About Match
Vissel Kobe go into the game 2nd in the table on 13 points; Machida Zelvia sit 1st on 16 — a 3-point gap. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Vissel Kobe run at 1.5 scored and 0.67 conceded, Machida Zelvia at 3 and 0.83. If Vissel Kobe win, their total rises to 16 and up to 1st, overtaking Machida Zelvia, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Vissel Kobe, winners of their last four. Machida Zelvia's unbeaten run stands at 7, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Vissel Kobe, 2 by Machida Zelvia, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting.
NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in Kobe, capacity 30,132, hosts the game.