J-League: Vissel Kobe - Tokyo pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: NOEVIR Stadium Kobe (30132 seats)

The standings tells us that 8 points separate the pair of combatants in this J-League match. Vissel Kobe have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Vissel Kobe have the most points from losing position (17) in J-League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vissel and Tokyo.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

The story so far in the J-League for Vissel Kobe at their home stadium (NOEVIR Stadium Kobe) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Happy days for Vissel in their previous game, a J-League match away at Oita Trinita (placed 20th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Ryuho Kikuchi was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.23 out of 10. The defender Kikuchi scored one goal and won 11 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Kashima Antlers.

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 19 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn six and lost six.

A decent goal production from Vissel in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. Vissel have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tokyo form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.

It's the second away game in a row for Tokyo, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Vegalta Sendai (placed 18th) in the J-League last time out. Joan Oumari, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Oumari scored one goal and won 11 of 14 duels. Diego Oliveira came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Vegalta Sendai last time out, making the manager K. Hasegawa feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Vegalta Sendai, was very satisfying as Diego Oliveira scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A 0-0 draw at Gamba Osaka's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Tokyo, five draws and four defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Tokyo now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Nabisco Cup game at Consadole Sapporo is waiting in only four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tokyo have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. 17 goals have been conceded by Tokyo in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the final score Tokyo - Vissel Kobe 2-3 logged in the official records. Vissel-Tokyo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vissel Kobe two wins, Tokyo five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
10 goals
TokyoA. dos Santos da Silva
A. dos Santos da Silva
6 goals
VisselR. Kikuchi
R. Kikuchi
5 goals

Vissel Kobe missing players

Tokyo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vissel Kobe Tokyo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 15 26
13 6 2 Won W 0 5 11
8 4 1 Drew D 1 5 6
4 2 0 Lost L 2 5 9
40 19 5 Scored S 0 16 35
24 8 1 Conceded C 4 17 35
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 88%
80% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 53% 65%
40% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 58%
20% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 23%
60% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 46%
28% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 35%
16% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 31%
 
3.4 3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.1 5.1
4.4 3.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.8 5.3
0.6 0.3 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 9.6 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.3 10.1
3.8 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.6 3.9
42% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 35%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Vissel Kobe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vissel Kobe have the most points from losing position (17) 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 26 19 6 1 56 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 13 8 4 1 29 7 39 63
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 19 5 2 60 21 14 11 3 0 35 7 12 8 2 2 25 14 39 62
3 Vissel Kobe 25 13 8 4 40 24 12 6 4 2 19 8 13 7 4 2 21 16 16 47
4 Nagoya Grampus 26 14 4 8 27 20 12 7 1 4 11 9 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 46
5 Kashima Antlers 26 13 5 8 44 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 14 6 2 6 19 13 19 44
6 Sagan Tosu 26 12 8 6 35 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 13 4 5 4 12 12 13 44
7 Urawa Reds 26 13 5 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 12 4 2 6 11 13 3 44
8 Tokyo 26 11 6 9 35 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 15 5 5 5 16 17 0 39
9 Consadole Sapporo 25 10 6 9 33 34 13 7 2 4 23 18 12 3 4 5 10 16 -1 36
10 Avispa Fukuoka 26 10 6 10 27 30 13 7 1 5 15 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 -3 36
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 25 7 11 7 26 25 12 3 5 4 10 11 13 4 6 3 16 14 1 32
12 Cerezo Osaka 25 7 9 9 34 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 11 1 4 6 14 17 -1 30
13 Gamba Osaka 26 8 6 12 19 26 12 3 3 6 10 15 14 5 3 6 9 11 -7 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 26 8 3 15 26 36 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 2 7 11 15 -10 27
15 Shonan Bellmare 26 5 10 11 28 31 13 2 7 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 25
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 5 10 11 25 38 13 2 5 6 10 21 13 3 5 5 15 17 -13 25
17 Tokushima Vortis 26 6 5 15 20 34 14 3 4 7 11 15 12 3 1 8 9 19 -14 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 26 3 10 13 19 43 13 2 5 6 9 17 13 1 5 7 10 26 -24 19
19 Yokohama 26 4 6 16 20 55 13 3 4 6 14 21 13 1 2 10 6 34 -35 18
20 Oita Trinita 26 4 5 17 17 43 14 3 5 6 10 18 12 1 0 11 7 25 -26 17

Table
  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 26 19 6 1 56 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 13 8 4 1 29 7 39 63
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 19 5 2 60 21 14 11 3 0 35 7 12 8 2 2 25 14 39 62
3 Vissel Kobe 25 13 8 4 40 24 12 6 4 2 19 8 13 7 4 2 21 16 16 47
4 Nagoya Grampus 26 14 4 8 27 20 12 7 1 4 11 9 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 46
5 Kashima Antlers 26 13 5 8 44 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 14 6 2 6 19 13 19 44
6 Sagan Tosu 26 12 8 6 35 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 13 4 5 4 12 12 13 44
7 Urawa Reds 26 13 5 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 12 4 2 6 11 13 3 44
8 Tokyo 26 11 6 9 35 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 15 5 5 5 16 17 0 39
9 Consadole Sapporo 25 10 6 9 33 34 13 7 2 4 23 18 12 3 4 5 10 16 -1 36
10 Avispa Fukuoka 26 10 6 10 27 30 13 7 1 5 15 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 -3 36
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 25 7 11 7 26 25 12 3 5 4 10 11 13 4 6 3 16 14 1 32
12 Cerezo Osaka 25 7 9 9 34 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 11 1 4 6 14 17 -1 30
13 Gamba Osaka 26 8 6 12 19 26 12 3 3 6 10 15 14 5 3 6 9 11 -7 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 26 8 3 15 26 36 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 2 7 11 15 -10 27
15 Shonan Bellmare 26 5 10 11 28 31 13 2 7 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 25
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 5 10 11 25 38 13 2 5 6 10 21 13 3 5 5 15 17 -13 25
17 Tokushima Vortis 26 6 5 15 20 34 14 3 4 7 11 15 12 3 1 8 9 19 -14 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 26 3 10 13 19 43 13 2 5 6 9 17 13 1 5 7 10 26 -24 19
19 Yokohama 26 4 6 16 20 55 13 3 4 6 14 21 13 1 2 10 6 34 -35 18
20 Oita Trinita 26 4 5 17 17 43 14 3 5 6 10 18 12 1 0 11 7 25 -26 17

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