J-League duel: Close contest expected between Vissel Kobe and Nagoya Grampus

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sun 30.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: NOEVIR Stadium Kobe (30132 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Vissel Kobe in 11th and Nagoya Grampus in 8th place.

It's no vacation for neither Vissel Kobe nor Nagoya Grampus 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.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Vissel Kobe are 3-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Vissel Kobe's last game was hosting Nagoya Grampus and winning 5-3. In the match before that, Vissel Kobe hosted Oita Trinita and drew the game 2-2.

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 nine matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 3 Lost 2.

The Vissel Kobe manager T. Fink has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

There's been little loot from Nagoya Grampus's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games. Nagoya Grampus only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. It's a growing despair in Nagoya Grampus as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Nagoya Grampus seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Nagoya Grampus, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 3-5 versus Vissel Kobe. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Vegalta Sendai's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Nagoya Grampus, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Nagoya Grampus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Nagoya Grampus have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Vissel Kobe - Nagoya Grampus 5-3, played this season. Vissel Kobe-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vissel Kobe 7 wins, Nagoya Grampus 2 wins, 1 draw. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

David Villa
9 goals
Wellington
6 goals / 2 assists
Jô
5 goals / 3 assists

Vissel Kobe missing players

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Vissel Kobe Nagoya Grampus
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played 1 10 17
6 3 0 Won 0 2 7
3 2 0 Drew 0 4 4
8 3 1 Lost 1 4 6
28 16 2 Scored 1 16 27
29 14 4 Conceded 3 17 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 100% 90% 76%
59% 62% 100% Over 2.5 100% 50% 41%
41% 50% 100% Over 3.5 100% 40% 29%
29% 38% 100% Over 4.5 0% 20% 12%
71% 75% 100% BTTS 100% 80% 53%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 10% 35%
18% 12% 0% Failed To Score 0% 10% 12%
 
4.9 4.6 7 Corners For (avg) 6 6.5 5.7
5.4 4.1 1 Corners Against (avg) 2 2.8 3.1
1.3 0.6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.5 1.1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nagoya Grampus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Vissel Kobe
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
26-05-19 JL Vissel Kobe 4 - 1 Shonan Bellmare
01-06-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 1 - 1 Vissel Kobe
15-06-19 JL Tokyo 0 - 1 Vissel Kobe
22-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 2 - 2 Oita Trinita
30-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 5 - 3 Nagoya Grampus
03-07-19 EC Vissel Kobe 10:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-07-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 09:00 Vissel Kobe
14-07-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Vissel Kobe
20-07-19 JL Vissel Kobe 09:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
27-07-19 CF Barcelona - Vissel Kobe
Nagoya Grampus
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League J-League
All Home Away
15-06-19 JL Oita Trinita 1 - 1 Nagoya Grampus
19-06-19 NC Nagoya Grampus 2 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
22-06-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 1 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
26-06-19 NC Vegalta Sendai 1 - 0 Nagoya Grampus
30-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 5 - 3 Nagoya Grampus
03-07-19 EC Nagoya Grampus 10:00 Institute of Fitness
07-07-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 09:00 Shonan Bellmare
13-07-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 10:00 Nagoya Grampus
20-07-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 09:00 Gamba Osaka
04-08-19 JL Urawa Reds 10:00 Nagoya Grampus

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 17 11 3 3 25 12 10 9 0 1 20 6 7 2 3 2 5 6 13 36
2 Kawasaki Frontale 16 8 7 1 25 11 9 2 6 1 10 7 7 6 1 0 15 4 14 31
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 17 9 3 5 29 24 8 5 3 0 16 6 9 4 0 5 13 18 5 30
4 Oita Trinita 17 8 5 4 21 14 9 4 2 3 10 5 8 4 3 1 11 9 7 29
5 Kashima Antlers 16 8 4 4 26 15 8 6 1 1 17 5 8 2 3 3 9 10 11 28
6 Consadole Sapporo 17 8 3 6 23 21 8 5 1 2 16 9 9 3 2 4 7 12 2 27
7 Cerezo Osaka 17 8 2 7 16 11 8 4 1 3 8 4 9 4 1 4 8 7 5 26
8 Nagoya Grampus 17 7 4 6 27 20 7 5 0 2 11 3 10 2 4 4 16 17 7 25
9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 7 3 6 20 12 8 3 2 3 7 4 8 4 1 3 13 8 8 24
10 Vegalta Sendai 17 7 1 9 22 25 9 6 1 2 15 9 8 1 0 7 7 16 -3 22
11 Vissel Kobe 17 6 3 8 28 29 8 3 2 3 16 14 9 3 1 5 12 15 -1 21
12 Urawa Reds 16 6 3 7 13 21 8 2 1 5 6 15 8 4 2 2 7 6 -8 21
13 Gamba Osaka 17 5 5 7 21 24 9 2 3 4 11 13 8 3 2 3 10 11 -3 20
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 17 5 4 8 24 38 7 3 0 4 11 18 10 2 4 4 13 20 -14 19
15 Shonan Bellmare 17 5 2 10 18 26 9 2 2 5 9 13 8 3 0 5 9 13 -8 17
16 Matsumoto Yamaga 17 4 4 9 9 22 9 2 2 5 5 11 8 2 2 4 4 11 -13 16
17 Sagan Tosu 17 5 1 11 12 25 8 4 0 4 9 11 9 1 1 7 3 14 -13 16
18 Júbilo Iwata 17 3 5 9 12 21 9 1 4 4 9 12 8 2 1 5 3 9 -9 14

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