Vissel Kobe vs Gamba Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-1 J1 League triumph vs FC Tokyo.

In that match, Vissel Kobe had 38% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Vissel Kobe, the scorers were Hotaru Yamaguchi (11') and Ryuma Kikuchi (25'). FC Tokyo had 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. Leandro (90') scored for FC Tokyo.

Takayuki Yoshida's Vissel Kobe have netted 8 times in their last six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures amounts to 8.

Ahead of this clash, Vissel Kobe are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Gamba Osaka

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In their previous fixture, Gamba Osaka drew 0-0 in the J1 League match with FC Tokyo.

In that match, Gamba Osaka managed 44% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, FC Tokyo got 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Gamba Osaka has been apparent in recent matches. Examining their last six games shows that this has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal tally of 10 while Gamba Osaka have scored 5.

Heading into this fixture, Gamba Osaka are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 02/08/2019 shows that Vissel Kobe have won 2 of these games & Gamba Osaka 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Ushi and 8 for Gamba Osaka. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 12 on 08/05/2022 when it ended Gamba Osaka 2-0 Vissel Kobe.

That day, Gamba Osaka managed 57% possession and 31 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Kyung-Won Kwon (81') and Wellington Silva (91').

For their opponents, Vissel Kobe had 4 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Bojan Krkic (Meniscal Injury) and Sergi Samper (Cruciate Ligament Injury) are not available for Vissel Kobe gaffer Takayuki Yoshida.

It looks as if Ushi will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Hiroki Iikura, Nanasei Iino, Ryuho Kikuchi, Matheus Thuler, Gotoku Sakai, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Leo Osaki, Daiju Sasaki, Yuki Kobayashi, Koya Yuruki and Yoshinori Muto.

ℹ️ Team News: Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka manager Hiroshi Matsuda has a number of players out of action. Takashi Usami (Achilles tendon rupture) and Rihito Yamamoto (Fractured Foot) will miss out on this game.

From our viewpoint, Gamba Osaka might begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup by sending out Masaaki Higashiguchi, Ryu Takao, Genta Miura, Gen Shoji, Keisuke Kurokawa, Juan, Mitsuki Saito, Yuki Yamamoto, Ryotaro Meshino, Patric and Leandro Pereira.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Gamba Osaka are likely to put a goal past this Vissel Kobe lineup, however it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Vissel Kobe at full-time. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 02:38 14/09/2022