Vissel Kobe have journeyed here for an action-packed fight versus the hosting Kyoto Sanga. Read up on the game with this full J-League preview!
- Kyoto Sanga have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe is in the best form (4-0-1) in J-League
This could be an action-packed game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Only two J-League home games for Kyoto Sanga so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The followers are hoping that Kyoto will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Tokyo.
Before that match, a J-League win away at Yokohama.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kyoto Sanga, as the Nabisco Cup home game vs Cerezo Osaka is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Kyoto Sanga's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe are yet to lose a point on their J-League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Two away games in a row for Vissel Kobe, whose manager Yoshida could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Yokohama.
Prior to that result Vissel won their away game at Sagan Tosu in the J-League. The scoreline was 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Vissel Kobe has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Kyoto Sanga have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) against Vissel Kobe.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kinoshita 2 goals |  A. Aguiar Oliveira 2 goals |   G. Sakai 2 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 17 | 13.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 36% |
| 12.4 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2 |
- All of Kyoto Sanga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kyoto Sanga have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 the best goal difference (+7) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won all their away games so far.
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vissel Kobe is in the best form (4-0-1) in J-League
| Kyoto Sanga | Last season | Vissel Kobe | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 41% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 38% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 41% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Kawasaki Frontale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
