It's advantage Vissel Kobe so far with their 5th position in the J-League table, welcoming Cerezo Osaka who are placed 7th.
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (10) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Vissel Kobe have to build on here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in the J-League.
In their previous game, the manager A. Miura led his Vissel to a defeat in the J-League match away at Yokohama F. Marinos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe. In the match before that, Vissel Kobe hosted Tokyo and drew the Nabisco Cup game 0-0.
Vissel's goalkeeper Daiya Maekawa was extremely busy against Yokohama F. Marinos, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
There will be little rest for Vissel after this match as they are travelling to Tokushima Vortis for a Nabisco Cup game in only four days.
The Vissel Kobe fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Vissel Kobe have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cerezo Osaka so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cerezo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Cerezo are travelling again after losing away to Nagoya Grampus in their previous match (0-1). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gamba Osaka.
Cerezo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Cerezo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Vissel Kobe-Cerezo Osaka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vissel two wins, Cerezo Osaka five wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 9 goals |   Y. Ōkubo 5 goals | R. Kikuchi 3 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 69% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 23% | 17% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 50% | 21% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 7.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 43% | 44% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 35% |
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vissel Kobe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (10) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Tokyo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -28 | 3 |