This could be an interesting match as Vissel Kobe have their presumed home advantage while Kawasaki Frontale are ahead 15 points in the J-League table.
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
With 1 J-League win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Vissel Kobe are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
A good away victory last time out for Vissel, who won 2-1 against Urawa Reds (placed 7th). Before that game, the home loss against Kashiwa Reysol with the scoreline 2-3.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of T. Fink when H. Yamaguchi scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Vissel, as the J-League home game vs Yokohama F. Marinos is only three days away.
The Vissel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vissel with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Kawasaki Frontale so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are J-League statistics.
Kawasaki play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Nagoya Grampus (placed 3rd). A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Cerezo Osaka.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shimizu S-Pulse in just three days.
The Kawasaki manager T. Oniki has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 19 goals in 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Vissel Kobe won four, Kawasaki Frontale won five and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 7 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 6 goals | S. Kurumaya 5 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 19 | 34 |
| 18 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 141 | 82 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 95 | 188 |
| 58 | 31 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 43 | 80 |
| 17% | 13% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 44% | 42% |
- All of Vissel Kobe's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points (15) away
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (19) away
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (34)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Vissel Kobe.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Vissel Kobe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 31 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 | Yokohama | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 4 |