Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vissel Kobe & Kashiwa Reysol face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Vissel Kobe nor Kashiwa Reysol 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
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Vissel Kobe so far this season.
Happy days for Vissel in their previous game, a fixture away at Júbilo Iwata that ended with a 1-0 victory. The victory against Júbilo Iwata came after Osako's winning goal. The Vissel Kobe manager Yoshida was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 64th minute. Goalkeeper Ilkura got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.83 out of ten. Ilkura topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Vissel had a J-League home game versus Shimizu S-Pulse which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vissel Kobe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Vissel are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Kashima Antlers awaits in three days.
Vissel Kobe has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
Kashiwa was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 3rd round last season.As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kashiwa Reysol have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Kashiwa Reysol, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Sagan Tosu last time out. Muto, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Muto scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
A 0-1 loss hosting Nagoya Grampus before that.We have checked recent matches where Kashiwa Reysol have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 8 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
After this away game Kashiwa return home for a J-League game against Consadole Sapporo. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Kashiwa Reysol have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Kashiwa Reysol as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Vissel Kobe won two games, one match ended with a tie and Kashiwa Reysol managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Gonçalves Sávio 6 goals | M. Hosoya 6 goals |   Y. Muto 5 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Kashiwa Reysol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 28 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 24 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
