Shonan Bellmare vs Vissel Kobe Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Shonan Bellmare

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Shonan Bellmare go into this game following a 2-2 J1 League drawn match vs Yokohama F. Marinos.

In that game, Shonan Bellmare had 41% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Shonan Bellmare, the goalscorers were Taiyo Hiraoka (41') and Sho Fukuda (80'). Yokohama F. Marinos had 16 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Kento Shiogai (21') and Tae-hee Nam (48') scored for Yokohama F. Marinos.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Shonan Bellmare have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Shonan Bellmare have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 13 goals on the way.

A look at their previous results shows us that Shonan Bellmare:

• have not emerged victorious against Vissel Kobe in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe come into this match following a 1-2 J. League Cup win with the defeat of FC Imabari in their previous outing.

For Vissel Kobe, the scorers were Jean Patric (41') and Daiju Sasaki (96'). The match went to extra time and was won by Vissel Kobe.

A sequence of resolute performances from the Vissel Kobe defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 outings in total. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9. That trend isn’t assured to follow through into this game, of course.

Leading up to this clash, Vissel Kobe:

• have not won against Shonan Bellmare in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. Not good.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 away league matches. What a good run they have put together.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes stretching back to 17/04/2021 shows that Shonan Bellmare have won 1 of these games and Vissel Kobe 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A sum of 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 for Shonan and 8 belonging to Ushi. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The previous league match between the two was J1 League match day 31 on 28/10/2023 when it finished Shonan Bellmare 1-1 Vissel Kobe.

In that match, Shonan Bellmare managed 41% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Yuki Ohashi (11').

Vissel Kobe got 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Yuya Osako (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yudai Yamamoto.

🗞️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Koki Tachi (Hamstring injury), Ryo Nemoto (Cruciate ligament tear), Naoki Yamada (Hamstring injury) and Sere Matsumura (Meniscus injury) will not be able to play for Shonan Bellmare gaffer Satoshi Yamaguchi. Kazuki Oiwa will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe boss Takayuki Yoshida has multiple availability issues to deal with. Koya Yuruki (Broken collarbone) and Mitsuki Saito (Torn lateral knee ligament) are those who can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

Shonan Bellmare have the ability to breach the defence of this Vissel Kobe side, although just one goal probably won’t be enough to give them the result that they want.

We therefore reckon that it will be a narrow 1-2 advantage for Vissel Kobe at the end of the 90 minutes. Hopefully this is a good one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 05:08 19/04/2024