J-League preview: Can Tokyo edge out victory against Vissel Kobe?

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 15.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium (50100 seats)

1st position in the J-League table for Tokyo so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Vissel Kobe visits Ajinomoto Stadium.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tokyo and Vissel Kobe.

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Tokyo form and stats

8-0-1 is the performance here at Ajinomoto Stadium so far, giving Tokyo a total of 24 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!

The Tokyo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Vissel Kobe here at Ajinomoto Stadium in a J-League match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Oita Trinita in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tokyo handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W8-D2-L3.

Tokyo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ajinomoto Stadium with 16 goals in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Tokyo have only let in 4 goals at home.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vissel Kobe in their matches away.

Vissel Kobe play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Tokyo. Before that, Vissel Kobe travelled to Júbilo Iwata and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Vissel Kobe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W1-D1-L5.

Vissel Kobe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games. In the opposite end, Vissel Kobe have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Tokyo - Vissel Kobe 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Tokyo wins - draws - Vissel Kobe wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Diego Oliveira
7 goals / 3 assists
David Villa
6 goals
Wellington
5 goals / 1 assists

Tokyo missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Tokyo Vissel Kobe
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
15 9 1 Played 1 9 15
10 8 1 Won 0 3 5
3 0 0 Drew 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 1 5 8
21 16 2 Scored 1 12 21
8 4 0 Conceded 4 15 24
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 67% 100% Over 1.5 100% 67% 67%
27% 33% 0% Over 2.5 100% 56% 53%
20% 22% 0% Over 3.5 100% 33% 33%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 100% 22% 27%
33% 33% 0% BTTS 100% 67% 67%
53% 56% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 13%
27% 11% 0% Failed To Score 0% 22% 20%
 
5.6 7.2 8 Corners For (avg) 3 5.2 5.1
5.3 4.9 4 Corners Against (avg) 3 6.4 5.4
0.8 0.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.9 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tokyo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tokyo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Tokyo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Tokyo
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
18-05-19 JL Tokyo 2 - 0 Consadole Sapporo
22-05-19 NC Sagan Tosu 0 - 1 Tokyo
25-05-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 1 - 0 Tokyo
01-06-19 JL Tokyo 3 - 1 Oita Trinita
15-06-19 JL Tokyo 0 - 1 Vissel Kobe
19-06-19 NC Tokyo 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
23-06-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Tokyo
26-06-19 NC Cerezo Osaka 10:00 Tokyo
29-06-19 JL Tokyo 10:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
03-07-19 EC Tokyo 10:00 Toin University
Vissel Kobe
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
18-05-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 4 - 1 Vissel Kobe
22-05-19 NC Vissel Kobe 1 - 3 Nagoya Grampus
26-05-19 JL Vissel Kobe 4 - 1 Shonan Bellmare
01-06-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 1 - 1 Vissel Kobe
15-06-19 JL Tokyo 0 - 1 Vissel Kobe
22-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 09:00 Oita Trinita
30-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 09:00 Nagoya Grampus
03-07-19 EC Vissel Kobe 10:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-07-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 09:00 Vissel Kobe
14-07-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Vissel Kobe

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 15 10 3 2 21 8 9 8 0 1 16 4 6 2 3 1 5 4 13 33
2 Kawasaki Frontale 15 7 7 1 22 10 9 2 6 1 10 7 6 5 1 0 12 3 12 28
3 Kashima Antlers 15 8 3 4 24 13 7 6 0 1 15 3 8 2 3 3 9 10 11 27
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 8 3 4 26 20 7 4 3 0 15 6 8 4 0 4 11 14 6 27
5 Nagoya Grampus 15 7 4 4 23 13 6 5 0 1 10 1 9 2 4 3 13 12 10 25
6 Oita Trinita 15 7 4 4 17 12 8 3 2 3 8 5 7 4 2 1 9 7 5 25
7 Consadole Sapporo 15 7 3 5 19 18 7 4 1 2 13 8 8 3 2 3 6 10 1 24
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 7 2 6 18 10 8 3 2 3 7 4 7 4 0 3 11 6 8 23
9 Urawa Reds 15 6 3 6 13 19 8 2 1 5 6 15 7 4 2 1 7 4 -6 21
10 Cerezo Osaka 15 6 2 7 12 11 7 3 1 3 6 4 8 3 1 4 6 7 1 20
11 Vissel Kobe 15 5 2 8 21 24 6 2 1 3 9 9 9 3 1 5 12 15 -3 17
12 Shonan Bellmare 15 5 2 8 18 23 8 2 2 4 9 11 7 3 0 4 9 12 -5 17
13 Vegalta Sendai 15 5 1 9 18 24 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 0 7 7 16 -6 16
14 Matsumoto Yamaga 15 4 4 7 8 18 8 2 2 4 4 8 7 2 2 3 4 10 -10 16
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 4 4 7 20 33 7 3 0 4 11 18 8 1 4 3 9 15 -13 16
16 Júbilo Iwata 15 3 5 7 11 16 8 1 4 3 8 9 7 2 1 4 3 7 -5 14
17 Gamba Osaka 15 3 5 7 17 23 8 1 3 4 10 13 7 2 2 3 7 10 -6 14
18 Sagan Tosu 15 4 1 10 7 20 7 3 0 4 5 9 8 1 1 6 2 11 -13 13

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