Saturday , 14 November 2026

Gamba Osaka vs Vissel Kobe, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2021
Gamba Osaka
1 – 2
Full Time
Vissel Kobe
Wed 21 Jul 2021 · 10:05 UTC Panasonic Stadium Suita HT 45' · FT 45'
Wellington Silva 52' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Gamba Osaka vs Vissel Kobe — J. League at Panasonic Stadium Suita.

Match Details

  • Referee Jumpei Iida
  • Referee Shinji Ochi
  • Referee Akihiko Ikeuchi
  • Referee Haruhiro Otsuka
  • Referee Hiromichi Oka
  • Referee Kogo Kumagai
3 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game

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 Kyōto Sanga FC 18 23
9 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21
10 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21
11 Kashima Antlers 18 45
12 FC Tōkyō 18 37
13 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37
14 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28
15 Tōkyō 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

6
6
13
Gamba Osaka 25 games · Avg 2.9 goals Vissel Kobe
Last 5 meetings
2021-07-21 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Vissel Kobe 2021-02-27 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Gamba Osaka 2020-11-11 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Vissel Kobe 2020-07-26 Vissel Kobe 0–2 Gamba Osaka 2019-08-02 Vissel Kobe 2–2 Gamba Osaka

Recent Form

Gamba Osaka
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jul Vissel Kobe H 1–2 L
17 Jul Avispa Fukuoka A 1–0 W
02 Jun Shonan Bellmare A 0–0 D
30 May Yokohama FC H 2–0 W
27 May Tokushima Vortis H 2–1 W
22 May FC Tōkyō A 0–1 L
Vissel Kobe
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jul Gamba Osaka A 2–1 W
17 Jul Cerezo Osaka FC A 1–1 D
03 Jul Shonan Bellmare H 3–1 W
23 Jun Yokohama FC H 5–0 W
19 Jun Avispa Fukuoka A 2–1 W
30 May Sagan Tosu FC H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe
#5 Position #1
28 Points 35
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 11 / 0 / 7
61 Scored 41
53 Conceded 37
+8 GD +4
1.56 PPG 1.94
56% Win % 61%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
15% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season
38% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

Gamba Osaka are 5th (28 pts). Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Gamba Osaka
0-15
1/4
16-30
–/1
31-45
1/4
46-60
2/3
61-75
2/3
76+
6/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Vissel Kobe
0-15
1/2
16-30
1/1
31-45
4/1
46-60
5/1
61-75
3/6
76+
7/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Gamba Osaka
Issam Jebali 5 G 3 A
Ryotaro Meshino 2 G
Welton 2 G
Deniz Hummet 2 G
Shinnosuke Nakatani 1 G
Vissel Kobe
Yuya Osako 6 G
Yoshinori Muto 4 G 2 A
Ren Komatsu 3 G
Katsuya Nagato 2 G 1 A
Yuta Goke 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Panasonic Stadium Suita that hosts another battle between Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe.
  • 5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 10' Vissel Kobe has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Gamba Osaka must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 19' The deadlock is broken! Patric gets on the scoresheet on 19 minutes.
  • 24' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 27' Magnificent from Douglas! That is 51 goals in 380 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 31' Junya Tanaka adds to his 0 season tally! Vissel Kobe lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 32' Against the run of play, Junya Tanaka has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 37' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 42' Both keepers have barely been tested. Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 47' Yuta Goke is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Gamba Osaka so far.
  • 52' Wellington Silva catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 52.
  • 57' Vissel Kobe come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 59' Another substitution for Gamba Osaka to replace Kazunari Ichimi by Takashi Usami on 59 minute.
  • 64' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Shion Inoue made 108 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 67' A change in the Vissel Kobe ranks — Yuya Nakasaka exits the field as Shion Inoue enters on 67.
  • 70' It is a substitution in Vissel Kobe team. Yuya Nakasaka is replaced by Shion Inoue on 70 minute.
  • 74' The whistle greets Kohei Okuno as he departs to be replaced by Shu Kurata.
  • 79' 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.
  • 80' The Gamba Osaka bench stirs into life. Wellington Silva is withdrawn and Leandro Pereira gets his opportunity.
  • 81' The Vissel Kobe bench stirs into life. Douglas is withdrawn and Thomas Vermaelen gets his opportunity.
  • 86' Vissel Kobe is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 89' The whistle greets Sergi Samper as he departs to be replaced by Tetsushi Yamakawa.
  • Vissel Kobe celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Gamba Osaka Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Masanobu Matsunami

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Yuya Osako 6
Shu Kurata 4
Junya Tanaka 4
Patric 3
Erik 2
Yoshinori Muto 2
Gotoku Sakai 2
Kyogo Furuhashi 2

Head to Head

2021-07-21 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Vissel Kobe 2021-02-27 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Gamba Osaka 2020-11-11 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Vissel Kobe 2020-07-26 Vissel Kobe 0–2 Gamba Osaka 2019-08-02 Vissel Kobe 2–2 Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka Form

2021-07-21 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Vissel Kobe L 2021-07-17 Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 Gamba Osaka W 2021-06-02 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Gamba Osaka D 2021-05-30 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Yokohama FC W 2021-05-27 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Tokushima Vortis W 2021-05-22 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Gamba Osaka L

Vissel Kobe Form

2021-07-21 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Vissel Kobe W 2021-07-17 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2021-07-03 Vissel Kobe 3–1 Shonan Bellmare W 2021-06-23 Vissel Kobe 5–0 Yokohama FC W 2021-06-19 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 Vissel Kobe W 2021-05-30 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Sagan Tosu FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.49 Gamba Osaka xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.13 Vissel Kobe xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Gamba Osaka43% Draw23% Vissel Kobe34%
Actual: Vissel Kobe win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes80% 0% No20%
Avg goals/match: 4.62
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 94%
6%
± 2.5 83%
17%
± 3.5 66%
34%
± 4.5 48%
52%

Double Chance

Gamba Osaka or Draw
66%
Draw or Vissel Kobe
57%
Gamba Osaka or Vissel Kobe
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Gamba Osaka37% Draw35% Vissel Kobe28%
Actual: Vissel Kobe win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 2
6.7%
2 – 1
6.5%
1 – 1
6%
1 – 2
Actual
3 – 2
5.5%
3 – 1
5.2%
2 – 3
4.7%
3 – 3
3.9%
1 – 3
3.9%
4 – 2
3.4%
4 – 1
3.3%
2 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Gamba Osaka

Handicap Gamba Osaka covers Push Vissel Kobe covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 14% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 17% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 66% — 34%
+1 66% 15% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 10% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet
9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.