Vissel Kobe vs Gamba Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against FC Tokyo.

Joan Oumari (85') scored for FC Tokyo.

Vissel Kobe haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in recent times. Their goals record equals just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Ushi have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 8.

Gamba Osaka

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After a losing effort in their last game against Shimizu S-Pulse in J1 League action, Gamba Osaka and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Riyo Kawamoto (49') and Shota Kaneko (64') scored for Shimizu S-Pulse.

Looking at their form, and Gamba Osaka have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals overall. Defensively, Gamba Osaka have been far from perfect. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, of course.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 08/04/2018 shows that Vissel Kobe have won 2 of them and Gamba Osaka 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

In all, 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them from Ushi and 10 netted by Gamba Osaka. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 32 on 11/11/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Gamba Osaka 1-0 Vissel Kobe.

The referee was Jumpei Iida.

📰 Team News: Vissel Kobe

There is just the sole fitness concern for the Vissel Kobe gaffer Atsuhiro Miura to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Andrés Iniesta (Hamstring Injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka manager Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has a number of players out of action. Yuji Ono (Cruciate Ligament Injury) and Haruto Shirai (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be making appearances.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe could well end up finding themselves trading goals here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw and also of goals in the match. That’s why we have predicted a very even contest with a 2-2 score draw when the referee blows the final whistle.

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

Peter Guest, 00:24 23/02/2021