Vissel Kobe vs FC Tokyo, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Vissel Kobe vs FC Tokyo — J. League at Noevir Stadium.
- Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
- FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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 30 Nov FC Tokyo H 0–0 D 09 Nov Gamba Osaka A 1–1 D 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Nov Vissel Kobe A 0–0 D 09 Nov FC Machida Zelvia A 1–0 W 25 Oct Fagiano Okayama FC H 3–1 W 17 Oct Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 0–0 D 04 Oct Shimizu S-Pulse A 1–1 D 28 Sep Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–3 L Season Stats
Vissel Kobe FC Tokyo #4 Position #2 35 Points 37 18 Played 18 11 / 0 / 7 W / D / L 13 / 0 / 5 41 Scored 55 37 Conceded 42 +4 GD +13 1.94 PPG 2.06 61% Win % 72% Key Stats
42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season22% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this seasonVissel Kobe are 4th (35 pts). FC Tokyo are 2nd (37 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Vissel Kobe0-15–/–16-303/431-453/446-60–/261-754/176+3/3■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Tokyo0-15–/116-30–/231-458/–46-602/–61-754/476+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Noevir Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 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' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Tokyo that had 415 games and scored 370 goals.
- 15' The travelling FC Tokyo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Vissel Kobe started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' FC Tokyo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 34' FC Tokyo receives a card for a hard tackle on 34.
- 39' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 44' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 49' Keita Endo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 54' It looks surprising FC Tokyo does not make any changes. Katsuya Nagato has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 59' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 59 minutes.
- 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 67' The Vissel Kobe manager makes a substitution. Yoshinori Muto departs to be replaced by Erik.
- 68' The referee calls foul for Kein Sato. He receives a card.
- 71' Marcos Guilherme has so much to prove this time. He replaces Leon Nozawa on 71 minute.
- 76' The referee calls foul for Thuler. He receives a card.
- 81' 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.
- 83' Yuki Honda is replacing Katsuya Nagato for the Vissel Kobe side.
- 88' It’s high time Takayuki Yoshida made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 90' FC Tokyo player sees a card in front of him.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Vissel Kobe Lineups
Starting XI
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- 3
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11
Yoshinori Muto ↓ Erik 67'
- 7
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41
Katsuya Nagato ↓ Yuki Honda 83'
- 6
- 1
- 13
- 9
- 4
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2
Nanasei Iino ↓ Gotoku Sakai 67'
Bench
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27
Erik ↑ 67'
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24
Gotoku Sakai ↑ 67'
- 18
- 31
- 23
- 25
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15
Yuki Honda ↑ 83'
- 50
- 29
Coach Takayuki YoshidaFC Tokyo Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 3
- 2
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22
Keita Endo ↓ Soma Anzai 71'
- 8
- 37
- 24
- 13
- 19
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28
Leon Nozawa ↓ Marcos Guilherme 71'
- 16
Bench
- 99
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39
Teruhito Nakagawa ↑ 71'
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40
Marcos Guilherme ↑ 71'
- 30
- 14
- 31
- 32
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7
Soma Anzai ↑ 71'
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Coach Rikizo Matsuhashi -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Diego Oliveira 5 Yuya Osako 3 Adailton 3 Hotaru Yamaguchi 3 Ryuho Kikuchi 2 Yoshinori Muto 2 Douglas 2 Takuya Yasui 1 Head to Head
Vissel Kobe Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.67 Vissel Kobe xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.73 FC Tokyo xGI would bet for: Vissel Kobe or FC Tokyo 74% + Both teams to score 67%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.4Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 65% 35% ± 3.5 44% 56% ± 4.5 26% 74% Double Chance
Vissel Kobe or Draw 63%Draw or FC Tokyo 62%Vissel Kobe or FC Tokyo 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.5%1 – 2 8.1%2 – 1 7.8%2 – 2 6.6%0 – 1 5.1%0 – 2 5%1 – 0 4.9%0 – 0 Actual2 – 0 4.7%1 – 3 4.6%3 – 1 4.3%2 – 3 3.9%Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe
Handicap Vissel Kobe covers Push FC Tokyo covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 11% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 18% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 18% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 12% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet 18% ✗FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.