CHōFU. Vissel Kobe was capable to reverse the scoreline against Tokyo to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Tokyo to strike first with a goal of Kei Koizumi at the 50′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Yuya Osako gave the win to Vissel Kobe in the 74′ minute.

Henrique Trevisan received a red card (70′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Tokyo lost the match.

Yuya Osako didn’t score a penalty (9′) for Vissel Kobe.​

The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu assisted by Takumi Takagi and Shingo Sakamoto. The 4th official was Yūzō Sudani. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.05 degrees Celsius or 48.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Vissel Kobe had a strong ball possession 55% while Tokyo was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tokyo was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Vissel Kobe was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Tokyo shot 12 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Vissel Kobe shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Tokyo received 1 yellow card (Masato Morishige). Regarding the opposition, Vissel Kobe received 1 yellow card (Thuler).

(Tokyo) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (70′).

Standings

After this match, Tokyo stays with 2 points to occupy the 17th place in the table. On the other side, Vissel Kobe has 6 points (4th).

Next matches

Tokyo – Formation

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

The manager Peter Cklamovski decided to play with the following team: Go Hatano (6.3), Yuto Nagatomo (6.6), Masato Morishige (6.4), Henrique Trevisan (6.6), Kashif Bangnagande (7.5), Kei Koizumi (7.3), Ryotaro Araki (6.8), Kuryu Matsuki (8.1), Teruhito Nakagawa (6.4), Diego Oliveira (6.3) and Keita Endo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Hotaka Nakamura (6.4), Yasuki Kimoto (6.3), Keigo Higashi, Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (6.8), Kota Tawaratsumida (7.0), Taishi Brandon Nozawa and Jajá (6.3).

Substitutions

Tokyo made 5 changes: Keita Endo for Jajá (62′), Teruhito Nakagawa for Kota Tawaratsumida (83′), Ryotaro Araki for Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (83′), Yuto Nagatomo for Hotaka Nakamura (83′) and Diego Oliveira for Yasuki Kimoto (73′).

Player of the match: Kuryu Matsuki​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo was Kuryu Matsuki.

His rating is 8.1 with 45 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.

Vissel Kobe – Formation

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

Takayuki Yoshida played with: Daiya Maekawa (7.3), Gotoku Sakai (7.3), Tetsushi Yamakawa  (7.1), Thuler (7.3), Yuki Honda (7.7), Hotaru Yamaguchi (7.0), Takahiro Ogihara (7.1), Taisei Miyashiro (7.3), Yoshinori Muto (6.4), Yuya Osako (7.1) and Rikuto Hirose (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nanasei Iino, Yosuke Ideguchi (6.4), Ryo Hatsuse (6.7), Jean Patric (6.3), Powell Obinna Obi, Takuya Iwanami and Ryuho Kikuchi .

Substitutions

Vissel Kobe made 4 changes: Taisei Miyashiro for Yosuke Ideguchi (82′), Rikuto Hirose for Jean Patric (75′), Yuki Honda for Ryo Hatsuse (75′) and Yoshinori Muto for Nanasei Iino (90′).

Player of the match: Yuki Honda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vissel Kobe was Yuki Honda even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.7 with 39 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Machida Zelvia – Kashima Antlers – 1-0
• Albirex Niigata – Nagoya Grampus – 1-0
• Júbilo Iwata – Kashiwa Reysol – 0-1
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Sagan Tosu – 4-0
• Avispa Fukuoka – Shonan Bellmare – 1-1
• Tokyo – Vissel Kobe – 1-2
• Kawasaki Frontale – Kyoto Sanga – 0-1
• Cerezo Osaka – Tokyo Verdy – 2-1