KOBE. Yokohama F. Marinos prevailed over Vissel Kobe 3-2 thanks to A. Lopes who scored in the 33rd and 82nd minute. Yokohama F. Marinos capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the NOEVIR Stadium Kobe stadium in Kobe on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Yoshiro Imamura who had the assistance of Isao Nishihashi and Hisao Manabe. The 4th official was Takao Nishiyama. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.6 degrees Celsius or 58.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Yokohama F. Marinos had a strong ball possession 59% while Vissel Kobe was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vissel Kobe was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, Yokohama F. Marinos succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Vissel Kobe shot 14 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Yokohama F. Marinos shot 13 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Vissel Kobe received 2 yellow cards (M. Saito and Hotaru Yamaguchi). Regarding the opposition, Yokohama F. Marinos didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, Vissel Kobe will stay with 19 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Yokohama F. Marinos will have 17 points like Nagoya Grampus and Sanfrecce Hiroshima to soar in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Vissel Kobe will play away against Gamba Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 13-12 head to head in favor of Gamba Osaka (6 draws).

Yokohama F. Marinos will play away agasint Kyoto Sanga on the 2nd of December with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (1 draw).

Vissel Kobe – Formation

Vissel Kobe started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Takayuki Yoshida decided to play with the following team: Daiya Maekawa (6.0), Gotoku Sakai (6.6), Tetsushi Yamakawa (6.3), Yuki Honda (6.4), Ryo Hatsuse (6.6), Hotaru Yamaguchi (6.3), Mitsuki Saito (6.2), Haruya Ide (6.4), Yoshinori Muto (7.0), Yuya Osako (7.4) and Koya Yuruki (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Thuler, Leo Osaki, Daiju Sasaki (6.4), Jean Patric (6.8), Yuya Tsuboi, Lincoln and Andrés Iniesta (6.7).

Substitutions

Vissel Kobe made 3 changes: Haruya Ide for Daiju Sasaki (67′), Koya Yuruki for Jean Patric (76′) and Yoshinori Muto for Iniesta (86′).

Best player: Koya Yuruki​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vissel Kobe was Koya Yuruki.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 22 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 8 crosses.

Yokohama F. Marinos – Formation

Yokohama F. Marinos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Kevin Muscat played with: Jun Ichimori (6.1), Riku Yamane (6.2), Shinnosuke Hatanaka (7.3), Ryotaro Tsunoda (7.1), Katsuya Nagato (7.1), Takuya Kida (6.4), Kota Watanabe (7.0), Kota Mizunuma (7.4), Marcos Júnior (6.5), Élber (6.5) and Anderson Lopes (8.2).

These were the players on the bench: Kaina Yoshio, Yan Santos (7.4), Kenyu Sugimoto, Joel Chima Fujita, Hiroki Ilkura, Takuma Nishimura (6.6) and Eduardo.

Substitutions

Yokohama F. Marinos made 5 changes: Kota Mizunuma for Yan Souza (68′), Marcos Júnior for Takuma Nishimura (68′), R. Yamane for Eduardo (86′), Élber for Kaina Yoshio (90′) and Anderson Lopes for Kenyu Sugimoto (90′).

Best player: Anderson Lopes​

The most impressive player for Yokohama F. Marinos was Anderson Lopes.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Vissel Kobe – Yokohama F. Marinos – 2-3
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Tokyo – 1-2