The Cerezo Osaka & Vissel Kobe bosses Kogiku and Yoshida are both worrying about and feeling excited about this very important match in the top regions of the J-League positions.
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest conceded goals (11) in J-League
There have been limited time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Emperor Cup match only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Vissel Kobe have had more rest.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Cerezo Osaka at their home stadium (Yanmar Stadium Nagai) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Cerezo's previous match was a Emperor Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 5-0 against Cento Cuore Harima. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nagoya Grampus (1-3).The Cerezo Osaka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Cerezo Osaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Vissel Kobe collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the J-League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Vissel has drawn their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from Osako and Muto (2) secured the home win 3-2 against Tokyo in their previous game. Muto, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.61. Muto scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 10 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that, the Nabisco Cup victory away at Nagoya Grampus.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Parceiro Nagano in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Vissel Kobe are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Vissel Kobe as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cerezo Osaka have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) facing Vissel Kobe.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ōsako 11 goals |  Y. Muto 6 goals |   L. de Sousa Pereira 5 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 73% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.5 | 12.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 38% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 40% |
| 11.8 | 12 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vissel Kobe have not yet lost a game away.
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vissel Kobe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vissel Kobe have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest conceded goals (11) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the best goal difference (+10) away in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the best goal difference (+21) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
