Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale, 2018

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Sat 28 Apr 2018 · 07:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League .

Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

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 Tōkyō	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

Vissel Kobe 24 games · Avg 3.3 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2018-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2018-01-31 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2017-08-19 Kawasaki Frontale 0–5 Vissel Kobe 2017-03-05 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2016-10-01 Kawasaki Frontale 3–3 Vissel Kobe

Recent Form

Vissel Kobe

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–2	L
25 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	1–1	D
22 Apr	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	1–0	W
21 Apr	Nagoya Grampus	H	3–0	W
15 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	2–1	W
15 Apr	Shonan Bellmare	A	4–3	W

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Apr	Vissel Kobe	A	2–1	W
25 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–0	W
21 Apr	Kashima Antlers	H	4–1	W
21 Apr	Kingstonian FC	A	1–2	L
14 Apr	Vegalta Sendai	A	0–0	D
14 Apr	FC Tōkyō	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Vissel Kobe		Kawasaki Frontale
#1	Position	#14
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 history

33% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vissel Kobe

0-15

–/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/4

46-60

–/2

61-75

4/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Vissel Kobe host Kawasaki Frontale — let the battle begin!
5' Hirotaka Mita, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Kawasaki Frontale is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Vissel Kobe must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' Vissel Kobe are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's shape.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vissel Kobe and Kawasaki Frontale are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
35' Shintaro Kurumaya is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vissel Kobe tonight.
40' Kawasaki Frontale come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
45' Kawasaki Frontale are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hirofumi Watanabe made 444 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
60' Kawasaki Frontale 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.
65' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
70' Vissel Kobe currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
75' Kawasaki Frontale have won 556 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
80' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
85' A quiet spell here at . Kawasaki Frontale seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
90' Kawasaki Frontale is showing some good football. However, Kawasaki Frontale are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
1-2 the final result. Vissel Kobe will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

18
Kim Seunggyu
5
Jung Wooyoung
3
Hirofumi Watanabe
30
Theerathon Bunmathan
15
Daiki Miya
24
Masatoshi Mihara ↓ Kazuma Watanabe 76'
7
Hirotaka Mita
33
Shuhei Otsuki
10
Lukas Podolski C
13
Keijiro Ogawa ↓ Wellington 63'
38
Daiju Sasaki ↓ Naoyuki Fujita 67'

Bench

Coach Takayuki Yoshida

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

7
Shintaro Kurumaya
10
Ryota Ohshima
11
Yu Kobayashi C
1
Jung Sungryong
18
Elsinho
3
Tatsuki Nara
5
Shogo Taniguchi
8
Hiroyuki Abe ↓ Yusuke Tasaka 82'
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↓ Tatsuya Hasegawa 68'
4
Yoshito Okubo ↓ Kengo Nakamura 70'
21
Eduardo Neto

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

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

2018-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2018-04-25 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2018-04-22 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2018-04-21 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2018-04-15 Yokohama F·Marinos 1–2 Vissel Kobe W 2018-04-15 Shonan Bellmare 3–4 Vissel Kobe W

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2018-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2018-04-25 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2018-04-21 Kawasaki Frontale 4–1 Kashima Antlers W 2018-04-21 Kingstonian FC 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2018-04-14 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale D 2018-04-14 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 FC Tōkyō D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.14 Vissel Kobe xG

Expected Goals

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

1.56 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vissel Kobe48% Draw24% Kawasaki Frontale28%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Vissel Kobe or Draw

72%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

52%

Vissel Kobe or Kawasaki Frontale

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vissel Kobe38% Draw39% Kawasaki Frontale23%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

8.5%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.7%

3 – 0

0 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.4%

0 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe

Handicap	Vissel Kobe covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	20%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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