Vissel Kobe are longing to get the points at home in this fixture hosting Júbilo Iwata.
- Vissel Kobe is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Júbilo Iwata have the most conceded goals (23) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Vissel nor Júbilo Iwata as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe's struggle is real here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe with only 4 points collected from 6 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4.
In their previous game, the manager Oruecheberría led his Vissel Kobe to a defeat away at Shonan Bellmare. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe. Kikuchi, defender, was given a rating of 7.54/10 in that game, top of the team. Kikuchi scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match, Vissel lost 0-1 at home to Kawasaki Frontale.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 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vissel Kobe as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Consadole Sapporo are visiting.
Vissel Kobe have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Vissel have conceded 7 goals.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
There's been little loot from Júbilo Iwata's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the J-League. Júbilo Iwata only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Júbilo Iwata are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Júbilo Iwata might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Consadole Sapporo proved too strong as Júbilo slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yamaha Stadium. Yamamoto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Yamamoto scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.
Júbilo Iwata are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
After this away game Júbilo Iwata return home for a J-League game against Yokohama F. Marinos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Júbilo Iwata find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Júbilo have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Vissel Kobe won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Júbilo Iwata got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 5 goals | F. González Lasso 3 goals |  Y. Otsu 3 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 86% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 64% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 86% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 5.9 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | 8.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 19% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 39% |
| 11.7 | 9.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.6 | 13.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.9 | 6 |
- Júbilo Iwata have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Júbilo Iwata have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J-League
- Júbilo Iwata have the most conceded goals (23) in J-League
- Júbilo Iwata have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Vissel Kobe is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
