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

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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	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 24 games · Avg 2.5 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 Tokyo	H	0–1	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Vissel Kobe	A	1–5	L
25 Sep	FC Tokyo	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

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

0% 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

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Vissel Kobe and Urawa Red Diamonds has kicked off!
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Vissel Kobe in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
8' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ryuho Kikuchi makes no mistake. 1-0!
13' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
18' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vissel Kobe side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
21' What composure from Iniesta! The Spain international strokes it home. 2-0.
26' Japan international Shusaku Nishikawa has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
31' The Belgium Thomas Vermaelen breaks the deadlock on 31 minutes. 3-0!
35' A goal from the Spain international Iniesta! He fires home on 35 to make it 4-0!
40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 439 games and scored 403 goals.
45' Vissel Kobe currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Koya Yuruki has done his job and it is now time for Kasper Junker to step up.
48' That is a Yellow card for Vissel Kobe. Sergi Samper will be fuming at that decision.
49' The Japan Yoshio Koizumi breaks the deadlock on 49 minutes. 4-1!
53' Against the run of play, Yoshinori Muto has scored! This game has turned on its head.
58' Takahiro Sekine needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
63' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vissel Kobe and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
68' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
70' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Yuichi Hirano by Atsuki Ito on 70 minute.
75' Bojan Krkic gets the nod from Vissel Kobe. He replaces Iniesta and will look to change the dynamic.
80' 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 Koya Yuruki suffering a number of foals already.
81' Daigo Nishi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Hiroki Sakai on 81 minute.
84' A goal from the international Bojan Krkic! He fires home on 84 to make it 6-1!
87' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Takahiro Sekine is replaced by Tomoaki Okubo.
88' Yuki Kobayashi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yoshinori Muto on 88 minute.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Leo Osaki on 90.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Urawa Red Diamonds.

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	3
Iniesta	3
Yuki Muto	2
Hotaru Yamaguchi	2
Yuki Muto	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Yuya Osako	2
Shoya Nakajima	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 Tokyo L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-10-02 Vissel Kobe 5–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-09-25 FC Tokyo 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.