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Vissel Kobe v Cerezo Osaka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, Kobe

Saturday morning at the NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, and it’s a J-League clash between Vissel Kobe and Cerezo Osaka. Michael Skibbe and Pablo Javier Machín Díez going all-out to ensure the win. Team form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all shown below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We've backed under 3.5 goals, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

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Vissel Kobe's next match is v V-V Nagasaki at 11:00 on Sunday 6th September
Cerezo Osaka's next match is v Tokyo Verdy at 11:00 on Sunday 6th September
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Vissel Kobe and Cerezo was on Saturday 29th August 2026
Japanese J-League
August 29th 2026
1
0 Cerezo
 
R. Komatsu 71'
 
VIS
CER
Shots On
6
3
Shots Off
3
8
Corners
4
9
Possession
44%
56%
Fouls
13
11
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
Cerezo
 
D. Maekawa
N. Iino (H. Kawabata 46')
M. Soares Thuler
T. Yamakawa
D. Jara Rodrigues
G. Sakai
K. Nagato (I. Takahashi 90')
Y. Goke
Y. Ideguchi
R. Komatsufootball icon (M. Hidaka 87')
Y. Iwamoto (Y. Kuwasaki 73')
K. Nakamura
(L. Fernandes 73') T. Nakamura
R. Inoue
S. Tanaka
(T. de Andrade 65') Y. Yokoyama
(P. Sabbag Daccarett 81') S. Sakuragawa
D. Cools
S. Hatanaka
A. Ohata
J. Irvine
(S. Kagawa 81') Y. Komi

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is our prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during 90 minutes. The best odds are below, followed by recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Vissel Kobe are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.76.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Vissel Kobe
40%
13/10-
Draw
27%
21/10-
Cerezo
33%
11/5-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1-
Vissel Kobe 1-0
11%
13/2-
Cerezo 1-0
10%
8/1-
Vissel Kobe 2-1
8%
17/2-
Draw 0-0
8%
7/1-
Cerezo 2-1
8%
11/1-
Vissel Kobe 2-0
7%
10/1-
Cerezo 2-0
6%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Vissel Kobe 3-1
4%
20/1-
Vissel Kobe 3-0
3%
22/1-
Cerezo 3-1
3%
28/1-
Cerezo 3-0
2%
33/1-
Vissel Kobe 3-2
2%
33/1-
Cerezo 3-2
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
6/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
13/20-
Home 1st Goal
49%
5/6-
Away 1st Goal
46%
6/5-
No 1st Goal
5%
7/1-
BTTS - Yes
51%
10/11-
BTTS - No
49%
10/11-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
4/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
6/1-
Home/draw
67%
4/11-
Away/draw
60%
4/7-
Home/away
73%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
4/11-
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
2/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
3/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
2/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
8/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/14-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
18/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/50-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/12-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
7/1-
Home DNB
59%
8/13-
Away DNB
52%
6/5-
Vissel Kobe win to nil
23%
11/4-
Cerezo win to nil
19%
9/2-
Vissel Kobe / Vissel Kobe
21%
11/4-
Vissel Kobe / Cerezo
3%
33/1-
Vissel Kobe / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Vissel Kobe
15%
9/2-
Draw / Cerezo
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4-
Cerezo / Vissel Kobe
3%
28/1-
Cerezo / Cerezo
17%
4/1-
Cerezo / Draw
5%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Vissel Kobe
Cerezo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Avispa000000 
-
w
 
0-1F
Apr 9
l
 
3-0A
2
JEF United000000 
Nov 28
May 22
Oct 25
Dec 19
3
Kashima000000 
Sep 11
-
Apr 17
Oct 31
4
Cerezo000000 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 20
-
-
5
Kashiwa000000 
-
Oct 9
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
6
Fagiano000000 
Mar 6
Oct 18
w
 
2-1A
Apr 24
7
Kawasaki000000 
Feb 13
Oct 21
Oct 17
May 22
8
Gamba Osaka000000 
-
Sep 20
Feb 13
Nov 8
9
Machida000000 
Oct 24
Apr 10
Dec 12
Jun 6
10
Kyoto Sanga000000 
Jun 6
-
Mar 20
Nov 28
11
Nagoya000000 
Oct 31
Mar 20
May 9
Oct 21
12
Mito000000 
Nov 20
Feb 27
Dec 5
Mar 10
13
Tokyo000000 
d
 
2-2A
May 29
Nov 21
Mar 13
14
Hiroshima000000 
Apr 3
Dec 6
Mar 6
Sep 12
15
Tokyo Verdy000000 
May 15
w
 
0-2F
Sep 6
May 3
16
Shimizu000000 
-
Dec 12
w
 
1-0F
May 15
17
Urawa Reds000000 
Nov 8
May 9
May 29
Nov 25
18
V-V Nagasaki000000 
Sep 6
Apr 17
Apr 29
Sep 19
19
Vissel Kobe000000 
-
-
Feb 20
l
 
