📏 Form Guide

Yokohama FC

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Yokohama FC won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Nagoya Grampus.

In that game, Yokohama FC had 56% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Yokohama FC was Musashi Suzuki (95'). For their opponents, Nagoya Grampus got 6 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ryuji Izumi (16') and Sho Inagaki (54') scored for Nagoya Grampus.

Under three goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Yokohama FC have taken part. Breaking down the goal attribution in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 and Yokohama FC managed a tally of 5. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if the trend will be replicated here in this game.

Vissel Kobe

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Kashima Antlers in J1 League competition, Vissel Kobe will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Vissel Kobe had 57% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Kashima Antlers got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Léo Ceará (33') was the scorer for Kashima Antlers.

Looking at their form, and Vissel Kobe have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in total. Defensively, Vissel Kobe can certainly do much better.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 23/06/2021 shows that Yokohama FC have won 2 of these games and Vissel Kobe 4, with the number of draws being 0.

A combined total of 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 for Yokohama and 12 created by Ushi. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league meeting between these clubs was J1 League match day 22 on 06/08/2023 which ended up with the score at Yokohama FC 2-0 Vissel Kobe.

That time, Yokohama FC had 26% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by Shion Inoue (23') and Ryoya Yamashita (65').

On the other side, Vissel Kobe got 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Hayato Shimizu.

📰 Team News: Yokohama FC

Tsubasa Shibuya (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation), João Paulo (Tibia and fibula fracture) and Kaito Mori (Broken collarbone) aren’t available for Yokohama FC boss Shuhei Yomoda.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe boss Takayuki Yoshida has some current player fitness concerns. Klismahn (unknown injury) and Gotoku Sakai (Strain in the thigh and gluteal muscles) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

We’re envisaging that Yokohama FC could find themselves up against it to get anything against this Vissel Kobe side who we think will likely do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re going for a hard-fought 0-1 winning score for Vissel Kobe after 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Renata Leite, 09:04 02/04/2025