📏 Form Guide

Kawasaki Frontale

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Kawasaki Frontale will be looking for another win after a 0-1 J1 League success vs Yokohama FC.

In that game, Kawasaki Frontale managed 45% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Kawasaki Frontale was Yuki Yamamoto (58'). On the other side, Yokohama FC got 9 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Kawasaki Frontale haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 11 during that time while also conceding a total of 6.

Looking at their past form shows that Kawasaki Frontale:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe will go into the clash after a 2-1 J1 League win over Nagoya Grampus in their last game.

In that game, Vissel Kobe managed 50% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Vissel Kobe was Taisei Miyashiro (45'). For their opponents, Nagoya Grampus had 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Takuya Uchida (44' Own goal) and Teruki Hara (57') scored for Nagoya Grampus.

Looking at their form, and Vissel Kobe have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. At the back, Vissel Kobe certainly have room for improvement. That aside, it remains to be seen if the trend will persist in this upcoming game.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 22/07/2023 shows that Kawasaki Frontale have won 2 of them and Vissel Kobe 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from Frontale and 6 created by Ushi. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league match featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 12 on 16/04/2025 when it ended Vissel Kobe 2-1 Kawasaki Frontale.

In that match, Vissel Kobe had 49% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Daiju Sasaki (31') and Thuler (45').

Kawasaki Frontale got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Marcinho (45') was the scorer.

The referee was Masuya Ueda.

ℹ️ Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

Geun-hyeong Lee (Meniscus tear), Erison (Knee medial ligament tear) and Jesiel (Hamstring injury) aren’t available for Kawasaki Frontale gaffer Shigetoshi Hasebe.

🗞️ Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe manager Takayuki Yoshida has not got a full squad to pick from. Klismahn (unknown injury), Niina Tominaga (Metatarsal fracture), Yoshinori Muto (Lumbar vertebra problems) and Kento Hamasaki (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Vissel Kobe and Kawasaki Frontale could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

We’ll see, but this could easily end up all-square. We’re therefore seeing a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 draw at the end of the 90.

Peter Guest, 09:01 21/06/2025