A quick peek at the J-League table indicate an advantage to Kawasaki Frontale when they travel to Vissel Kobe. Even so; let's play the match before select a winner!
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Vissel Kobe.
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 have played 5 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Vissel Kobe hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Yokohama F. Marinos, Kashima Antlers, Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sagan Tosu), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Vissel Kobe supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sagan Tosu and win 4-0. As mentioned above, Vissel Kobe "killed" Sagan Tosu in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The goalie Maekawa was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.35 out of ten. Maekawa topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that, an away loss at Gamba Osaka.There will be little rest for Vissel after this match as they are travelling to Shonan Bellmare for a J-League game in only three days.
On the other hand, Vissel Kobe have conceded 6 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Kawasaki Frontale have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Sung-Ryong Jung. It's been 282 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.
Kawasaki Frontale had fun at their own home (NOEVIR Stadium Kobe) last time out, beating Avispa Fukuoka 2-0. Tono and Kurumaya scored. Defender Yamane was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Yamane served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Shimizu S-Pulse at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Sagan Tosu.
Kawasaki has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Kawasaki Frontale have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Vissel Kobe victories, two draws and six Kawasaki Frontale wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Kobayashi with 7 goals scored against Vissel in these 10 meetings.Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva Barbosa 3 goals | K. Chinen 3 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 3 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 19% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 33% | 32% |
| 12.5 | 9.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
- All of Kawasaki Frontale's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Vissel Kobe.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
