Vissel Kobe vs Gamba Osaka Prediction & Betting Tips

The J1 League clash at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe on Sunday will see home side Vissel Kobe playing against opponents Gamba Osaka.

Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Vissel Kobe v Gamba Osaka are shown on this page - along with the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Vissel Kobe DLWDWD

Vissel Kobe head into this game following on from a 0-0 J1 League drawn match vs Cerezo Osaka.

Thorsten Fink's Vissel Kobe have netted 6 times in their preceding six outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures stands at 6.

Going into this encounter, Vissel Kobe have not been beaten in the league by Gamba Osaka in their previous 2 matches.

Gamba Osaka WLDWWW 📈

Gamba Osaka will go into this match following on from a 1-0 J1 League win versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their most recent outing.

The only player to score from Gamba Osaka was Genta Miura (41').

Gamba Osaka have been effective going forward in their most recent fixtures, having scored 10 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Tsuneyasu Miyamoto will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Gamba Osaka can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same outings. That trend won’t necessarily follow through into this match, however.

Leading up to this clash, Gamba Osaka:

• remain unbeaten by Vissel Kobe when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 17/06/2017 shows that Vissel Kobe have won 3 of these games and Gamba Osaka 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 10 from Ushi and 9 coming from Gamba Osaka. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league encounter between the two was J1 League match day 21 on 02/08/2019 when the final score was Vissel Kobe 2-2 Gamba Osaka.

The referee was Ryuji Sato.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe manager Thorsten Fink doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

📋 Team News: Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka boss Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has some current player fitness concerns. Gen Shoji (Ankle problems), Yun-oh Lee (Torn Meniscus), Jun Ichimori (Acromioclavicular Separation) and Haruto Shirai (Hand fracture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🧠 Prediction

It’s looking like Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe could both end up scoring at least one each in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating the two teams.

Looks like a high-scoring draw might be possible, as we’re expecting it to be that close. That’s why our selection here is for a high-scoring affair with a 2-2 score draw at the end of this one.

Andre Moura, 23:10 21/07/2020