Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vissel Kobe & Nagoya Grampus face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Vissel Kobe and Nagoya Grampus.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Last season, Vissel Kobe's J-League Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals against Avispa Fukuoka.As mentioned below, Vissel Kobe are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 J-League games.
Vissel's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Gamba Osaka. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Vissel Kobe played a great game against Gamba Osaka and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The forward Muto outshone all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Muto scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that match, a J-League win away at Consadole Sapporo.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 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Urawa Reds in only three days. This game is also played here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vissel Kobe at home in the league. 5 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Urawa Reds.Things could have gone better for Nagoya Grampus in their J-League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Grampus, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Sagan Tosu. Nakatani, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Nakatani hit one key pass and won 11 of 14 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Kyoto Sanga in the J-League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Nagoya Grampus, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nagoya Grampus manager Hasegawa as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kashiwa Reysol.
{1 goals} so far away for Nagoya Grampus, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus have won at least one point in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Vissel Kobe.Top Goalscorers
  G. Sakai 2 goals |  Y. Ōsako 2 goals |  H. Yamaguchi 1 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 26 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 40% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 24% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
