17th- against 10th spot might not seem all that sexy. But: Here's the information that makes Vissel Kobe - Nagoya Grampus (even) more entertaining!
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest points from losing position (1) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
These are active days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Emperor Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kashima Antlers, was also a home game here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe. The away team is better rested.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe's struggle is real here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe with only 11 points collected from 11 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.
The Vissel Kobe fans got no joy from their last match, a Emperor Cup duel also played here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe: A 0-1 defeat against Kashima Antlers.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kyoto Sanga (0-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vissel Kobe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 6.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vissel as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Tokyo are visiting.
Early season league goal statistics from Vissel Kobe's 11 home games: 11 goals, 11 conceded.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus have only collected 14 points from their away games in the J-League, after 3-5-6 (14 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Nagoya Grampus, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Avispa Fukuoka (placed 15th) last time out. Attacker Nagai got a player rating of 8.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Nagai scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Gamba Osaka.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Nagoya Grampus, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Observe: 10 of the last 13 league matches involving this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
After this away game Nagoya Grampus return home for a J-League game against Kawasaki Frontale. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Grampus when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Nagoya Grampus in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Vissel Kobe.Vissel and Nagoya Grampus have faced each other earlier this season: Nagoya Grampus - Vissel Kobe 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 8 goals |   Y. Muto 5 goals |  Y. Ōsako 4 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | 11 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 34 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 88% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 71% | 85% |
| 69% | 45% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 63% |
| 35% | 36% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 33% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 21% | 11% |
| 4% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 4% |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 43% | 41% |
| 27% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 37% |
| 50% | 64% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 37% |
| 5.5 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 22% | 28% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 23% | 25% |
| 11.5 | 9.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.4 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest points (11) at home in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest points from losing position (1) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (15) 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -6 | 31 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -13 | 29 |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 28 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 24 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 23 |
