Match Report
7 points and 3 places separated them: Kawasaki Frontale 8th with 57, Vissel Kobe 5th with 64. Recent form told a different story for Vissel Kobe: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Kawasaki Frontale were scoring 1.76 and conceding 1.5, Vissel Kobe 1.21 and 0.87, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Kawasaki Frontale arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Vissel Kobe arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
7 meetings are on record — 4 won by Kawasaki Frontale, 3 by Vissel Kobe, 0 drawn, at 3.29 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 71% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 57%.
Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,440. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Kawasaki Frontale: Yasuto Wakizaka (6') · Vissel Kobe: Taisei Miyashiro (10'), Taisei Miyashiro (52')