Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Noevir Stadium.
- Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 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 16 Apr Kawasaki Frontale H 2–1 W 12 Apr Tokyo Verdy A 1–0 W 06 Apr Albirex Niigata H 0–1 L 02 Apr Yokohama FC A 1–0 W 29 Mar Kashima Antlers A 0–1 L 16 Mar Shonan Bellmare A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Apr Vissel Kobe A 1–2 L 12 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse A 1–1 D 09 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos H 3–3 D 06 Apr FC Machida Zelvia A 2–2 D 02 Apr Shonan Bellmare H 2–0 W 29 Mar FC Tokyo A 3–0 W Season Stats
Vissel Kobe Kawasaki Frontale #4 Position #9 35 Points 28 18 Played 18 11 / 0 / 7 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 41 Scored 38 37 Conceded 40 +4 GD -2 1.94 PPG 1.56 61% Win % 56% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this seasonVissel Kobe are 4th (35 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 9th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Vissel Kobe0-15–/–16-303/431-453/446-60–/261-754/176+3/3■ Scored ■ ConcededKawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Vissel Kobe to score. At the same time, Kawasaki Frontale does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 12' The referee calls foul for Marcinho. He receives a card.
- 17' 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.
- 22' The travelling Kawasaki Frontale supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 27' So Kawahara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 31' Goal! Daiju Sasaki scores his 19 goal in 421 matches.
- 36' 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.
- 41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vissel Kobe that had 421 games and scored 446 goals.
- 45' Kawasaki Frontale receives a card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 45' Goal! Thuler scores his 7 goal in 377 matches.
- 46' Another substitution for Vissel Kobe to replace Thuler by Takahiro Ogihara on 46 minute.
- 48' GOAL! Marcinho scores on 45. Assisted by So Kawahara
- 53' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 58' 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 Akihiro Ienaga suffering a number of foals already.
- 61' The whistle greets Erison as he departs to be replaced by Shin Yamada.
- 66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuichi Maruyama made 417 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 71' Vissel Kobe started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
- 75' Vissel Kobe manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Rikuto Hirose is hanging Daiju Sasaki on the field on 75 minute.
- 78' Time for substitution for Kawasaki Frontale. So Kawahara is replaced by Yuto Ozeki.
- 83' It’s high time Takayuki Yoshida made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 86' Another change for Vissel Kobe made on 86 minute. Taisei Miyashiro leaves to be changed by Kakeru Yamauchi.
- Full Time. Vissel Kobe beats Kawasaki Frontale
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Lineups
Vissel Kobe Lineups
Starting XI
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3
Thuler ↓ Takahiro Ogihara 46'
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- 24
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13
Daiju Sasaki ↓ Rikuto Hirose 75'
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14
Koya Yuruki ↓ Yuya Osako 61'
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- 25
- 15
Bench
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10
Yuya Osako ↑ 61'
- 21
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6
Takahiro Ogihara ↑ 46'
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- 16
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23
Rikuto Hirose ↑ 75'
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30
Kakeru Yamauchi ↑ 86'
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Coach Takayuki YoshidaKawasaki Frontale Lineups
Starting XI
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17
Tatsuya Ito ↓ Akihiro Ienaga 61'
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- 35
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23
Marcinho ↓ Yu Kobayashi 78'
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Erison ↓ Shin Yamada 61'
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19
So Kawahara ↓ Yuto Ozeki 78'
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- 13
- 98
Bench
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11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 78'
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41
Akihiro Ienaga ↑ 61'
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31
Sai van Wermeskerken ↑ 78'
- 44
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20
Shin Yamada ↑ 61'
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- 26
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16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 78'
Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Leandro Damiao 4 Akihiro Ienaga 4 Yu Kobayashi 4 Yuya Osako 3 Kyogo Furuhashi 3 Marcinho 2 Yasuto Wakizaka 2 Ryota Ohshima 2 Head to Head
Vissel Kobe Form
Kawasaki Frontale Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.99 Vissel Kobe xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.6 Kawasaki Frontale xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 69% + Over 2.5 goals 68%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Vissel Kobe winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.59Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 68% 32% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 29% 71% Double Chance
Vissel Kobe or Draw 72%Draw or Kawasaki Frontale 51%Vissel Kobe or Kawasaki Frontale 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Vissel Kobe win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.7%2 – 1 Actual1 – 2 6.8%2 – 2 6.7%3 – 1 5.5%2 – 0 5.5%1 – 0 4.9%3 – 2 4.4%0 – 0 4.1%0 – 1 3.8%1 – 3 3.6%0 – 2 3.6%Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe
Handicap Vissel Kobe covers Push Kawasaki Frontale covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 14% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 19% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 15% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.