Cerezo Osaka vs Vissel Kobe Live Stream, Predictions

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Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 1-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against Gamba Osaka.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 65% possession and 10 shots at goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Gamba Osaka had 16 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Takashi Usami (28') was the scorer for Gamba Osaka.

Akio Kogiku's Cerezo Osaka have hit the target a sum total of 6 times in their preceding half-dozen outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Cerezo Osaka:

• have not been beaten in their last 6 home league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league games.

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe will go into the clash after a 3-2 J1 League win vs Albirex Niigata in their most recent outing.

In that match, Vissel Kobe had 36% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Vissel Kobe, the scorers were Daiju Sasaki (15') and Taisei Miyashiro (25'). On the other side, Albirex Niigata had 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Soya Fujiwara (51') and Ryo Endo (55' Own goal, 76') scored for Albirex Niigata.

In the course of their six previous matches, Takayuki Yoshida's Vissel Kobe have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 10 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 1.67.

Leading up to this clash, Vissel Kobe:

• are winless against Cerezo Osaka in games played away from home for the previous 7 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are undefeated in their previous 10 away league matches. Impressive, to say the least.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 15/05/2021 tells us that Cerezo Osaka have won 3 of these & Vissel Kobe 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

An aggregate of 12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Sakura and 4 belonging to Ushi. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league clash between the two was J1 League match day 28 on 23/09/2023 when the final score was Vissel Kobe 1-0 Cerezo Osaka.

In that match, Vissel Kobe had 51% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Daiju Sasaki (59').

On the other side, Cerezo Osaka had 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Hayato Shimizu.

📋 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Cerezo Osaka boss Akio Kogiku to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Ryosuke Shindo (Hamstring injury) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: Vissel Kobe

Thanks to a mainly full-strength squad, there is just a single fitness worry for the Vissel Kobe manager Takayuki Yoshida to be concerned about. Mitsuki Saito (Torn lateral knee ligament) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cerezo Osaka may well find it hard to break down this Vissel Kobe team who we think might manage to score & go ahead.

We’re going for a hard-fought 0-1 win for Vissel Kobe at full-time.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:08 07/05/2024