Kashiwa Reysol vs Vissel Kobe Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Kashiwa Reysol

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Kashiwa Reysol will be hoping to bounce back here following a 0-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Yokohama FC.

In that match, Kashiwa Reysol had 57% possession and 28 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. On the other side, Yokohama FC had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Koki Ogawa (69') scored for Yokohama FC.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Kashiwa Reysol have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Kashiwa Reysol have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 6 goals in the process.

Their past results show that Kashiwa Reysol:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Vissel Kobe in their last 3 games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe will go into the match after a 2-0 J1 League win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their last match.

In that match, Vissel Kobe managed 44% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Vissel Kobe was Yoshinori Muto (95'). On the other side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Hayato Araki (47' Own goal) scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In their last six outings, Vissel Kobe have amassed the sum of 12 goals. Vissel Kobe have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve seen 7 goals go against them. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, of course.

Ahead of this meeting, Vissel Kobe haven't been defeated in their previous 5 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes going back to 19/08/2020 tells us that Kashiwa Reysol have won 5 of these games and Vissel Kobe 1, with the number of drawn games being 0.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 23 on 30/07/2022 and the score finished Vissel Kobe 0-1 Kashiwa Reysol.

On that day, Vissel Kobe managed 72% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Kashiwa Reysol got 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Mao Hosoya (17') scored.

The match was refereed by Yusuke Araki.

📋 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Kashiwa Reysol boss Nélsinho Baptista to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Diego (Thigh Muscle Strain) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: Vissel Kobe

Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Vissel Kobe boss Takayuki Yoshida to contend with. Ryuho Kikuchi (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

When taking everything into account, Kashiwa Reysol will have to perform well to hit the back of the net against this Vissel Kobe team who we think might manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

Our tip is therefore for a narrow 0-1 advantage for Vissel Kobe when the full-time whistle blows.

It should be a good one.

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Peter Guest, 00:46 16/05/2023