It's advantage Kawasaki Frontale so far with their 1st position in the J-League table, welcoming Vissel Kobe who are placed 11th.
It's no vacation for neither Kawasaki nor Vissel Kobe 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.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
6-1-0 is the performance here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium so far in the J-League, giving Kawasaki Frontale a total of 19 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Sagan Tosu here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, Kawasaki has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Happy days for Kawasaki Frontale in their previous game, a J-League match away at Yokohama F. Marinos (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. In the preceding match a 6-0 victory visiting Vissel Kobe.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kawasaki Frontale home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kawasaki as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are visiting.
Kawasaki are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 7 matches. From these home matches, Kawasaki Frontale have conceded only 5 goals.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. The last three matches for Vissel have all ended in a draw.
Vissel has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Shonan Bellmare for a J-League game that ended a draw (1-1). The game before that, in the Nabisco Cup, was lost at home, a 0-6 defeat against Kawasaki Frontale.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tokyo in just three days.
Vissel have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Vissel have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Vissel Kobe - Kawasaki 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kawasaki won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Vissel Kobe has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 7 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 7 goals | S. Kurumaya 5 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 44 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 87% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 60% |
| 67% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 73% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 13% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 20% |
| 6.2 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| 0.6 | 0.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 244 | 130 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 76 | 180 |
| 102 | 52 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 33 | 73 |
| 43% | 38% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 22% |
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points (19) at home
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points from losing position (13)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (20) at home
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (44)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+15) at home
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Kawasaki Frontale have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 38 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 5 |