1-0A
20
Yokohama FM000000 
Dec 19
l
 
1-0A
Oct 10
Feb 27
Final Series
Play Offs
Win / draw / win form
Vissel Kobe 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vissel Kobe2 - 2Tokyo
Vissel Kobe2 - 2Chengdu Rongcheng
Vissel Kobe0 - 0Tokyo
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Ulsan
Vissel Kobe0 - 0Kashima
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Melbourne City
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Shimizu
Vissel Kobe4 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Vissel Kobe0 - 0Kashiwa
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Yokohama FM
Vissel Kobe0 - 1Yokohama
Vissel Kobe4 - 0Shonan
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Hiroshima
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Nagoya
Vissel Kobe3 - 2Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe1 - 3Cerezo
Vissel Kobe2 - 0Fagiano
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Machida
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Kawasaki
Vissel Kobe0 - 1Albirex
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVissel Kobe0 - 1Yokohama FM
HVissel Kobe2 - 2Tokyo
AVissel Kobe1 - 0Avispa
HVissel Kobe2 - 2Chengdu Rongcheng
AVissel Kobe0 - 2Kyoto Sanga
HVissel Kobe0 - 0Tokyo
AVissel Kobe2 - 0Shanghai
AVissel Kobe1 - 1Gamba Osaka
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Ulsan
AVissel Kobe2 - 2Albirex
AVissel Kobe3 - 4Gangwon
HVissel Kobe0 - 0Kashima
AVissel Kobe0 - 1Urawa Reds
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Melbourne City
HVissel Kobe2 - 1Shimizu
HVissel Kobe4 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AVissel Kobe3 - 0Shanghai SIPG
HVissel Kobe0 - 0Kashiwa
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Yokohama FM
AVissel Kobe1 - 1Cerezo
Cerezo 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Avispa3 - 0Cerezo
Yokohama FM3 - 1Cerezo
Shimizu1 - 4Cerezo
Fagiano1 - 2Cerezo
Nagoya2 - 1Cerezo
Kashima3 - 1Cerezo
Avispa2 - 4Cerezo
Machida3 - 0Cerezo
Shonan3 - 3Cerezo
Tokyo2 - 2Cerezo
Urawa Reds0 - 0Cerezo
Kawasaki2 - 0Cerezo
Vissel Kobe1 - 3Cerezo
Kyoto Sanga2 - 3Cerezo
Tokyo Verdy1 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima2 - 1Cerezo
Yokohama2 - 0Cerezo
Albirex2 - 2Cerezo
Kashiwa2 - 1Cerezo
Gamba Osaka2 - 5Cerezo
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCerezo1 - 0Shimizu
ACerezo0 - 3Avispa
HCerezo2 - 1Fagiano
HCerezo1 - 3Yokohama
ACerezo1 - 3Yokohama FM
ACerezo4 - 1Shimizu
HCerezo2 - 0Kawasaki
ACerezo2 - 1Fagiano
ACerezo1 - 2Nagoya
HCerezo1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
ACerezo1 - 3Kashima
HCerezo1 - 1Kashiwa
ACerezo4 - 2Avispa
HCerezo1 - 1Hiroshima
HCerezo1 - 1Vissel Kobe
ACerezo0 - 3Machida
HCerezo3 - 1Albirex
ACerezo3 - 3Shonan
HCerezo0 - 1Gamba Osaka
HCerezo2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Vissel Kobe since 2018
Vissel Kobe
Cerezo
Goals: Scored
8
7
Games: Scored
6 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
2 / 8
VIS
4
D
1
CER
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Vissel Kobe
1 - 3Cerezo
Vissel Kobe2 - 1
Vissel Kobe1 - 0
0 - 1Cerezo
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Cerezo
Vissel Kobe1 - 0
Vissel Kobe2 - 0
League games at Cerezo since 2018
Cerezo
Vissel Kobe
Goals: Scored
10
8
Games: Scored
7 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
1 / 8
VIS
1
D
4
CER
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cerezo
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 4Vissel Kobe
Cerezo2 - 1
Cerezo3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Cerezo1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Vissel Kobe 10th Cerezo 2nd
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 Vissel Kobe will score no more than 1 goal
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Cerezo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Vissel Kobe’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+30
Cerezo have scored 30% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season
Vissel Kobe
PG (predicted goals)
Cerezo
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
VIS
CER
1%
better
view stats
Games scored2
2
Failed to score1
1
Scored first1
1
Goals scored3
3
Avg. goals scored1
1
Avg. shots per game7
6
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
16
Avg. XG for1.2
0.7
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
5%
better
VIS
CER
view stats
Games conceded2
2
Clean sheets1
1
Conceded first2
2
Goals conceded3
4
Avg. goals conceded1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
12%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+5%

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

Vissel Kobe J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5112
ThulerR KomatsuT YamakawaY Goke
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Maekawa GLK2
-
G Sakai DEF4
-
T Yamakawa DEF41
-
Thuler DEF51
1
-
Diego  DEF5
-
Y Goke MID5
2
-
Y. Iwamoto MID2
-
Y Ideguchi MID5
1
-
N Iino FWD2
-
R Komatsu FWD51
1
-
K Nagato FWD51
-
Subs
S Gonda GLK3
-
T Iwanami DEF1
-
B Nduka DEF1
-
I Takahashi MID41
-
K Watanabe MID1
1
-
Y Kuwasaki MID4
-
M Hidaka MID5
-
Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5311
K NakamuraS SakuragawaJ IrvineS Hatanaka
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Nakamura GLK5
-
D Cools DEF5
-
S Hatanaka DEF5
1
-
R Inoue DEF5
-
T Nakamura MID4
-
J Irvine MID41
1
-
S Tanaka MID5
-
A Ohata MID5
1
-
Y Komi FWD3
-
Y. Yokoyama FWD51
-
S Sakuragawa FWD53
1
-
Subs
K Abe GLK
-
K Noborizato DEF2
-
H Okuda DEF21
-
T. Takahashi DEF
-
S Kagawa  MID51
-
K Okazawa MID31
-
L Fernandes MID3
1
-
T Andrade FWD51
-
P Sabbag FWD4
-