A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Urawa Reds and Vissel Kobe know what's at stake in this second leg of the Ybc Levain Cup Play-offs clash.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Emperor Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kataller Toyama, was also a home game here at Urawa Komaba Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Urawa Reds form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Ybc Levain Cup for Urawa Reds, as the manager R. Rodríguez Suárez led his troops to eliminate Shonan Bellmare, Kashiwa Reysol and Yokohama, and reach the Play-offs. Urawa participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Urawa Komaba Stadium as Urawa Reds have scored 13 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Urawa Reds has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
The Urawa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kataller Toyama in Emperor Cup and win 1-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the Ybc Levain Cup match versus Vissel Kobe with a 2-1 scoreline.Urawa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Urawa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Urawa Komaba Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oita Trinita, Tokyo and Tokushima Vortis in order to reach play-offs of Ybc Levain Cup. They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Vissel Kobe have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season. When we have look at the Ybc Levain Cup statistics, we find 2W-2D-3L. This is both home and away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ybc Levain Cup home defeat versus Urawa Reds with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sagan Tosu.After this away game Vissel return home for a Emperor Cup game against Suzuka Unlimited. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Vissel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Vissel Kobe in these games.
Head 2 Head
Vissel Kobe - Urawa 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Urawa Reds-Vissel Kobe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urawa seven wins, Vissel Kobe two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 9 goals |   K. Junker 5 goals | Y. Abe 3 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Urawa Reds | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 29 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -32 | 7 |