Vissel Kobe vs Kashima Antlers, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Vissel Kobe vs Kashima Antlers — J. League at Noevir Stadium.
- Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
- Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 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 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 30 Aug Yokohama F.Marinos H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Oct Vissel Kobe A 0–0 D 05 Oct Gamba Osaka H 0–0 D 27 Sep Nagoya Grampus A 4–0 W 23 Sep Cerezo Osaka FC H 3–1 W 20 Sep Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–0 W 13 Sep Shonan Bellmare H 3–0 W Season Stats
Vissel Kobe Kashima Antlers #4 Position #1 35 Points 45 18 Played 18 11 / 0 / 7 W / D / L 15 / 0 / 3 41 Scored 40 37 Conceded 20 +4 GD +20 1.94 PPG 2.50 61% Win % 83% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this seasonVissel Kobe are 4th (35 pts). Kashima Antlers are 1st (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Vissel Kobe0-15–/–16-303/431-453/446-60–/261-754/176+3/3■ Scored ■ ConcededKashima Antlers0-15–/–16-301/–31-452/346-603/261-752/–76+6/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Noevir Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Kashima Antlers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Kashima Antlers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' 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.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Kashima Antlers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 35' Vissel Kobe manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daiju Sasaki is hanging Erik on the field on 35 minute.
- 40' 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.
- 45' Kashima Antlers is showing some good football. However, Kashima Antlers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Erik, as he is very good at scoring at Noevir Stadium with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 60' Yuta Matsumura needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 61' The Kashima Antlers manager makes a substitution. Elber departs to be replaced by Yuta Matsumura.
- 65' The whistle greets Nanasei Iino as he departs to be replaced by Rikuto Hirose.
- 69' Kashima Antlers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Keisuke Tsukui is hanging Leo Ceara on the field on 69 minute.
- 70' The supporters are chanting for Ryoya Ogawa. He replaces Ryuta Koike on 70 minute.
- 70' Kashima Antlers receives a card for a hard tackle on 70.
- 75' The travelling Kashima Antlers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 80' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Daiya Maekawa made 421 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 83' The Kashima Antlers manager makes a substitution. Yuma Suzuki departs to be replaced by Ryotaro Araki.
- 86' It’s a booking for Vissel Kobe player. Takahiro Ogihara gets a card.
- 87' Vissel Kobe manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuki Honda is hanging Katsuya Nagato on the field on 87 minute.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Kei Chinen.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Vissel Kobe Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 3
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27
Erik ↓ Daiju Sasaki 35'
- 11
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41
Katsuya Nagato ↓ Yuki Honda 87'
- 6
- 1
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9
Taisei Miyashiro ↓ Haruya Ide 87'
- 4
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2
Nanasei Iino ↓ Rikuto Hirose 65'
- 25
Bench
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18
Haruya Ide ↑ 87'
- 31
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13
Daiju Sasaki ↑ 35'
- 26
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23
Rikuto Hirose ↑ 65'
- 14
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15
Yuki Honda ↑ 87'
- 77
- 50
Coach Takayuki YoshidaKashima Antlers Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Leo Ceara ↓ Keisuke Tsukui 69'
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18
Elber ↓ Yuta Matsumura 61'
- 13
- 55
- 6
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40
Yuma Suzuki ↓ Ryotaro Araki 83'
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25
Ryuta Koike ↓ Ryoya Ogawa 70'
- 77
- 1
- 22
- 3
Bench
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7
Ryoya Ogawa ↑ 70'
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11
Kyosuke Tagawa ↑ 83'
- 29
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71
Ryotaro Araki ↑ 83'
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27
Yuta Matsumura ↑ 61'
- 20
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23
Keisuke Tsukui ↑ 69'
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- 34
Coach Toru Oniki -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yuya Osako 4 Yuma Suzuki 4 Yoshinori Muto 3 Daiju Sasaki 3 Yuma Suzuki 2 Ryuji Izumi 2 Ayase Ueda 2 Serginho 2 Head to Head
Vissel Kobe Form
Kashima Antlers Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.12 Vissel Kobe xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.45 Kashima Antlers xGI would bet for: Vissel Kobe or Kashima Antlers 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.57Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Vissel Kobe or Draw 60%Draw or Kashima Antlers 68%Vissel Kobe or Kashima Antlers 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.4%0 – 1 10.1%0 – 0 Actual1 – 2 8.7%0 – 2 7.8%1 – 0 7.5%2 – 1 6.7%2 – 2 4.9%2 – 0 4.7%1 – 3 4.2%0 – 3 3.7%3 – 1 2.5%Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe
Handicap Vissel Kobe covers Push Kashima Antlers covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 16% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 57% — 43% +1 57% 22% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 13% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet 24% ✗Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet 33% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

