The Vissel Kobe manager T. Fink attacks this game with the team placed 12th so far. In the visitors dressing room Shimizu S-Pulse and their manager P. Cklamovski are in 17th place before this match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Two J-League home games so far for Vissel Kobe, who are yet to win here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe. Only 1 point so far.
Vissel drew their last game, 1-1 away at Oita Trinita (placed 7th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Sagan Tosu and winning 1-0.
Vissel are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Cerezo Osaka awaits in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Vissel Kobe's 2 home games: 1 goal, 4 conceded.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the J-League ended in defeat. Last season Shimizu S-Pulse had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 4, drew 5 and lost 8. It's looking increasingly bleak for Shimizu who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Tokyo was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Shimizu failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Gamba Osaka (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cerezo Osaka wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
Shimizu has another fixture away, a J-League game, against Sagan Tosu in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shimizu S-Pulse has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vissel won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Shimizu S-Pulse has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  D. Chagas Matos 14 goals | K. Furuhashi 10 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 6 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 35 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Vissel Kobe | Last season | Shimizu S-Pulse | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 61 | 33 | Scored | S | 24 | 45 | ||
| 59 | 26 | Conceded | C | 29 | 69 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 68% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 62% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 35% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 71% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 62% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 15% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 454 | 253 | Total Shots | T S | 204 | 401 | ||
| 175 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 83 | 157 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Urawa Reds | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Yokohama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 18 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 30 | 70 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 64 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 63 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 23 | 60 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 7 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 47 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 2 | 47 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 46 |
| 11 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 26 | -7 | 41 |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | -24 | 39 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -16 | 37 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 36 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -23 | 36 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 31 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 31 |