Vissel Kobe vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Prediction & Betting Tips

The J1 League match at NOEVIR Stadium Kobe on Saturday will see hosts Vissel Kobe prepare for the visit of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.

📏 Form Guide

Vissel Kobe WWWWWD 📈

Vissel Kobe head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 J1 League draw versus Yokohama FC.

The only player to score from Vissel Kobe was Kyogo Furuhashi (74'). Tatsuki Seko (24') was the scorer for Yokohama FC.

Their latest results really do illustrate the point that much respect should be given to the Vissel Kobe rearguard. Ushi have been miserly, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six games standing at 4. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima DLDLWW 🌤

Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this game following on from a 3-0 J1 League win with the downing of Kashima Antlers in their last fixture.

For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the scorers were Douglas Vieira (20'), Leandro Pereira (25') and Tsukasa Morishima (84').

A succession of dependable showings by the Sanfrecce Hiroshima defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 6.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 06/05/2017 shows that these encounters have not been happy ones for Vissel Kobe. They’ve not been able to register any victories at all whereas Sanfrecce Hiroshima have remained in the ascendancy, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those games played.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 in total which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.

The last league contest between these sides was J1 League match day 28 on 05/10/2019 when the final score was Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6-2 Vissel Kobe.

The referee was Hiroyuki Kimura.

ℹ️ Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe manager Thorsten Fink has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

📰 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, Sanfrecce Hiroshima boss Hiroshi Jofuku has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vissel Kobe could both find goals hard to come by here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this game.

Peter Guest, 23:13 29/06/2020