Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vissel Kobe & Oita Trinita face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ybc Levain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a J-League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kashima Antlers.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
Vissel was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Vissel Kobe have to build on here at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in the J-League. 1W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Vissel Kobe. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Vissel Kobe.
The home team returns to NOEVIR Stadium Kobe after being equal after 90 minutes with Kashima Antlers on their last time out; the J-League game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a Ybc Levain Cup defeat to Tokushima Vortis (0-1).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vissel Kobe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Vissel, as the J-League home game vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima is only three days away.
Vissel have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Vissel Kobe have conceded only 3 goals.
Oita Trinita form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Oita Trinita who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Tokyo was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Trinita are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
S. Nagasawa was the last player to score for the away team. Trinita haven't scored a league goal in the last 398 minutes.
Trinita might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tokyo proved too strong as Oita Trinita slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Ōita Bank Dome. A loss against Kashiwa Reysol was the result prior to that, in a J-League home game.
We have checked recent matches where Oita Trinita have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, five draws and seven defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Oita Trinita's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Trinita have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Oita Trinita - Vissel Kobe 1-3 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Vissel Kobe, four draws and one win for Oita Trinita. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 7 goals | R. Kikuchi 3 goals |  H. Yamaguchi 2 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Oita Trinita missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Oita Trinita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 18 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokyo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Tokushima Vortis | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -25 | 2 |