This is shaping up to be another action-packed meeting at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in the J-League. Vissel Kobe is in 2nd position and receive Gamba Osaka in 9th position. Read all about the match here!
This promises to be an appealing game with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Vissel Kobe form and stats
The hosts won their first J-League game here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Vissel Kobe last season were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.
It's back home for Vissel, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Consadole Sapporo away with the result 3-1. Osako, Sasaki and Yamaguchi found the net in that victory. The striker Osako was declared "man of the match" for Vissel Kobe with a rating of 8.4/10. Osako scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Vissel had a home game versus Avispa Fukuoka which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vissel Kobe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Nabisco Cup game versus Nagoya Grampus in only four days. This game is also played here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vissel Kobe at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
One match played away so far in the J-League for Gamba Osaka and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 17 games.
There were no winners in Gamba Osaka's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Sagan Tosu (placed 16th). Midfielder Lavi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Lavi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 63 successful passes (of 70 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Kashiwa Reysol.Gamba are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Gamba Osaka now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Nabisco Cup game at Kyoto Sanga is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Gamba Osaka has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Vissel won five games, one match ended in a draw and Gamba Osaka got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Yamaguchi 1 goals |  D. Sasaki 1 goals |  Y. Ōsako 1 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 15.5 |
| 6.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 11.5 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Vissel Kobe | Last season | Gamba Osaka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 71% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 35% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 21% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 38% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 35% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 25% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.4 | 14.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Kyoto Sanga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Urawa Reds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 35 | 68 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 66 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 55 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 51 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 46 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 31 | -10 | 45 |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 42 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -8 | 41 |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 40 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 38 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 37 |
| 16 | Kyoto Sanga | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 36 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -25 | 30 |
