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Kyoto Sanga v Vissel Kobe : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 6th Dec, 05:00 BST, Sanga Stadium by Kyocera (Kameoka), Kameoka

Kwi-Jea Cho welcomes Takayuki Yoshida to the Sanga Stadium by Kyocera (Kameoka) on Saturday morning, as their Kyoto Sanga and Vissel Kobe troops do battle in the J-League. Below there are predictions for 17 markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds from leading bookmakers. Access it all via the tabs below.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have no more than 3 goals. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Kyoto Sanga and Vissel Kobe have delivered plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance statistics point towards more of the same. We have confidence in predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday morning, and the bookies have it priced at 1.30.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Kyoto Sanga are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.95.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Kyoto Sanga 39%	3.05	3.00
Draw 27%	3.50	3.25
Vissel Kobe 34%	2.10	2.10
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	6.00
Kyoto Sanga 1-0 11%	10.00	8.50
Vissel Kobe 1-0 10%	8.00	7.00
Kyoto Sanga 2-1 8%	12.00	10.00
Draw 0-0 8%	11.00	9.00
Vissel Kobe 2-1 8%	9.00	8.00
Kyoto Sanga 2-0 7%	17.00	13.00
Vissel Kobe 2-0 6%	11.00	9.50
Draw 2-2 5%	13.00	12.00
Kyoto Sanga 3-1 4%	26.00	17.00
Vissel Kobe 3-1 3%	17.00	13.00
Kyoto Sanga 3-0 3%	34.00	21.00
Vissel Kobe 3-0 2%	21.00	15.00
Kyoto Sanga 3-2 2%	34.00	21.00
Vissel Kobe 3-2 2%	26.00	19.00
Over 2.5 Goals 46%	1.90	1.83
Under 2.5 Goals 54%	1.90	1.80
Home 1st Goal 48%	2.20	2.20
Away 1st Goal 46%	1.80	1.80
No 1st Goal 5%	11.00	9.00
BTTS - Yes 51%	1.75	1.73
BTTS - No 49%	2.00	2.00
BTTS - Home Win 17%	6.00	5.50
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.50	4.33
BTTS - Away Win 15%	4.33	4.20
Home/draw 66%	1.67	1.65
Away/draw 61%	1.36	1.35
Home/away 73%	1.29	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	1.29	1.29
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	3.50	3.20
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	3.25	3.10
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1.33	1.30
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	6.50	5.50
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1.11	1.10
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	13.00	11.00
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1.04	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1.05	1.03
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	11.00	8.50
Home DNB 58%	2.25	2.25
Away DNB 53%	1.57	1.57
Kyoto Sanga win to nil 22%	6.00	-
Vissel Kobe win to nil 19%	3.75	-
Kyoto Sanga / Kyoto Sanga 16%	5.00	5.00
Kyoto Sanga / Vissel Kobe 4%	23.00	19.00
Kyoto Sanga / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw / Kyoto Sanga 12%	7.00	6.50
Draw / Vissel Kobe 15%	5.50	5.00
Draw / Draw 15%	5.50	5.00
Vissel Kobe / Kyoto Sanga 3%	29.00	23.00
Vissel Kobe / Vissel Kobe 23%	3.50	3.40
Vissel Kobe / Draw 6%	13.00	12.00

Win / draw / win J-League table

Kyoto Sanga have played 37 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 8 and lost 8 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Kyoto Sanga have outscored their opponents by 60 goals to 46 goals.

