Vissel Kobe will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Gamba Osaka.
It's no vacation for neither Vissel nor Gamba Osaka 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.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Vissel Kobe are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
An away draw last time out for Vissel, facing Cerezo Osaka in a game that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Shimizu S-Pulse.
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 Vissel Kobe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn four and lost four.
Vissel has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka are happy with their away performances in the J-League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Gamba Osaka had fun at their own home (NOEVIR Stadium Kobe) last time out, beating Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0. G. Miura scored. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Oita Trinita.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gamba playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were zero Gamba Osaka wins, four draws and three defeats.
The Gamba manager T. Miyamoto has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Gamba Osaka in these games.
Head 2 Head
Vissel-Gamba Osaka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vissel Kobe five wins, Gamba Osaka three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Braga Bispo Junior 11 goals |   K. Furuhashi 10 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | 35 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 33 | 66 |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Gamba Osaka's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Vissel Kobe's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gamba Osaka have not yet lost a game away.
- Gamba Osaka have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vissel Kobe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 10 | |||||||
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |