Vissel Kobe vs Nagoya Grampus Prediction

Form: Kobe steady, Nagoya up and down

Across their last 20 matches in all competitions, Vissel Kobe have won 11, drawn 6 and lost just 3, scoring 32 and conceding 24. That's a solid points return and a goal difference that leans clearly in their favour.

Vissel Kobe: 20 completed matches; Nagoya Grampus: 20 completed matches.

Vissel Kobe

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

22

Difference

+10

Nagoya Grampus

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

37

Difference

-3

Nagoya Grampus, over the same length of sample, have won 8, drawn 4 and lost 8, with 36 scored but 35 conceded. The goals have flowed at both ends for them, but the results have been far less settled than Kobe's.

Kobe's underlying numbers across this run are noticeably stronger than Nagoya's.

Comparative Team Statistics: Vissel Kobe vs Nagoya Grampus

Head-to-head: Kobe have won the recent meetings

These two have met plenty of times down the years, with results going both ways across a decade of fixtures. But the two most recent meetings, both earlier this year, went Kobe's way.

Kobe won 3-2 at home in April and then won 3-0 away in March, so the balance of recent form between them has tilted firmly towards Kobe in 2026.

The last two head-to-head results favour Kobe, though history over a longer span has been far more even.

Table snapshot: top against near the bottom

In this standings snapshot, Vissel Kobe sit top with 19 points from 8 games, built on 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Nagoya Grampus sit down in 17th with 6 points from 8 games, having won just 2 and lost 6.

That's a wide gap in both points and position, and it lines up with the broader form picture of a settled Kobe side against an inconsistent Nagoya one.

The table positions reinforce the gap already visible in recent form.

How this one might play out

Put the form, the head-to-head and the table together and the picture is fairly consistent: Kobe have been the more reliable side this year, and they've already beaten Nagoya twice in 2026.

Nagoya have shown they can score goals, so it needn't be one-way traffic, but they've also been leaking goals regularly and sitting well down the table. Kobe look the better-placed team heading into this one, even allowing for the fact that squads and situations can shift before a fixture played out at the end of October.

Key player statistics: Vissel Kobe vs Nagoya Grampus

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Penalty cards:

Y. Goke x 2