There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the J-League table so far. Here's the Vissel Kobe - Yokohama F. Marinos latest:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel Kobe's struggle is real here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe with only 5 points collected from 7 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Urawa Reds with a 2-1 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Vissel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vissel Kobe as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Vissel Kobe has won eight of these, drawn four and lost five.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vissel Kobe as they have a new game in only four days, a Nabisco Cup match thankfully also at home. Kawasaki Frontale are visiting.
Vissel Kobe has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Vissel Kobe are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 7 played).
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Yokohama had fun at their own home (NOEVIR Stadium Kobe) last time out, beating Consadole Sapporo 4-1. Junior Santos (2), S. Hatanaka and T. Nakagawa scored. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Yokohama F. Marinos in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Yokohama, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Nabisco Cup trip to Consadole Sapporo.
Yokohama F. Marinos have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Yokohama's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Vissel-Yokohama F. Marinos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vissel Kobe two wins, Yokohama F. Marinos six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Lima dos Santos 6 goals |  D. Chagas Matos 5 goals |  J. dos Santos Junior 5 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| 20 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 77% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 15% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 15% |
| 5.5 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 8.8 | 7.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | 94 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 71 | 152 |
| 61 | 34 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 25 | 55 |
| 20% | 18% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 45% |
- All of Vissel Kobe's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Vissel Kobe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 32 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Yokohama | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 13 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 4 |