Albirex Niigata vs Vissel Kobe, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Albirex Niigata vs Vissel Kobe — J. League at Denka Big Swan Stadium.
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Vissel Kobe 18 35 2 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 3 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 5 Gamba Osaka 18 28 6 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 7 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 8 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 9 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 10 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 11 Kashima Antlers 18 45 12 FC Tokyo 18 37 13 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 14 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 15 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 17 Kashiwa Reysol 18 20 18 Yokohama F.Marinos 18 20 19 FC Mito Holly Hock 18 18 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Oct Vissel Kobe H 2–2 D 18 Oct Tokyo Verdy A 0–1 L 04 Oct Fagiano Okayama FC H 1–1 D 27 Sep Gamba Osaka A 2–4 L 23 Sep Nagoya Grampus H 0–0 D 20 Sep Yokohama FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Oct Albirex Niigata A 2–2 D 17 Oct Kashima Antlers H 0–0 D 04 Oct Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–1 L 27 Sep Shimizu S-Pulse H 2–1 W 23 Sep Tokyo Verdy H 4–0 W 12 Sep Kashiwa Reysol H 0–0 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Vissel Kobe0-15–/–16-303/431-453/446-60–/261-754/176+3/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Denka Big Swan Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks surprising Vissel Kobe does not make any changes. Yosuke Ideguchi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' Albirex Niigata is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Fumiya Hayakawa, as he is very good at scoring at Denka Big Swan Stadium with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vissel Kobe needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 25' Daiya Maekawa needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' It’s high time Takayuki Yoshida made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 45' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tetsushi Yamakawa suffering a number of foals already.
- 46' Vissel Kobe manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daiju Sasaki is hanging Haruya Ide on the field on 46 minute.
- 48' Goal! Yuya Osako scores his 67 goal in 403 matches.
- 48' A meaty challenge results in booking for Takuya Shimamura on 48.
- 51' Soya Fujiwara was booked on 51.
- 52' What a strike from Yuya Osako! The score is 0-2.
- 57' Vissel Kobe is showing some good football. However, Vissel Kobe are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 62' Another substitution for Albirex Niigata to replace Abdelrahman Saidi by Matheus Moraes on 62 minute.
- 67' It looks like no one’s ball. Vissel Kobe is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 72' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yoshinori Muto made 325 appearances and scored 41 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 74' What a strike from Takuya Shimamura! The score is 1-2.
- 75' Vissel Kobe manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yosuke Ideguchi is hanging Yuya Kuwasaki on the field on 75 minute.
- 80' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Albirex Niigata that had 93 games and scored 103 goals.
- 81' The supporters are chanting for Koya Yuruki. He replaces Taisei Miyashiro on 81 minute.
- 86' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 90' Goal! Yamato Wakatsuki scores his 1 goal in 400 matches.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Takahiro Ogihara. He receives a card.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Albirex Niigata Lineups
Starting XI
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- 28
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42
Kento Hashimoto ↓ Yuto Horigome 75'
- 25
- 7
- 15
- 65
- 8
- 41
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30
Jin Okumura ↓ Yoshiaki Takagi 75'
- 21
Bench
- 5
- 99
- 35
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18
Yamato Wakatsuki ↑ 75'
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31
Yuto Horigome ↑ 75'
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33
Yoshiaki Takagi ↑ 75'
- 50
- 1
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55
Matheus Moraes ↑ 62'
Coach Toru IrieVissel Kobe Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 3
- 11
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41
Katsuya Nagato ↓ Yuki Honda 81'
- 6
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18
Haruya Ide ↓ Daiju Sasaki 46'
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9
Taisei Miyashiro ↓ Koya Yuruki 81'
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2
Nanasei Iino ↓ Rikuto Hirose 62'
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25
Yuya Kuwasaki ↓ Yosuke Ideguchi 75'
Bench
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7
Yosuke Ideguchi ↑ 75'
- 31
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13
Daiju Sasaki ↑ 46'
- 26
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23
Rikuto Hirose ↑ 62'
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14
Koya Yuruki ↑ 81'
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15
Yuki Honda ↑ 81'
- 77
- 50
Coach Takayuki Yoshida -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yuya Osako 3 Ryo Endo 2 Daiju Sasaki 1 Yamato Wakatsuki 1 Taisei Miyashiro 1 Takuya Shimamura 1 Soya Fujiwara 1 Yoshinori Muto 1 Head to Head
Albirex Niigata Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.37 Albirex Niigata xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.26 Vissel Kobe xGI would bet for: Albirex Niigata or Vissel Kobe 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.63Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 48% 52% ± 3.5 27% 73% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Albirex Niigata or Draw 67%Draw or Vissel Kobe 62%Albirex Niigata or Vissel Kobe 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Vissel Kobe win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.4%0 – 0 9.2%1 – 0 8.8%2 – 1 8.2%0 – 1 8%1 – 2 7.5%2 – 0 6.6%0 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 Actual3 – 1 3.8%1 – 3 3.2%3 – 0 3%Asian Handicap — Albirex Niigata
Handicap Albirex Niigata covers Push Vissel Kobe covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 11% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 20% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 18% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Albirex Niigata keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.