The Vissel Kobe & Yokohama F. Marinos managers Yoshida and Muscat are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this key fixture in the upper part of the J-League league table.
- Vissel Kobe have the most scored goals (17) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's no vacation for neither Vissel nor Yokohama F. Marinos 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
The story so far in the J-League for Vissel Kobe at their home stadium (NOEVIR Stadium Kobe) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The club members are hoping that Vissel Kobe will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Before that match, a J-League win away at 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 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 6.
Vissel Kobe has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Vissel have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Yokohama F. Marinos in their J-League matches away.
Two trips in a row for Yokohama F. Marinos, whose coach Muscat could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Jubilo Iwata.
Before that, Yokohama F. Marinos travelled to Shonan Bellmare and returned home with a draw after the J-League game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Yokohama F. Marinos in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Yokohama, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
In the opposite end, Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vissel Kobe two wins, two draws and Yokohama F. Marinos six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ōsako 5 goals |   A. Lopes de Souza 5 goals |  Y. Muto 3 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 40% | 31% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 34% |
| 9.1 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.8 | 13.2 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Vissel Kobe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vissel Kobe have the most scored goals (17) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the best goal difference (+14) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
