Vissel Kobe are banking on their home fans to support them in this fixture hosting Consadole Sapporo. Who triumphs at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe?
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest scored goals (10) in J-League
- Consadole Sapporo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Consadole Sapporo when visiting Vissel as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe's struggle is real here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe with only 5 points collected from 7 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.
Vissel Kobe drew their last game, also a home match. Júbilo Iwata (placed 14th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Iniesta (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.92/10. Iniesta hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 9 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Shonan Bellmare.This is expected to be a close game, with Vissel Kobe 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 14 games. Vissel Kobe has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Emperor Cup game versus Kataller Toyama in only three days. This game is also played here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vissel here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games).
Consadole Sapporo form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Consadole Sapporo playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Consadole Sapporo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kashiwa Reysol proved too strong as Consadole Sapporo slumped to a 1-6 defeat in front of their own fans at Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium (Sapporo). Consadole Sapporo lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one. The attacker Aoki got a match rating of 7.7 in that game. Aoki scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
Prior to that result Consadole won their away game at Júbilo Iwata. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Consadole Sapporo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Consadole Sapporo, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
As for defending, Consadole rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Vissel Kobe won seven games, zero matches ended with a draw and Consadole Sapporo managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  D. Suga 3 goals |   A. Iniesta Luján 2 goals |  Y. Muto 2 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Consadole Sapporo missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Consadole Sapporo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 67% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 60% | 71% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 9.4 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 17% | 20% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 32% | 24% |
| 11.1 | 8.3 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 11 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- Consadole Sapporo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vissel Kobe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest scored goals (10) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (8) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the worst goal difference (-11) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 8 |
