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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 20th Aug, 11:00 BST, EDION Stadium, Hiroshima

Home advantage is often beneficial in the J-League, and Michael Skibbe’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima will have the blessing of it on Wednesday morning. Takayuki Yoshida’s Vissel Kobe are their opponents at the EDION Stadium. For every J-League match, KickOff dives into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Meaningful stats, including head-to-head results, are then published alongside the best odds.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Hiroshima
36%
--
Draw
28%
--
Vissel Kobe
36%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Vissel Kobe 1-0
11%
--
Hiroshima 1-0
11%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Vissel Kobe 2-1
8%
--
Hiroshima 2-1
8%
--
Vissel Kobe 2-0
7%
--
Hiroshima 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Vissel Kobe 3-1
3%
--
Hiroshima 3-1
3%
--
Vissel Kobe 3-0
3%
--
Hiroshima 3-0
3%
--
Vissel Kobe 3-2
2%
--
Hiroshima 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
64%
--
Away/draw
64%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
--
Home DNB
56%
--
Away DNB
56%
--
Hiroshima win to nil
21%
--
Vissel Kobe win to nil
21%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Hiroshima have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Hiroshima have conceded 4 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Hiroshima have played 11 games at home, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Vissel Kobe lay in 1st place on 46 points in the J-League league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored 34 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Vissel Kobe have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Vissel Kobe have played 12 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hiroshima
Vissel Kobe
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Vissel Kobe2414461246 
Aug 20
l
 
1-0A
-
-
2
Kashima2414281244 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Oct 18
l
 
1-0A
3
Kashiwa2412841044 
d
 
1-1F
Sep 23
Sep 13
w
 
1-3F
4
Kyoto Sanga2412661142 
Sep 13
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Dec 6
5
Hiroshima2413381142 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Aug 20
6
Urawa Reds251186941 
Nov 8
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 4
7
Machida241248940 
Oct 4
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
Aug 10
8
Kawasaki251087938 
l
 
1-2A
Nov 30
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
9
Avispa25988135 
w
 
2-1F
Sep 27
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
10
Cerezo24978434 
w
 
2-1A
Aug 31
l
 
1-3F
Aug 23
11
Gamba Osaka2410410-234 
Aug 16
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-2F
Nov 8
12
Tokyo Verdy258710-831 
w
 
2-1A
Aug 23
Sep 23
w
 
0-1F
13
Fagiano248610-230 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
14
Shimizu248610-330 
Aug 10
d
 
1-1A
Sep 27
l
 
3-2A
15
Tokyo248511-729 
Oct 18
w
 
0-3F
Nov 30
l
 
1-0A
16
Nagoya247710-528 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
17
Shonan246612-1724 
Dec 6
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
18
Yokohama FM255614-1021 
w
 
1-0F
Oct 25
Aug 30
w
 
1-2F
19
Albirex244713-1719 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
Oct 25
20
Yokohama255416-1719 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
Aug 16
w
 
