Vissel Kobe vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Vissel Kobe

5 – 1

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Sat 2 Oct 2021 · 06:00 UTC NOEVIR Stadium Kobe HT 45' · FT 45'

Sergi Samper 48' Y

Leo Osaki 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Vissel Kobe vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe.

Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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 25 games · Avg 2.6 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-02 Vissel Kobe 5–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-05-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vissel Kobe 2020-11-18 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-08-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Vissel Kobe 2019-08-17 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Vissel Kobe

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	5–1	W
29 Sep	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–3	L
24 Sep	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–0	W
18 Sep	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	1–0	W
05 Sep	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–1	D
28 Aug	FC Tōkyō	H	0–1	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Vissel Kobe	A	1–5	L
25 Sep	FC Tōkyō	A	2–1	W
18 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	2–0	W
11 Sep	Yokohama FC	A	2–0	W
29 Aug	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–0	D
25 Aug	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Vissel Kobe		Urawa Red Diamonds
#1	Position	#16
35	Points	25
18	Played	18
11 / 0 / 7	W / D / L	7 / 0 / 11
41	Scored	37
37	Conceded	37
+4	GD	+0
1.94	PPG	1.39
61%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

48% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

48% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vissel Kobe

0-15

1/2

16-30

1/1

31-45

4/1

46-60

5/1

61-75

3/6

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/6

46-60

1/2

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vissel Kobe

Yuya Osako	6 G
Yoshinori Muto	4 G	2 A
Ren Komatsu	3 G
Katsuya Nagato	2 G	1 A
Yuta Goke	2 G

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	5 G	1 A
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	3 G	6 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Vissel Kobe is hosting Urawa Red Diamonds for another epic battle.
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
8' Brilliant from the ! Ryuho Kikuchi makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 8.
13' It’s high time Ricardo Rodríguez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
18' It is a cagey affair so far. Vissel Kobe in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
21' A stunning finish from Iniesta — that came from absolutely nowhere!
26' Takahiro Akimoto, a Japan defender, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
31' What a strike from Thomas Vermaelen! The score is 3-0.
35' GOAL! Iniesta fires home to make it 4-0!
40' With 0 assists to his name this season, Koya Yuruki is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Urawa Red Diamonds.
45' Urawa Red Diamonds looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Takuro Kaneko scoring 1 goals.
46' The supporters are chanting for Kasper Junker. He replaces Koya Yuruki on 46 minute.
48' The referee shows Vissel Kobe player a Yellow card on 48.
49' GOAL! Yoshio Koizumi scores on 49.
53' A stunning finish from Yoshinori Muto — that came from absolutely nowhere!
58' The home supporters are growing impatient. Vissel Kobe must find a spark to ignite this game.
63' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
68' Urawa Red Diamonds are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
70' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Yuichi Hirano trudges off to be replaced by Atsuki Ito on 70 minutes.
75' The crowd applauds Iniesta as he leaves the pitch. Bojan Krkic steps in for Vissel Kobe.
80' Alexander Scholz has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
81' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Hiroki Sakai is replaced by Daigo Nishi.
84' Bojan Krkic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 84 minutes.
87' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Takahiro Sekine is replaced by Tomoaki Okubo on 87 minute.
88' The supporters are chanting for Yuki Kobayashi. He replaces Yoshinori Muto on 88 minute.
90' That is a Yellow card for Vissel Kobe. Leo Osaki will be fuming at that decision.
Game over. The scoreline of 5-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

29
Lincoln ↑ 70'
19
Ryo Hatsuse
1
Daiya Maekawa
3
Yuki Kobayashi ↑ 88'
25
Leo Osaki ↑ 70'
31
Yuya Nakasaka ↑ 46'
9
Bojan Krkic ↑ 75'

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Tomoaki Makino
8
Daigo Nishi ↑ 81'
11
Tatsuya Tanaka ↑ 81'
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 87'
7
Kasper Junker ↑ 46'
17
Atsuki Ito ↑ 70'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yoshinori Muto	5
Iniesta	3
Yuya Osako	2
Yuki Muto	2
Hotaru Yamaguchi	2
Yuki Muto	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Shinzo Koroki	1

Head to Head

Vissel Kobe Form

2021-10-02 Vissel Kobe 5–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-29 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vissel Kobe L 2021-09-24 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Vissel Kobe W 2021-09-18 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2021-09-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2021-08-28 Vissel Kobe 0–1 FC Tōkyō L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-10-02 Vissel Kobe 5–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-09-25 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-09-11 Yokohama FC 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-08-29 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2021-08-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.37 Vissel Kobe xG

Expected Goals

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

1.45 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vissel Kobe55% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds23%

Actual: Vissel Kobe win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.82

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

77%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

45%

Vissel Kobe or Urawa Red Diamonds

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vissel Kobe43% Draw38% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Vissel Kobe win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 1

8.3%

3 – 1

6.8%

2 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 2

4.9%

3 – 0

4.8%

1 – 0

4.8%

4 – 1

0 – 0

3.4%

2 – 3

Asian Handicap — Vissel Kobe

Handicap	Vissel Kobe covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	20%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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