Vegalta Sendai vs Vissel Kobe, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Vegalta Sendai

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Vissel Kobe

Sat 3 Apr 2021 · 05:00 UTC Yurtec Stadium Sendai HT 45+5' · FT 45+7'

Tawiah 82' Y

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Vegalta Sendai vs Vissel Kobe — J. League at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.

Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Futoshi Nakamura
Referee Masashi Yamagiwa
Referee Masuya Ueda
Referee Shu Kawamata
Referee Osamu nomura

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

Vegalta Sendai 16 games · Avg 3.2 goals Vissel Kobe

Last 5 meetings

2021-04-03 Vegalta Sendai 0–2 Vissel Kobe 2020-10-28 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Vissel Kobe 2020-08-08 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Vegalta Sendai 2019-11-02 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-03-10 Vegalta Sendai 1–3 Vissel Kobe

Recent Form

Vegalta Sendai

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Apr	Vissel Kobe	H	0–2	L
21 Mar	FC Tokyo	A	1–2	L
13 Mar	Shonan Bellmare	A	1–3	L
10 Mar	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–5	L
06 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–5	L
27 Feb	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–1	D

Vissel Kobe

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Apr	Vegalta Sendai	A	2–0	W
20 Mar	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	4–3	W
17 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–1	D
13 Mar	Nagoya Grampus	H	0–1	L
10 Mar	FC Tokyo	A	3–2	W
06 Mar	Tokushima Vortis	A	1–1	D

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vissel Kobe

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Vegalta Sendai get us underway at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.
5' 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.
10' Vegalta Sendai have won 158 goals from 275 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' What a moment for Kyogo Furuhashi! That strike on 15 puts his side firmly in control.
20' Vissel Kobe fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
21' The Japan Ryuho Kikuchi breaks the deadlock on 21 minutes. 0-2!
26' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vegalta Sendai and Vissel Kobe are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
29' Time for substitution for Vissel Kobe. Daiju Sasaki is replaced by Shion Inoue.
34' With 0 assists to his name this season, Ryoma Kida is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vissel Kobe.
39' 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.
44' 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 Hotaru Yamaguchi suffering a number of foals already.
49' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
54' Tawiah has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
59' Vegalta Sendai are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Vissel Kobe's shape.
62' The Vegalta Sendai manager makes a substitution. Takumi Mase departs to be replaced by Koji Hachisuka.
63' Vissel Kobe manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Asahi Masuyama is hanging Yuya Nakasaka on the field on 63 minute.
68' It looks surprising Vissel Kobe does not make any changes. Gotoku Sakai has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
73' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vegalta Sendai and Vissel Kobe are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
78' The whistle greets Shingo Tomita as he departs to be replaced by Yusuke Minagawa.
79' Vissel Kobe make a change. Nagisa Sakurauchi trudges off to be replaced by Ryo Hatsuse on 79 minutes.
80' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Yoshiki Matsushita makes it 1-2.
82' Poor challenge from Tawiah. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
86' Vegalta Sendai ring the changes. Ryoma Kida has done his job and it is now time for Yasuhiro Hiraoka to step up.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Yasuhiro Hiraoka ↑ 86'
4
Koji Hachisuka ↑ 62'
16
Kyohei Yoshino
6
Rikiya Uehara ↑ 62'
19
Yusuke Minagawa ↑ 78'
1
Yuma Obata
26
Chihiro Kato ↑ 62'

Coach Makoto Teguramori

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

19
Ryo Hatsuse ↑ 79'
32
Ryotaro Hironaga
14
Takuya Yasui ↑ 79'
37
Asahi Masuyama ↑ 63'
25
Leo Osaki
20
Shion Inoue ↑ 29'
9
Noriaki Fujimoto ↑ 79'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kyogo Furuhashi	4
Yuta Goke	2
Douglas	2
Keijiro Ogawa	2
Yoshinori Muto	2
Shuhei Akasaki	1
Chihiro Kato	1
Jakub Slowik	1

Head to Head

Vegalta Sendai Form

2021-04-03 Vegalta Sendai 0–2 Vissel Kobe L 2021-03-21 FC Tokyo 2–1 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-03-13 Shonan Bellmare 3–1 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-03-10 Sagan Tosu FC 5–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-03-06 Vegalta Sendai 1–5 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-02-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai D

Vissel Kobe Form

2021-04-03 Vegalta Sendai 0–2 Vissel Kobe W 2021-03-20 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3–4 Vissel Kobe W 2021-03-17 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2021-03-13 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2021-03-10 FC Tokyo 2–3 Vissel Kobe W 2021-03-06 Tokushima Vortis 1–1 Vissel Kobe D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.14 Vegalta Sendai xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.88 Vissel Kobe xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vegalta Sendai23% Draw25% Vissel Kobe52%

Actual: Vissel Kobe win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Vegalta Sendai or Draw

48%

Draw or Vissel Kobe

77%

Vegalta Sendai or Vissel Kobe

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vegalta Sendai18% Draw43% Vissel Kobe39%

Actual: Vissel Kobe win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

8.5%

0 – 0

6.6%

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 1

5.7%

2 – 2

5.4%

0 – 3

5.2%

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

3.4%

2 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Vegalta Sendai

Handicap	Vegalta Sendai covers	Push	Vissel Kobe covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	13%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	22%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	16%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

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