Home League Performance

Kyoto Sanga have played 18 games at home winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 27 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Vissel Kobe are in 5th position in the J-League on 64 points having played 37 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 19 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Vissel Kobe have conceded 3 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Kyoto Sanga Vissel Kobe
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Kashima	37	22	7	8	26	73	d 1-1F	w 3-4A	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
2	Kashiwa	37	20	12	5	25	72	d 1-1A	d 3-3A	d 0-00-0	w 1-3F
3	Kyoto Sanga	37	18	11	8	20	65	-	-	d 1-1A	Dec 6
4	Hiroshima	37	19	8	10	17	65	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
5	Vissel Kobe	37	18	10	9	15	64	Dec 6	d 1-1F	-	-
6	Machida	37	17	9	11	15	60	d 1-1A	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
7	Kawasaki	37	15	12	10	14	57	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	w 1-2A
8	Urawa Reds	37	15	11	11	2	56	d 1-1F	l 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
9	Gamba Osaka	37	16	6	15	-5	54	w 3-1F	l 2-1A	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
10	Cerezo	37	14	10	13	5	52	l 2-3F	w 1-2F	l 1-3F	d 1-1A
11	Tokyo	37	13	10	14	-7	49	w 3-0F	w 0-4F	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
12	Avispa	37	12	12	13	-3	48	l 0-1A	d 2-2F	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0
13	Shimizu	37	11	11	15	-9	44	l 0-1A	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	l 3-2A
14	Yokohama FM	37	12	7	18	0	43	l 0-3A	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	w 1-2F
15	Tokyo Verdy	37	11	10	16	-15	43	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	w 4-0F	w 0-1F
16	Fagiano	37	11	9	17	-10	42	w 5-0F	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
17	Nagoya	37	10	10	17	-13	40	d 1-1F	w 1-2A	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
18	Yokohama	37	8	8	21	-20	32	w 2-1F	w 0-1F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
19	Shonan	37	8	8	21	-26	32	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	w 4-0F	w 1-2F
20	Albirex	37	4	11	22	-31	23	w 2-1A	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	d 2-2F

	Afc Champions League
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Win / draw / win form

Vissel Kobe have drawn 3 consecutive league games

Kyoto Sanga have not won in 5 consecutive home league games

Vissel Kobe have not won in 6 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kyoto Sanga	0 - 3	Yokohama FM
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kashima
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kawasaki
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Machida
Kyoto Sanga	0 - 1	Shimizu
Kyoto Sanga	5 - 0	Fagiano
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Albirex
Kyoto Sanga	3 - 1	Gamba Osaka
Kyoto Sanga	3 - 0	Tokyo
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Nagoya
Kyoto Sanga	2 - 3	Cerezo
Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Yokohama
Kyoto Sanga	2 - 0	Shonan
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kashiwa
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0	Hiroshima
Kyoto Sanga	0 - 1	Avispa
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Urawa Reds
Kyoto Sanga	0 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
Kyoto Sanga	0 - 0	Kashima

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0	Yokohama
H	Kyoto Sanga	0 - 3	Yokohama FM
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kashima
A	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Shonan
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kawasaki
A	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Cerezo
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Machida
H	Kyoto Sanga	0 - 1	Shimizu
A	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Hiroshima
H	Kyoto Sanga	5 - 0	Fagiano
A	Kyoto Sanga	4 - 1	Tokyo
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
A	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Nagoya
A	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 2	Avispa
H	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Albirex
H	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 1	Gamba Osaka
A	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 3	Kashiwa
H	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 0	Tokyo
A	Kyoto Sanga	0 - 1	Tokyo Verdy
A	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 0	Yokohama FM

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gamba Osaka	1 - 1	Vissel Kobe
Albirex	2 - 2	Vissel Kobe
Gangwon	4 - 3	Vissel Kobe
Urawa Reds	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe
Shanghai SIPG	0 - 3	Vissel Kobe
Cerezo	1 - 1	Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima	0 - 1	Vissel Kobe
Machida	2 - 0	Vissel Kobe
Fagiano	1 - 2	Vissel Kobe
Avispa	0 - 0	Vissel Kobe
Kawasaki	1 - 2	Vissel Kobe
Kashiwa	1 - 3	Vissel Kobe
Shimizu	3 - 2	Vissel Kobe
Yokohama FM	1 - 2	Vissel Kobe
Tokyo	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe
Tokyo Verdy	0 - 1	Vissel Kobe
Yokohama	0 - 1	Vissel Kobe
Kashima	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe
Shonan	1 - 2	Vissel Kobe
Gwanju	2 - 0	Vissel Kobe

