Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Kashima Antlers in 12th and Vissel Kobe in 9th place.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Nabisco Cup. That game was an away game at Shimizu S-Pulse, so at least Kashima Antlers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers have played 4 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Kashima in their previous game, a Nabisco Cup match away at Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that, Kashima had a J-League home game versus Sagan Tosu which ended with a victory 2-0.
Manager A. Zago felt very clever after Y. Matsumura scored the winning goal against Shimizu S-Pulse, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 56th minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kashima as they are travelling to their away game against Yokohama in the J-League. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Kashima's attacking play is working. Kashima have conceded 6 from these games.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Vissel in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Vegalta Sendai, 1-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against Consadole Sapporo with the score of 3-2.
A new game in only three days for Vissel, the J-League home match versus Kashiwa Reysol. Busy days.
Vissel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Vissel Kobe as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kashima - Vissel Kobe 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Kashima won four, Vissel Kobe won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 6 goals |  K. Furuhashi 4 goals | D. Chagas Matos 3 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 44% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 3.1 |
| 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | 50 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 88 |
| 29 | 19 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 33 |
| 38% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 12% |
- All of Kashima Antlers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kashima Antlers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vissel Kobe have not yet lost a game away.
- 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 22 | 28 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 4 |