Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vissel Kobe & Tokushima Vortis 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 Tokushima Vortis 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
Action has already taken place for Vissel in Emperor Cup as they have defeated Suzuka Unlimited to reach the 3rd Round.When playing at home in the J-League, Vissel Kobe have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Vissel after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Vissel Kobe supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Shonan Bellmare in J-League and win 3-1. Kyogo Furuhashi, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.0 (out of 10). Furuhashi scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Vissel won a home game hosting Yokohama (5-0).A decent goal production from Vissel in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Vissel have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kochi United, Gamba Osaka and Honda in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tokushima Vortis so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Emperor Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Three has not been a lucky number for Tokushima as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Shonan Bellmare match.
Tokushima Vortis aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 347 league minutes without a goal. Caca was the last player to find the net.
Tokushima lost away at Consadole Sapporo (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Takeru Kishimoto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Kishimoto won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Yokohama F. Marinos.After this away game Tokushima Vortis return home for a J-League game against Shimizu S-Pulse. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Tokushima have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Vissel victories, two draws and one Tokushima Vortis win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 14 goals |   T. Miyashiro 5 goals | R. Kikuchi 4 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 8 |