Vissel Kobe vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Vissel Kobe

0 – 3

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 4 Jul 2020 · 10:30 UTC NOEVIR Stadium Kobe HT 45+4' · FT 45+3'

Y 31' Yuki Nogami

Hirofumi Watanabe 41' Y

Y 67' Tsukasa Morishima

Overview

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Vissel Kobe vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe.

Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Yudai Yamamoto
Referee Yosuke Takabe
Referee Ryo Tanimoto
Referee Kota Watanabe

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 Tokyo	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 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-04 Vissel Kobe 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-10-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–2 Vissel Kobe 2019-04-14 Vissel Kobe 2–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018-08-15 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018-05-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Vissel Kobe

Recent Form

Vissel Kobe

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jul	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–3	L
23 Feb	Yokohama FC	H	1–1	D
07 Dec	Júbilo Iwata	H	4–1	W
30 Nov	Kashima Antlers	A	3–1	W
23 Nov	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–0	W
09 Nov	Nagoya Grampus	A	0–3	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jul	Vissel Kobe	A	3–0	W
23 Feb	Kashima Antlers	H	3–0	W
07 Dec	Vegalta Sendai	H	1–0	W
30 Nov	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–1	L
23 Nov	Kashima Antlers	H	0–0	D
02 Nov	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Vissel Kobe		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#1	Position	#4
35	Points	30
18	Played	18
11 / 0 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
41	Scored	41
37	Conceded	33
+4	GD	+8
1.94	PPG	1.67
61%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

43% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vissel Kobe

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

1/2

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

5/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vissel Kobe

Yuya Osako	3 G
Katsuya Nagato	2 G	1 A
Yuta Goke	2 G
Yoshinori Muto	1 G

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	6 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A
Mutsuki Kato	2 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe as Vissel Kobe face off against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
20' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima bench stirs into life. Yoshifumi Kashiwa is withdrawn and Yuya Asano gets his opportunity.
25' The 35-year-old Gotoku Sakai has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vissel Kobe side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
31' It’s a booking for Sanfrecce Hiroshima player. Yuki Nogami gets a Yellow card.
35' Brilliant from the ! Leandro Pereira makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 35.
40' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
41' Vissel Kobe player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
46' Tsukasa Morishima has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
48' GOAL! Yuya Asano fires home to make it 0-2!
53' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
55' It is a substitution in Vissel Kobe team. Hirofumi Watanabe is replaced by Keijiro Ogawa on 55 minute.
60' The home supporters are growing impatient. Vissel Kobe must find a spark to ignite this game.
61' Shunki Higashi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Douglas Vieira at the 61 minute mark.
65' Junya Tanaka is replacing Sergi Samper for the Vissel Kobe side.
67' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
72' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vissel Kobe and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
77' Daigo Nishi, a Japan , has 10 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
81' Magnificent from Leandro Pereira! That is 48 goals in 181 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
85' Kosei Shibasaki is ready to make an impact after coming on for Toshihiro Aoyama at the 85 minute mark.
86' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Yuya Asano departs to be replaced by Tomoya Fujii.
87' A change in the Vissel Kobe ranks — Daigo Nishi exits the field as So Fujitani enters on 87.
The points are shared — Vissel Kobe 0-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Honours even.

Lineups

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
Daiya Maekawa
44
So Fujitani ↑ 87'
21
Junya Tanaka ↑ 65'
13
Keijiro Ogawa ↑ 55'
38
Daiju Sasaki
9
Noriaki Fujimoto ↑ 87'
17
Ryuho Kikuchi

Coach Thorsten Fink

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

44
Rhayner
39
Leandro Pereira
19
Sho Sasaki C
6
Toshihiro Aoyama ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 85'
38
Keisuke Osako
2
Yuki Nogami
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa ↓ Yuya Asano 20'
10
Tsukasa Morishima
8
Hayao Kawabe
9
Douglas Vieira ↓ Shunki Higashi 61'
23
Hayato Araki

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kyogo Furuhashi	4
Leandro Pereira	3
Patric	3
Mutsuki Kato	2
Sho Sasaki	2
Daiki Watari	2
Tsukasa Morishima	2
Sho Inagaki	2

Head to Head

Vissel Kobe Form

2020-07-04 Vissel Kobe 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-02-23 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Yokohama FC D 2019-12-07 Vissel Kobe 4–1 Júbilo Iwata W 2019-11-30 Kashima Antlers 1–3 Vissel Kobe W 2019-11-23 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2019-11-09 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Vissel Kobe L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2020-07-04 Vissel Kobe 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2020-02-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Kashima Antlers W 2019-12-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2019-11-30 Shonan Bellmare 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2019-11-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Kashima Antlers D 2019-11-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.65 Vissel Kobe xG

Expected Goals

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

2.17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vissel Kobe30% Draw24% Sanfrecce Hiroshima46%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.82

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Vissel Kobe or Draw

54%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

70%

Vissel Kobe or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vissel Kobe24% Draw39% Sanfrecce Hiroshima37%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 1

6.3%

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 2

5.3%

2 – 3

4.9%

0 – 1

4.3%

0 – 3

Actual

3 – 2

3.7%

3 – 1

3.4%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe

Handicap	Vissel Kobe covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	19%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

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