Delightful dogfight as daring Vissel Kobe duels with determined Oita Trinita

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 14.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: NOEVIR Stadium Kobe (30132 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the J-League table so far. Here's the Vissel Kobe - Oita Trinita latest:

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.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Vissel Kobe have to build on here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in the J-League. It’s been three wins in a row for Vissel Kobe here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Vissel faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kashiwa Reysol (3-4). Before that match, a win away at Yokohama F. Marinos.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vissel Kobe handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and two defeats.

Vissel are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Sanfrecce Hiroshima awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Vissel in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vissel defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oita Trinita form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Oita Trinita have produced an overall stat of 4-1-6 so far.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Trinita, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Yokohama F. Marinos (placed 6th). Before that, Oita Trinita secured a home win against Shimizu S-Pulse with the score 2-1.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Yokohama F. Marinos was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Oita Trinita are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

A new game in only four days for Trinita, the J-League home match versus Gamba Osaka. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Trinita have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. As for defending, Trinita rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Oita Trinita - Vissel Kobe 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Vissel Kobe wins - draws - Oita Trinita wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VisselK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
11 goals
Oita TrinitaT. Tanaka
T. Tanaka
7 goals
Vissel KobeD. Chagas Matos
D. Chagas Matos
6 goals

Vissel Kobe missing players

Oita Trinita missing players

Vissel Kobe Oita Trinita
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 13 2 Played P 3 11 22
8 4 0 Won W 2 4 8
8 4 0 Drew D 0 1 4
8 5 2 Lost L 1 6 10
42 23 2 Scored S 5 15 25
41 23 6 Conceded C 3 19 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
83% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 77%
67% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 50%
50% 54% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 23%
29% 23% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
71% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 45%
17% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 27%
17% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.3 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
264 157 40 Total Shots T S 31 87 170
114 66 15 Shots on Target S O 13 36 70
32% 30% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 42% 36%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Oita Trinita have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oita Trinita haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 22 19 2 1 63 19 11 10 1 0 32 10 11 9 1 1 31 9 44 59
2 Tokyo 24 13 5 6 37 28 11 6 0 5 16 14 13 7 5 1 21 14 9 44
3 Cerezo Osaka 22 13 3 6 31 24 10 5 2 3 12 8 12 8 1 3 19 16 7 42
4 Gamba Osaka 21 13 2 6 31 24 10 5 0 5 12 13 11 8 2 1 19 11 7 41
5 Nagoya Grampus 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 7 1 2 19 11 11 5 2 4 13 9 12 39
6 Yokohama F. Marinos 24 11 4 9 50 38 14 7 2 5 32 20 10 4 2 4 18 18 12 37
7 Kashiwa Reysol 21 11 3 7 42 31 11 5 1 5 25 22 10 6 2 2 17 9 11 36
8 Kashima Antlers 22 11 3 8 34 31 10 5 3 2 17 14 12 6 0 6 17 17 3 36
9 Urawa Reds 22 10 3 9 27 36 12 3 3 6 8 17 10 7 0 3 19 19 -9 33
10 Vissel Kobe 24 8 8 8 42 41 13 4 4 5 23 23 11 4 4 3 19 18 1 32
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 20 9 4 7 33 24 9 4 2 3 18 11 11 5 2 4 15 13 9 31
12 Oita Trinita 22 8 4 10 25 33 11 4 3 4 10 14 11 4 1 6 15 19 -8 28
13 Consadole Sapporo 22 5 6 11 28 44 12 2 4 6 16 24 10 3 2 5 12 20 -16 21
14 Yokohama 21 6 2 13 27 43 10 3 1 6 12 21 11 3 1 7 15 22 -16 20
15 Sagan Tosu 20 4 6 10 21 29 11 3 3 5 12 12 9 1 3 5 9 17 -8 18
16 Vegalta Sendai 20 2 6 12 21 39 9 0 3 6 9 19 11 2 3 6 12 20 -18 12
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 3 3 16 29 50 11 2 0 9 20 26 11 1 3 7 9 24 -21 12
18 Shonan Bellmare 20 2 3 15 15 34 10 1 2 7 4 12 10 1 1 8 11 22 -19 9