J-League: Kawasaki Frontale expected to top Vissel Kobe

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

The standings shows that 20 points separate the pair of opponents in this J-League game. Kawasaki Frontale enjoy both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in J-League
  • Vissel Kobe is in the best form (5-1-0) in J-League

The season is still full of potential for Kawasaki Frontale as they can still win the whole J-League. For Vissel most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

This stadium, Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, has been a fortress for Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 13-1-2. After failing to beat Júbilo Iwata here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, Kawasaki Frontale has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

The Kawasaki Frontale regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Kyoto Sanga and win 3-1. The attacking player Marcinho was named "man of the match" for Kawasaki Frontale with a rating of 8.35/10. Marcinho scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.

Before that, Kawasaki had a home game versus Shimizu S-Pulse which ended with a victory 3-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kawasaki Frontale's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Kawasaki manager Oniki has got the team scoring with 36 from 16 home games in the league. Kawasaki Frontale have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

Vissel Kobe have only collected 16 points from their away games in the J-League, after 4-4-8 (16 played). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Kawasaki Frontale.

The Vissel Kobe goalkeeper Daiya Maekawa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 305 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Vissel go into this game after a win, the home game against Shonan Bellmare that ended 1-0. Defender Kikuchi was the best team player with a rating of 8.32. Kikuchi hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games featuring this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The attacking power of Vissel Kobe when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Vissel Kobe have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kawasaki have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Vissel Kobe.

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other earlier this campaign: Vissel Kobe - Kawasaki Frontale 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
11 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleM. da Silva Barbosa
M. da Silva Barbosa
10 goals
Vissel KobeY. Ōsako
Y. Ōsako
7 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Vissel Kobe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
18 13 5 Won W 0 4 11
6 1 0 Drew D 2 4 7
8 2 0 Lost L 3 8 14
60 36 13 Scored S 3 13 33
39 17 3 Conceded C 10 23 36
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
81% 81% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 66%
56% 69% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 38%
41% 50% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 22%
19% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
56% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 34%
38% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 34%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 44%
 
4.4 5.1 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.5 5.5
4.6 5.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5 4.2
1.2 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 0.9 0.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.3 13.4 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 11.3
5.3 6.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.1
36% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 19% 25%
 
9 8.7 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.4 13.2 11.3
3.2 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.7 3.8
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vissel Kobe have scored away.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (40) at home in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (36) at home in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vissel Kobe is in the best form (5-1-0) in J-League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 18 8 6 63 33 16 11 3 2 29 9 16 7 5 4 34 24 30 62
2 Kawasaki Frontale 32 18 6 8 60 39 16 13 1 2 36 17 16 5 5 6 24 22 21 60
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 15 9 8 49 37 16 10 3 3 30 13 16 5 6 5 19 24 12 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 32 13 11 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 16 6 6 4 23 20 7 50
5 Tokyo 32 14 7 11 43 38 16 8 5 3 25 12 16 6 2 8 18 26 5 49
6 Kashima Antlers 32 12 12 8 46 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 16 5 7 4 21 20 4 48
7 Kashiwa Reysol 32 13 8 11 41 40 16 6 3 7 21 23 16 7 5 4 20 17 1 47
8 Urawa Reds 32 10 14 8 46 34 16 7 7 2 31 16 16 3 7 6 15 18 12 44
9 Sagan Tosu 32 9 14 9 43 39 16 5 8 3 21 11 16 4 6 6 22 28 4 41
10 Vissel Kobe 32 11 7 14 33 36 16 7 3 6 20 13 16 4 4 8 13 23 -3 40
11 Nagoya Grampus 32 9 13 10 27 34 16 6 6 4 15 16 16 3 7 6 12 18 -7 40
12 Consadole Sapporo 32 9 12 11 39 51 16 6 6 4 21 21 16 3 6 7 18 30 -12 39
13 Shonan Bellmare 32 8 11 13 26 38 16 4 6 6 12 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -12 35
14 Kyoto Sanga 32 8 10 14 30 38 16 5 5 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 34
15 Avispa Fukuoka 32 8 10 14 26 36 16 4 6 6 15 17 16 4 4 8 11 19 -10 34
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 12 13 41 49 16 2 8 6 20 28 16 5 4 7 21 21 -8 33
17 Gamba Osaka 32 8 9 15 31 44 16 3 6 7 16 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -13 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 32 6 11 15 32 55 16 4 6 6 21 28 16 2 5 9 11 27 -23 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 18 8 6 63 33 16 11 3 2 29 9 16 7 5 4 34 24 30 62
2 Kawasaki Frontale 32 18 6 8 60 39 16 13 1 2 36 17 16 5 5 6 24 22 21 60
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 15 9 8 49 37 16 10 3 3 30 13 16 5 6 5 19 24 12 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 32 13 11 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 16 6 6 4 23 20 7 50
5 Tokyo 32 14 7 11 43 38 16 8 5 3 25 12 16 6 2 8 18 26 5 49
6 Kashima Antlers 32 12 12 8 46 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 16 5 7 4 21 20 4 48
7 Kashiwa Reysol 32 13 8 11 41 40 16 6 3 7 21 23 16 7 5 4 20 17 1 47
8 Urawa Reds 32 10 14 8 46 34 16 7 7 2 31 16 16 3 7 6 15 18 12 44
9 Sagan Tosu 32 9 14 9 43 39 16 5 8 3 21 11 16 4 6 6 22 28 4 41
10 Vissel Kobe 32 11 7 14 33 36 16 7 3 6 20 13 16 4 4 8 13 23 -3 40
11 Nagoya Grampus 32 9 13 10 27 34 16 6 6 4 15 16 16 3 7 6 12 18 -7 40
12 Consadole Sapporo 32 9 12 11 39 51 16 6 6 4 21 21 16 3 6 7 18 30 -12 39
13 Shonan Bellmare 32 8 11 13 26 38 16 4 6 6 12 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -12 35
14 Kyoto Sanga 32 8 10 14 30 38 16 5 5 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 34
15 Avispa Fukuoka 32 8 10 14 26 36 16 4 6 6 15 17 16 4 4 8 11 19 -10 34
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 12 13 41 49 16 2 8 6 20 28 16 5 4 7 21 21 -8 33
17 Gamba Osaka 32 8 9 15 31 44 16 3 6 7 16 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -13 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 32 6 11 15 32 55 16 4 6 6 21 28 16 2 5 9 11 27 -23 29

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