Stumbling Kashima Antlers will be hoping to pull off a surprise when they welcome top side Vissel Kobe in the next league fixture. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home regulars will have modest expectations.
- Kashima Antlers have yet to win a game at home.
- Vissel Kobe have the the best goal difference (+10) in J-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers have played three J-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Kashima Antlers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Kashiwa Reysol. Midfield player Higuchi got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Higuchi hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
Ahead of that fixture, a home win hosting Avispa Fukuoka in the Nabisco Cup. 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 Kashima Antlers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kashima as they are travelling to their away game against Avispa Fukuoka in the Nabisco Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Kashima Antlers aren't scoring a lot here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. On the other hand, Kashima Antlers have conceded 4 goals.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe are yet to lose a point on their J-League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Vissel Kobe have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Daiya Maekawa. It's been 339 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.
Vissel delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Albirex Niigata (placed 11th) in their previous fixture. Defender Honda was the best team player with a rating of 7.54. Honda won 4 of 6 duels.
The match earlier was the Nabisco Cup-battle against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, a home defeat (0-5). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Vissel Kobe in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Vissel Kobe, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
A fact for sports bettors considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Vissel Kobe manager Yoshida as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Vissel are regular goalscorers on their travels. Vissel Kobe's manager Yoshida has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Kashima, three draws and three wins for Vissel Kobe. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Chinen 3 goals |   Y. Ōsako 3 goals | Y. Suzuki 2 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 86% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 10 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 38% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 35% |
| 7.9 | 9.7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 9.7 | 9.3 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
- Kashima Antlers have yet to win a game at 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 (1) away in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the best goal difference (+10) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the best goal difference (+6) away in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won all their away games so far.
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