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Tokyo
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Gamba Osaka
A	Vissel Kobe	2 - 2	Albirex
A	Vissel Kobe	3 - 4	Gangwon
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Kashima
A	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Urawa Reds
H	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Melbourne City
H	Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Shimizu
H	Vissel Kobe	4 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
A	Vissel Kobe	3 - 0	Shanghai SIPG
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Kashiwa
H	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Yokohama FM
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Cerezo
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Hiroshima
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Yokohama
A	Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	Machida
A	Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Fagiano
H	Vissel Kobe	4 - 0	Shonan
H	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Hiroshima
A	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Avispa

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Kyoto Sanga

Vissel Kobe

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

Clean sheets

1 / 3

KYO

VIS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kyoto Sanga
	2 - 3	Vissel Kobe
	0 - 3	Vissel Kobe
Kyoto Sanga	2 - 0

Vissel Kobe

Kyoto Sanga

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

1 / 4

KYO

VIS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Vissel Kobe
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Vissel Kobe	2 - 1
	1 - 3	Kyoto Sanga

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Kyoto Sanga of late. It has been 5 J-League games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday morning against Vissel Kobe.

	Kyoto Sanga 3rd	Vissel Kobe 5th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Kyoto Sanga will score no more than 1 goal	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Vissel Kobe will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Kyoto Sanga’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-5 Vissel Kobe’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season

24%

better

KYO

VIS

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Games scored	32		25
Failed to score	5		12
Scored first	19		17
Goals scored	60		46
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	5		8
Conversion rate for	19		12
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+24%

KYO

VIS

20%

better

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Games conceded	29		23
Clean sheets	8		14
Conceded first	18		15
Goals conceded	41		31
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		9
Conversion rate against	12%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1
KickOff rating		+20%

Kyoto Sanga v Vissel Kobe J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Kyoto Sanga J-League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	17	10	10
Y Suzuki	R Elias	T Hara	J Pedro

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Suzuki DEF	36	1		1 1
H Sugai DEF	36	2	4	3 -
G Ota GLK	35			2 -
K Sato DEF	34			5 -
T Hirato MID	34		6	2 1
T Hara FWD	33	5	10	2 -
Y Miyamoto DEF	32			1 -
S Fukuda DEF	30	3	1	1 -
S Fukuoka MID	30		1	6 -
M Okugawa FWD	28	7	2	-
R Elias FWD	26	17	4	4 -
T Matsuda MID	23	3	3	4 -
J Pedro MID	22	1		10 -
S Nagasawa FWD	22	3	3	3 -
T Yonemoto MID	18	2		2 -
P William DEF	17			2 -
M Túlio FWD	17	6	4	1 -
R. Nakano MID	15	1	1	-
S Takeda MID	15	1		4 -
L Gomes MID	11			2 -
S Hiraga FWD	11	1		-
F Yamada FWD	11		2	3 -
H Tawiah DEF	8			1 -
S Asada DEF	6			-
M Saito MID	3			1 -
Barreto MID	2			-
K. Nagata DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
17	32	10	15
R Elias	R Elias	T Hara	T Hara

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Elias FWD	17	32	4	7
M Okugawa FWD	7	14	2	6
M Túlio FWD	6	16	4	1
T Hara FWD	5	18	10	15
S Fukuda DEF	3	7	1	4
T Matsuda MID	3	6	3	3
S Nagasawa FWD	3	10	3	3
H Sugai DEF	2	10	4	3
T Yonemoto MID	2	3
Y Suzuki DEF	1	3		1
J Pedro MID	1	5		1
R. Nakano MID	1	3	1	1
S Takeda MID	1	1		1
S Hiraga FWD	1	3		1
K Sato DEF		3		2
T Hirato MID		11	6	10
Y Miyamoto DEF		2		1
S Fukuoka MID		2	1	1
L Gomes MID		2
F Yamada FWD		3	2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1341	73	295
Y Miyamoto	H Sugai	T Hara

