Sagan Tosu vs Vissel Kobe Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sagan Tosu

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Sagan Tosu will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-1 J1 League loss in their previous game against Cerezo Osaka.

In that game, Sagan Tosu had 45% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Sagan Tosu was Fuchi Honda (86'). At the other end, Cerezo Osaka got 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Shinji Kagawa (38') and Mutsuki Kato (52') scored for Cerezo Osaka.

Over their last six games, Kenta Kawai's Sagan Tosu have celebrated scoring a total of 6 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 1.

Ahead of this clash, Sagan Tosu are winless against Vissel Kobe in their last 10 league matches.

Vissel Kobe

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Urawa Red Diamonds in J1 League action, Vissel Kobe and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Vissel Kobe managed 58% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Urawa Red Diamonds had 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Atsuki Ito (21') scored for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Throughout their six previous matches, Takayuki Yoshida's Vissel Kobe have fired home a total of 9 times thus earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.

Going into this encounter, Vissel Kobe are undefeated by Sagan Tosu in away games against them for the last 5 league matches. A very decent away record against them.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 08/07/2020 reveals that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Sagan Tosu. They have not managed to register any victories at all whereas Vissel Kobe have dominated them, beating them in 83% of those matches.

An aggregate of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 for Sagan Tosu and 14 being from Ushi. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league match featuring these sides was J1 League match day 19 on 02/07/2022 when it ended Sagan Tosu 0-2 Vissel Kobe.

In that match, Sagan Tosu managed 53% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Vissel Kobe had 8 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Yoshinori Muto (79', 91') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Takuto Okabe.

ℹ️ Team News: Sagan Tosu

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Sagan Tosu boss Kenta Kawai to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group. Seok-ho Hwang (Metatarsal Fracture) will miss out. Yoichi Naganuma is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

ℹ️ Team News: Vissel Kobe

Thanks to a largely full-strength group of players, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Vissel Kobe gaffer Takayuki Yoshida to be concerned about. Ryuho Kikuchi (Cruciate Ligament Injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Sagan Tosu could find themselves struggling to hit the back of the net against this Vissel Kobe lineup who we think might score one, at least.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Vissel Kobe at the end of the 90 minutes.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

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Peter Guest, 02:34 14/03/2023