📊 Form Guide

Fagiano Okayama

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Fagiano Okayama will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 0-1 J1 100 Year Vision League loss in their previous game against V-Varen Nagasaki.

In that match, Fagiano Okayama had 55% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, V-Varen Nagasaki had 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Ryogo Yamasaki (90') was the scorer for V-Varen Nagasaki.

It’s not been often in recent times where Fagiano Okayama have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Fagiano Okayama have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 6 goals along the way.

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe come into this game following a 2-0 J1 100 Year Vision League win against Shimizu S-Pulse in their last match.

In that match, Vissel Kobe managed 47% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Vissel Kobe, goals were scored by Katsuya Nagato (28') and Takahiro Ohgihara (61'). At the other end, Shimizu S-Pulse had 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Over the course of their last six clashes, Vissel Kobe have bagged a tally of 12 goals. Vissel Kobe have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they have seen 5 goals go against them. That trend might not be continued into this match, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league game featuring these sides was J1 League match day 24 on 20/07/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Fagiano Okayama 1-2 Vissel Kobe.

That day, Fagiano Okayama had 49% possession and 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. Their only player to score was Ataru Esaka (90').

Vissel Kobe had 18 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Erik (30') and Taisei Miyashiro (64') scored.

The match was refereed by Akihiko Ikeuchi.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe boss Michael Skibbe has not got a full squad to pick from. Takuya Iwanami (Broken collarbone) and Shota Arai (Cruciate ligament injury) are not ready for selection.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Fagiano Okayama will need to put in a solid display to be putting a goal past this Vissel Kobe team who we think might just have the edge.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Vissel Kobe at the end of this game.

Looking forward to this.

Andre Moura, 04:03 05/04/2026