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Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2019 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2019
Vissel Kobe
1 – 2
Full Time
Kawasaki Frontale
Sun 28 Apr 2019 · 05:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Daigo Nishi 44' Y

Overview

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Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League .

Match Details

  • Referee Shinji Ochi
  • Referee Hajime Matsuo
  • Referee Osamu nomura
  • Referee Akihito Kawasaki

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

9
6
9
Vissel Kobe 24 games · Avg 3.3 goals Kawasaki Frontale
Last 5 meetings
2019-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2018-10-20 Kawasaki Frontale 5–3 Vissel Kobe 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

Recent Form

Vissel Kobe
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Apr Kawasaki Frontale H 1–2 L
20 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–1 L
14 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 2–4 L
06 Apr Matsumoto Yamaga FC A 1–2 L
30 Mar Gamba Osaka A 4–3 W
17 Mar Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–1 D
Kawasaki Frontale
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Apr Vissel Kobe A 2–1 W
19 Apr Shonan Bellmare H 2–0 W
14 Apr Sagan Tosu FC A 1–0 W
05 Apr Cerezo Osaka FC H 1–1 D
31 Mar Matsumoto Yamaga FC A 2–0 W
17 Mar Gamba Osaka H 0–1 L

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Vissel Kobe and Kawasaki Frontale has kicked off!
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Vissel Kobe must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 10' Kim Seunggyu is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
  • 15' GOAL! Kazuaki Mawatari fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 20' Vissel Kobe have won 467 goals from 444 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 25' Kawasaki Frontale fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vissel Kobe and Kawasaki Frontale are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 35' Vissel Kobe started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
  • 37' What a strike from Yu Kobayashi! The score is 0-2.
  • 42' It’s high time Takayuki Yoshida made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 44' Daigo Nishi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 49' 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.
  • 54' With 0 assists to his name this season, Masatoshi Mihara is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Kawasaki Frontale.
  • 57' It is a substitution in Vissel Kobe team. Keijiro Ogawa is replaced by Yuta Goke on 57 minute.
  • 62' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 67' It looks surprising Vissel Kobe does not make any changes. Michael Fitzgerald has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 68' A change in the Vissel Kobe ranks — Sergi Samper exits the field as Hirotaka Mita enters on 68.
  • 73' 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.
  • 78' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 82' Assisted by Yuta Goke with the perfectly-timed delivery and Kyogo Furuhashi makes no mistake. 1-2!
  • 83' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Kei Chinen is withdrawn and Kazuya Yamamura gets his opportunity.
  • 88' 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.
  • 89' Another change for Kawasaki Frontale made on 89 minute. Manabu Saito leaves to be changed by Yuto Suzuki.
  • 90' The crowd applauds Masatoshi Mihara as he leaves the pitch. Junya Tanaka steps in for Vissel Kobe.
  • The final score is 1-2.

Lineups

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Takayuki Yoshida

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2019-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2018-10-20 Kawasaki Frontale 5–3 Vissel Kobe 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

Vissel Kobe Form

2019-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2019-04-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vissel Kobe L 2019-04-14 Vissel Kobe 2–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2019-04-06 Matsumoto Yamaga FC 2–1 Vissel Kobe L 2019-03-30 Gamba Osaka 3–4 Vissel Kobe W 2019-03-17 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2019-04-28 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2019-04-19 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Shonan Bellmare W 2019-04-14 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale W 2019-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2019-03-31 Matsumoto Yamaga FC 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2019-03-17 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 Gamba Osaka L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.06 Vissel Kobe xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.98 Kawasaki Frontale xG
I would bet for: Vissel Kobe or Kawasaki Frontale 76% + Over 2.5 goals 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Vissel Kobe37% Draw24% Kawasaki Frontale39%
Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes75% 0% No25%
Avg goals/match: 4.04
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 38%
62%

Double Chance

Vissel Kobe or Draw
61%
Draw or Kawasaki Frontale
63%
Vissel Kobe or Kawasaki Frontale
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Vissel Kobe32% Draw38% Kawasaki Frontale30%
Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
8%
2 – 1
7.2%
2 – 2
7%
1 – 2
Actual
3 – 1
4.9%
3 – 2
4.8%
2 – 3
4.6%
1 – 3
4.5%
2 – 0
3.9%
0 – 2
3.6%
1 – 0
3.2%
3 – 3
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe

Handicap Vissel Kobe covers Push Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 12% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 17% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 17% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 11% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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