Vissel Kobe vs Tokyo: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: NOEVIR Stadium Kobe (30132 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Vissel Kobe have their presumed home advantage while Tokyo are ahead 18 points in the J-League table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

Vissel Kobe have played 13 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Vissel Kobe will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-6 away loss in the J-League game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 5th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Kawasaki Frontale with a 2-1 scoreline.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Vissel Kobe, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Oita Trinita is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Vissel Kobe in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. Vissel Kobe have conceded 22 from these games.

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Tokyo form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Tokyo, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in J-League, playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

Two away games in a row for Tokyo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Sagan Tosu in the J-League. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Matsumoto Yamaga.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Tokyo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Tokyo - Vissel Kobe 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vissel Kobe 2 wins, 3 draws and Tokyo 5 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Diego Oliveira
13 goals / 3 assists
David Villa
12 goals / 2 assists
K. Furuhashi
9 goals / 7 assists

Vissel Kobe missing players

Tokyo missing players

Vissel Kobe Tokyo
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 13 28
10 5 0 Won W 1 4 16
5 3 0 Drew D 3 5 5
13 5 4 Lost L 0 4 7
50 25 3 Scored S 4 11 38
51 22 9 Conceded C 2 12 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 77% 89%
82% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 64%
68% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 36%
43% 46% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 18%
29% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
75% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 36%
11% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 43%
14% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 32%
 
5.1 5.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 5.2
5 4.4 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.2 5.6 5.5
1.1 0.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1 0.8
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Tokyo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vissel Kobe have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tokyo have scored 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
31-08-19 JL Vissel Kobe 2 - 3 Consadole Sapporo
14-09-19 JL Vissel Kobe 2 - 1 Matsumoto Yamaga
18-09-19 EC Vissel Kobe 3 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale
28-09-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 2 Vissel Kobe
05-10-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 - 2 Vissel Kobe
19-10-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Tokyo
23-10-19 EC Vissel Kobe 10:00 Oita Trinita
02-11-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Vegalta Sendai
09-11-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 05:00 Vissel Kobe
23-11-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Cerezo Osaka
Tokyo
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
04-09-19 NC Gamba Osaka 1 - 0 Tokyo
08-09-19 NC Tokyo 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka
14-09-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 0 Tokyo
29-09-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 0 - 0 Tokyo
05-10-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Tokyo
19-10-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Tokyo
02-11-19 JL Oita Trinita 06:05 Tokyo
09-11-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 05:00 Tokyo
23-11-19 JL Tokyo 05:00 Shonan Bellmare
30-11-19 JL Tokyo 05:00 Urawa Reds

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 28 16 7 5 50 24 14 10 3 1 28 10 14 6 4 4 22 14 26 55
2 Tokyo 28 16 5 7 38 23 15 12 0 3 27 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 15 53
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 28 16 4 8 51 33 14 9 3 2 27 11 14 7 1 6 24 22 18 52
4 Kawasaki Frontale 28 12 11 5 46 26 15 4 9 2 18 12 13 8 2 3 28 14 20 47
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 13 8 7 40 24 14 6 5 3 19 10 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 47
6 Cerezo Osaka 28 14 4 10 32 22 14 7 2 5 17 9 14 7 2 5 15 13 10 46
7 Consadole Sapporo 28 11 7 10 45 40 13 6 4 3 25 17 15 5 3 7 20 23 5 40
8 Oita Trinita 28 10 10 8 31 27 14 6 3 5 16 11 14 4 7 3 15 16 4 40
9 Vissel Kobe 28 10 5 13 50 51 13 5 3 5 25 22 15 5 2 8 25 29 -1 35
10 Urawa Reds 28 9 8 11 30 41 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 18 -11 35
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 10 5 13 40 60 13 6 0 7 17 35 15 4 5 6 23 25 -20 35
12 Gamba Osaka 28 8 10 10 39 41 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 3 5 6 19 26 -2 34
13 Nagoya Grampus 28 8 9 11 41 42 13 6 2 5 19 15 15 2 7 6 22 27 -1 33
14 Vegalta Sendai 28 9 5 14 32 40 15 7 4 4 21 19 13 2 1 10 11 21 -8 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 28 9 4 15 36 54 15 4 3 8 18 31 13 5 1 7 18 23 -18 31
16 Sagan Tosu 28 9 4 15 28 46 14 6 2 6 19 26 14 3 2 9 9 20 -18 31
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 6 10 12 17 31 14 2 6 6 8 15 14 4 4 6 9 16 -14 28
18 Júbilo Iwata 28 5 6 17 20 41 14 1 4 9 12 24 14 4 2 8 8 17 -21 21

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