0-1F
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Hiroshima 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
1
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
Hiroshima1 - 2Kawasaki
Hiroshima2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Hiroshima2 - 1Avispa
Hiroshima0 - 1Albirex
Hiroshima0 - 1Fagiano
Hiroshima2 - 1Cerezo
Hiroshima1 - 0Kashima
Hiroshima1 - 1Kashiwa
Hiroshima1 - 0Yokohama
Hiroshima1 - 0Yokohama FM
Hiroshima5 - 1Sapporo
Hiroshima0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima2 - 0Machida
Hiroshima6 - 2Yokohama FM
Hiroshima3 - 2Tokyo
Hiroshima2 - 0Kashiwa
Hiroshima2 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima1 - 0Avispa
Hiroshima1 - 3Vissel Kobe
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHiroshima2 - 0Albirex
AHiroshima1 - 0Fagiano
AHiroshima0 - 1Vissel Kobe
HHiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
AHiroshima4 - 0Yokohama
AHiroshima1 - 1Kashima
HHiroshima1 - 2Kawasaki
AHiroshima3 - 0Tokyo
HHiroshima2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
AHiroshima1 - 0Gamba Osaka
AHiroshima1 - 0Shonan
HHiroshima2 - 1Avispa
HHiroshima0 - 1Albirex
AHiroshima0 - 1Urawa Reds
AHiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
HHiroshima0 - 1Fagiano
HHiroshima2 - 1Cerezo
HHiroshima1 - 0Kashima
AHiroshima0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
HHiroshima1 - 1Kashiwa
Vissel Kobe 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fagiano1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Avispa0 - 0Vissel Kobe
Kawasaki1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Kashiwa1 - 3Vissel Kobe
Shimizu3 - 2Vissel Kobe
Yokohama FM1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Tokyo1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Tokyo Verdy0 - 1Vissel Kobe
Yokohama0 - 1Vissel Kobe
Kashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Shonan1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Gwanju2 - 0Vissel Kobe
Nagoya2 - 2Vissel Kobe
Shanghai4 - 2Vissel Kobe
Pohang3 - 1Vissel Kobe
Kashiwa1 - 1Vissel Kobe
Tokyo Verdy1 - 1Vissel Kobe
Ulsan0 - 2Vissel Kobe
Kyoto Sanga2 - 3Vissel Kobe
Albirex2 - 3Vissel Kobe
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Fagiano
HVissel Kobe4 - 0Shonan
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Hiroshima
AVissel Kobe0 - 0Avispa
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Kawasaki
HVissel Kobe2 - 1Nagoya
AVissel Kobe3 - 1Kashiwa
AVissel Kobe2 - 3Shimizu
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Yokohama FM
HVissel Kobe3 - 2Gamba Osaka
AVissel Kobe0 - 1Tokyo
HVissel Kobe1 - 3Cerezo
HVissel Kobe2 - 0Fagiano
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Machida
HVissel Kobe2 - 1Kawasaki
AVissel Kobe1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HVissel Kobe0 - 1Albirex
AVissel Kobe1 - 0Yokohama
AVissel Kobe0 - 1Kashima
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Shonan
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Hiroshima since 2018
Hiroshima
Vissel Kobe
Goals: Scored
15
8
Games: Scored
7 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
0 / 7
HIR
4
D
2
VIS
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hiroshima
1 - 3Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Hiroshima2 - 1
Hiroshima6 - 2
Hiroshima2 - 0
League games at Vissel Kobe since 2018
Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima
Goals: Scored
13
8
Games: Scored
6 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
2 / 8
HIR
2
D
2
VIS
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Vissel Kobe
Vissel Kobe1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Vissel Kobe2 - 0
Vissel Kobe4 - 0
Vissel Kobe3 - 0
0 - 3Hiroshima
2 - 4Hiroshima
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Vissel Kobe's defensive record is to be admired, T. Yoshida's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive J-League outings. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Sanfrecce Hiroshima makes sense in this context.

Hiroshima 5th Vissel Kobe 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Hiroshima will score no more than 1 goal
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Vissel Kobe will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Hiroshima’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+19
Vissel Kobe have scored 19% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
Hiroshima
PG (predicted goals)
Vissel Kobe
1.2
1.2
Attack rating
HIR
VIS
4%
better
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Games scored19
18
Failed to score5
6
Scored first12
13
Goals scored29
34
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.4
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
5%
better
HIR
VIS
view stats
Games conceded15
16
Clean sheets9
8
Conceded first12
9
Goals conceded18
22
Avg. goals conceded0.8
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against11%
13%
Avg. XG against1
1
KickOff rating
+5%

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

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24463
K OsakoR GermainS. NakamuraS Sasaki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Osako GLK24
-
H Araki  DEF2432
-
S Sasaki DEF24
3
-
S Higashi MID243
2
-
H Kawabe MID2421
3
-
R Germain FWD2442
2
-
S Nakano DEF23
3
-
S. Nakamura FWD2336
1
-
M Kato FWD2321
1
-
T Shiotani DEF222
2
-
N Arai DEF1832
-
N Maeda FWD181
2
-
D Suga MID171
2
-
S Koshimichi MID161
-
S Tanaka MID15
-
V Germain FWD1311
-
Y Nakajima MID8
1
-
S Inoue MID4
-
H Matsumoto MID4
-
T Arslan MID41
2
-
T Yamasaki DEF2
-
M Ohara MID2
-
Y Chajima MID1
-
M Júnior MID1
-
A. Inoue FWD1
-
Vissel Kobe J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24973
D MaekawaT MiyashiroD SasakiT Ogihara
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Maekawa GLK24
-
T Yamakawa DEF24
1
-
D Sasaki MID2447
-
T Ogihara MID2322
3
-
R Hirose DEF221
-
Thuler DEF2123
3
-
G Sakai DEF201
2
-
Y Ideguchi MID2012
-
T Miyashiro FWD2093
-
Y Kuwasaki MID19
1
-
Erik FWD1873
1
-
Y Osako FWD1741
-
K Yuruki FWD1621
1
-
Y Honda DEF144
2
-
N Iino DEF10
-
J Patric FWD10
1
-
K Yamauchi MID9
1
-
Klismahn MID8
1
-
H Ide MID8
1
-
T Iwanami DEF6
1
-
Y Muto FWD6
-
Caetano DEF3
-
K. Hamasaki MID3
-
M Hidaka MID3
1
-
R Matsuda DEF2
-
M Saito MID2
-
R Hashimoto FWD1
-
N Tominaga FWD1
-
R Komatsu FWD1
-