Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Vissel Kobe (5th, 64 pts) and Shonan Bellmare (19th, 32 pts). Shonan Bellmare's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 19th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.21/0.87 for Vissel Kobe and 0.95/1.66 for Shonan Bellmare (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.2.
Vissel Kobe carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Vissel Kobe had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Shonan Bellmare, 7.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Vissel Kobe 5, draws 0, Shonan Bellmare 1, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The venue was NOEVIR Stadium Kobe in Kobe, with room for 30,132 spectators. On the scoreboard, Vissel Kobe led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-0.
Goal scorers
Vissel Kobe: Takahiro Ogihara (14'), Taisei Miyashiro (48'), Daiju Sasaki (76'), Koya Yuruki (90')