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Y Miyamoto DEF	1341	31	106
Y Suzuki DEF	1086	32	181
G Ota GLK	1030	1	25
T Hirato MID	965	27	75
T Hara FWD	895	38	295
S Fukuoka MID	863	37	78
H Sugai DEF	812	73	186
S Fukuda DEF	799	31	88
K Sato DEF	744	44	101
J Pedro MID	530	45	85
R Elias FWD	452	21	114
S Takeda MID	355	11	40
P William DEF	336	6	35
M Okugawa FWD	311	26	60
T Yonemoto MID	282	15	37
M Túlio FWD	254	9	24
T Matsuda MID	216	16	44
R. Nakano MID	196	13	21
S Nagasawa FWD	180	8	80
H Tawiah DEF	139	3	17
F Yamada FWD	135	2	16
L Gomes MID	81	8	25
S Hiraga FWD	46		16
M Saito MID	42	5	6
S Asada DEF	19		4
Barreto MID	4		1
K. Nagata DEF			1

Vissel Kobe J-League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	11	7	6
D Maekawa	T Miyashiro	D Sasaki	T Ogihara

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Maekawa GLK	37			-
T Yamakawa DEF	37			1 -
T Ogihara MID	35	2	3	6 -
T Miyashiro FWD	33	11	4	-
Thuler DEF	31	2	3	5 -
G Sakai DEF	30	1	1	2 -
D Sasaki MID	30	5	7	-
Y Osako FWD	30	7	3	-
Y Ideguchi MID	29	1	2	2 -
Y Kuwasaki MID	29	1		2 -
Erik FWD	28	9	4	2 -
R Hirose DEF	27		1	-
Y Honda DEF	26		4	3 -
K Yuruki FWD	24	2	1	1 -
N Iino DEF	21			-
K Nagato DEF	18		1	-
H Ide MID	18		1	2 -
Y Muto FWD	18	1	1	-
J Patric FWD	18			1 -
K Yamauchi MID	10			1 -
Klismahn MID	9			1 -
T Iwanami DEF	7			1 -
R Komatsu FWD	4		1	-
Caetano DEF	3			-
K. Hamasaki MID	3			-
M Hidaka MID	3			1 -
R Matsuda DEF	2			-
N Tominaga FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	25	7	11
T Miyashiro	T Miyashiro	D Sasaki	D Sasaki

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Miyashiro FWD	11	25	4	6
Erik FWD	9	17	4	7
Y Osako FWD	7	25	3	4
D Sasaki MID	5	21	7	11
T Ogihara MID	2	6	3	8
Thuler DEF	2	7	3	2
K Yuruki FWD	2	7	1	2
G Sakai DEF	1	6	1	2
Y Ideguchi MID	1	14	2	3
Y Kuwasaki MID	1	5		1
Y Muto FWD	1	10	1	3
T Yamakawa DEF		5		1
R Hirose DEF		3	1	1
Y Honda DEF		1	4	2
N Iino DEF		3		6
K Nagato DEF		4	1	4
H Ide MID		1	1	1
J Patric FWD		6		1
Klismahn MID		1		1
R Komatsu FWD		1	1	1
K. Hamasaki MID				1
N Tominaga FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1542	80	238
T Yamakawa	T Ogihara	D Sasaki

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Yamakawa DEF	1542	48	224
T Ogihara MID	1494	80	191
Thuler DEF	1298	32	204
D Maekawa GLK	1203	1	17
G Sakai DEF	1155	46	122
Y Ideguchi MID	916	70	111
T Miyashiro FWD	843	37	200
Y Kuwasaki MID	777	26	94
D Sasaki MID	757	24	238
Y Osako FWD	697	19	227
R Hirose DEF	678	33	105
K Nagato DEF	640	24	65
Y Honda DEF	632	14	83
Erik FWD	569	27	105
Y Muto FWD	367	12	82
K Yuruki FWD	282	7	39
H Ide MID	223	13	40
N Iino DEF	191	19	37
J Patric FWD	117	14	50
Caetano DEF	90	2	2
T Iwanami DEF	82	5	10
Klismahn MID	71	3	13
M Hidaka MID	67	2	9
K Yamauchi MID	62	5	11
K. Hamasaki MID	56	4	9
R Matsuda DEF	47	1	6
R Komatsu FWD	16		7