KOBE. Vissel Kobe tops Cerezo Osaka 1-0 after D. Sasaki scored just 1 goal (59′).

The match was played at the NOEVIR Stadium Kobe stadium in Kobe on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 25,601 spectators.​ The referee was Hayato Shimizu with the support of Kota Watanabe and Hiroyoshi Iwata. The 4th official was Takao Nishiyama. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.07 degrees Celsius or 78.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Vissel Kobe was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Cerezo Osaka that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Vissel Kobe was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Vissel Kobe won the match​.

Vissel Kobe shot 13 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cerezo Osaka shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Vissel Kobe received 2 yellow cards (Haruya Ide and Gotoku Sakai). Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka received 3 yellow cards (Ryosuke Shindo, Koji Toriumi and Masaya Shibayama).

Standings

After playing this match, Vissel Kobe will have 55 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka will stay with 45 points to remain in the 6th 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).

Cerezo Osaka will play away agasint Albirex Niigata on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Vissel Kobe – Formation

Vissel Kobe started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

The manager Takayuki Yoshida decided to play with the following team: Daiya Maekawa (7.3), Gotoku Sakai (7.3), Tetsushi Yamakawa  (7.3), Yuki Honda (7.3), Ryo Hatsuse (7.9), Hotaru Yamaguchi (7.3), Takahiro Ogihara (7.1), Yoshinori Muto (6.4), Haruya Ide (6.8), Daiju Sasaki (7.5) and Yuya Osako (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Nanasei Iino (6.3), Thuler, Bálint Vécsei, Mizuki Arai, Jean Patric (7.0), Phelipe and Juan Mata.

Vissel Kobe could not rely on the presence of Nanasei Iino (injured).

Substitutions

Vissel Kobe made 3 changes: Daiju Sasaki for Nanasei Iino (82′), Haruya Ide for Jean Patric (70′) and Yoshinori Muto for Thuler (90′).

Best player: Yuya Osako​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vissel Kobe was Yuya Osako even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 30 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 2 crosses.

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Akio Kogiku played with: Han-been Yang (6.7), Seiya Maikuma (7.1), Ryosuke Shindo (7.1), Koji Toriumi (7.1), Kakeru Funaki (6.4), Jordy Croux (6.7), Hinata Kida (6.3), Shinji Kagawa (7.0), Capixaba (7.0), Sota Kitano (6.3) and Léo Ceará (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Satoki Uejo (6.4), Jin-hyeon Kim , Hiroaki Okuno  (7.0), Haruki Arai (6.6), Ryuya Nishio, Ryo Watanabe (6.4) and Masaya Shibayama (6.3).

Cerezo Osaka could not rely on the presence of Satoki Uejo (injured).

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 5 changes: Hinata Kida for Hiroaki Okuno  (60′), Sota Kitano for Satoki Uejo (60′), Jordy Croux for Masaya Shibayama (65′), Léo Ceará for Ryo Watanabe (74′) and Capixaba for Haruki Arai (74′).

Best player: Ryosuke Shindo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Ryosuke Shindo.

His rating is (7.1) with 52 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Vissel Kobe – Cerezo Osaka – 1-0
• Kyoto Sanga – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-0
• Nagoya Grampus – Consadole Sapporo – 1-1
• Albirex Niigata – Yokohama – 3-1
• Tokyo – Sagan Tosu – 3-2
• Kashiwa Reysol – Avispa Fukuoka – 1-3