Sagan Tosu travel to Vissel Kobe and NOEVIR Stadium Kobe packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (12) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Vissel nor Sagan Tosu 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.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe have collected 12 points from their J-League home games so far after 3-3-1.
Vissel are returning here after visiting Kashiwa Reysol in a J-League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Yuta Goke scored the goal(s). Attacking player Kyogo Furuhashi bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.21 out of 10. Furuhashi hit five key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Heartbreak before that as Vissel lost 0-2 at Urawa Reds's place.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 22 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn seven and lost six.
Vissel has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Vissel have conceded only 4 goals.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sagan Tosu, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J-League, playing as the away team in the J-League this season. Visiting Sagan has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Consadole Sapporo (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The J-League match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Park Il-Kyu got the top player rating of the team with 7.32/10. Il-Kyu stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Sagan secured a home win against Kashima Antlers with the score 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sagan playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Sagan Tosu wins, three draws and six defeats.
The attacking power of Sagan Tosu when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Vissel victories, three draws and two Sagan Tosu wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 9 goals |  K. Yamashita 8 goals | D. Hayashi 4 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| 75% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 24% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 59% |
| 25% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 8.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 7.5 | 9.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 40% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 35% |
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (12) in J-League
- 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 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 49 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 13 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -28 | 7 |