Kashiwa Reysol vs Vissel Kobe Prediction & Betting Tips

Form across all competitions

Vissel Kobe's last 20 matches, spanning the J1 League, Emperor Cup, AFC Champions League Elite and a handful of friendlies, show 11 wins, 6 draws and only 3 losses, with 32 goals scored and 24 conceded.

Kashiwa Reysol: 20 completed matches; Vissel Kobe: 20 completed matches.

Kashiwa Reysol

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

21

Difference

+7

Vissel Kobe

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

24

Difference

+8

Kashiwa Reysol's equivalent sample is rougher: 8 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 20 games, with 28 goals for and 21 against. Worth remembering this mixes cup games and friendlies in with league fixtures, so it isn't a pure form guide for the title race alone.

Kobe's underlying numbers look sturdier than Kashiwa's over the same stretch.

Comparative Team Statistics: Kashiwa Reysol vs Vissel Kobe

Head-to-head history leans towards Kashiwa

Looking back over the last twenty meetings between these two, stretching to 2016, Kashiwa Reysol have actually won more often, with ten wins to Kobe's five and five draws.

That's a long stretch covering different squads, competitions and seasons, so it doesn't tell us a huge amount about who's better right now.

Split by a single point

In this table, Vissel Kobe sit top with 19 points from eight games, one clear of Kashiwa Reysol on 18. Kobe have lost only once in that span, Kashiwa twice.

Kobe's goal difference is well ahead too, plus 12 against Kashiwa's plus 5, from the same number of matches. That's only two teams shown here though, not the full league picture.

The points gap is tiny, but the goal difference gap isn't.

Kashiwa's main threats

Y. Segawa has been Kashiwa's biggest source of goals recently, with six in eight matches, while Y. Koizumi has chipped in three in the same span. Masa has been heavily involved in the build-up too, picking up five assists in just five appearances.

Kashiwa Reysol:

Best scorers:

Y. Segawa - 6

Y. Koizumi - 3

Best assist providers:

Masa - 5

N. Nakagawa - 3

Y. Segawa - 2

Vissel Kobe:

Penalty cards:

Y. Goke x 2

On the Kobe side, Y. Goke has picked up two yellow cards in eight matches, though that's just a disciplinary note rather than any sign he'll miss this one.

Kashiwa's attacking threat looks fairly concentrated in a couple of players.

What to expect

Kobe come in with the better recent numbers and a slender lead at the top, but this fixture has thrown up a lot of draws and away wins over the years. Kashiwa's home form in that history isn't as dominant as the current table might suggest.

With both sides close together on points and the long h2h record cutting against the current form picture, this looks like a genuinely competitive match rather than a one-sided one.