Faithful supporters at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Vissel Kobe rotting in the 17th spot. The guesting Cerezo Osaka will hope to guard their higher league spot in this game.
- Vissel Kobe have the most conceded goals (15) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have the most matches over the total-line (4) in J-League
The hosts Vissel Kobe saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the J-League. That game was an away game at Tokyo, so at least Vissel Kobe are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe have played three J-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Vissel are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, having lost their two previous games here.
Vissel Kobe are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Tokyo. The striker Osako outdid all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Osako hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Vissel Kobe lost 1-3 at home to Kyoto Sanga.This is expected to be a close game, with Vissel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vissel Kobe as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Vissel Kobe has won four of these, drawn five and lost six.
The lack of attacking qualities in Vissel Kobe means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka are happy with their away performances in the J-League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cerezo Osaka, as they have won on their previous two travels.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Kashiwa Reysol with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Nakahara was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.31/10. Nakahara hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Kawasaki Frontale.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cerezo Osaka playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Cerezo Osaka wins, three draws and six defeats.
A new game in only three days for Cerezo, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Kashima Antlers. Busy days.
Cerezo Osaka have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Vissel Kobe-Cerezo Osaka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vissel Kobe two wins, Cerezo Osaka three wins, five draws. zero of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Inui 3 goals |  H. Yamada 3 goals |  R. Hatsuse 1 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 44% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 7.4 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 0.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 7.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.7 | 10 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 14% | 11% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 11.8 | 9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 18 | 12.7 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
- All of Cerezo Osaka's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Cerezo Osaka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Cerezo Osaka have not yet lost a game away.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored more than double the goals of Vissel Kobe.
- Cerezo Osaka have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have the most matches over the total-line (4) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vissel Kobe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vissel Kobe have the most conceded goals (15) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the worst goal difference (-10) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
