 12 5 4 1 1 2 5 6 6 18
4 Kashiwa Reysol 9 5 1 3 10 6 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 16
5 Kyoto Sanga 9 4 3 2 13 10 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 15
6 Tokyo 8 4 2 2 8 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 2 1 2 3 3 3 14
7 Cerezo Osaka 9 3 4 2 13 9 4 0 2 2 3 5 5 3 2 0 10 4 4 13
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9 3 4 2 9 8 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 1 13
9 Sagan Tosu 9 2 6 1 9 5 4 2 2 0 7 1 5 0 4 1 2 4 4 12
10 Urawa Reds 10 2 4 4 11 10 5 2 2 1 9 5 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 10
11 Gamba Osaka 9 2 4 3 12 13 5 1 1 3 8 10 4 1 3 0 4 3 -1 10
12 Consadole Sapporo 9 1 7 1 8 11 4 0 4 0 3 3 5 1 3 1 5 8 -3 10
13 Nagoya Grampus 8 2 3 3 7 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 9
14 Avispa Fukuoka 9 1 5 3 4 6 5 0 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 8
15 Jubilo Iwata 9 1 5 3 11 14 4 0 3 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 6 8 -3 8
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 9 1 5 3 7 11 4 0 3 1 3 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 -4 8
17 Shonan Bellmare 9 1 3 5 5 11 4 0 2 2 1 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 -6 6
18 Vissel Kobe 10 0 4 6 5 16 4 0 1 3 1 6 6 0 3 3 4 10 -11 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Southern District 4 4 0 0 12 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 11 12
2 Kitchee 4 3 1 0 15 3 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 8 3 12 10
3 Warriors 3 2 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 7
4 Eastern 4 2 0 2 8 4 3 2 0 1 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
5 Rangers 4 2 0 2 11 15 1 0 0 1 1 6 3 2 0 1 10 9 -4 6
6 Hong Kong FC 4 0 1 3 4 11 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 -7 1
7 HK U23 4 0 1 3 3 16 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 1 14 -13 1
8 Tai Chung 3 0 0 3 3 13 2 0 0 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 4 -10 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kitchee 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Vissel Kobe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Shanghai SIPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chiangrai United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

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