Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe Prediction & Betting Tips

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are going up against the visiting Vissel Kobe at EDION Stadium Hiroshima in the J1 League game on Sunday.

Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe match are shown here (inc. the best betting odds).

📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be hoping to bounce back here following a 0-2 J1 League loss in their previous game against Kawasaki Frontale.

Leandro Damião (56') was the scorer for Kawasaki Frontale.

Hiroshi Jofuku's Sanfrecce Hiroshima have found the net a sum total of 10 times in their preceding six outings. The corresponding number of goals that they have conceded in that same time is 7.

Ahead of this meeting, Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven't lost in the league to Vissel Kobe in their last 10 matches. A decent run, indeed.

Vissel Kobe

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In their last game, Vissel Kobe drew 1-1 in the J1 League tie with Oita Trinita.

For Vissel Kobe, the scorers were Noriaki Fujimoto (6') and Gōtoku Sakai (86' Own goal).

Over the course of their last 6 outings, Vissel Kobe have amassed the sum of 16 goals. Ushi have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 10 goals scored by their opponents.

Coming into this clash, Vissel Kobe have not won against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in away games against them for the last 4 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.

↔️ Head to head

A study of their past head to head results going back to 18/11/2017 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to Vissel Kobe. They have not managed to get any victories at all while Sanfrecce Hiroshima have just been too good for them, getting wins in 83% of those games where they have faced each other.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 overall which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.

📰 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Hiroshi Jofuku doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game with a fully injury-free group to pick from.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

With a fully healthy group to choose from, Vissel Kobe boss Atsuhiro Miura does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Vissel Kobe will need to apply a lot of pressure to score goals against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima outfit who we reckon should manage to score & go ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a good tussle with a 1-0 advantage for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of the 90 minutes.

Let’s see.

Victor Martins, 23:29 13/10/2020