GolVolt — Vissel Kobe vs Kawasaki Frontale: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Kawasaki Frontale have scored in 12 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 25 goals in those matches.

Last time

Last meeting, 21 October: Kawasaki Frontale – Vissel Kobe 2:1

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Table

1 point apart in the table

5.Vissel Kobe23 pts 6.Kawasaki Frontale22 pts

Vissel Kobe: place 5, 23 pts · Kawasaki Frontale: place 6, 22 pts.

Player in form

Marcinho: 3 goals and 2 assists in 5 league matches

Goals3 xG1.93

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 1.9).

Attack

Kawasaki Frontale score 2.4 goals per match

Vissel Kobe1.4 Kawasaki Frontale2.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Vissel Kobe score 1.4.

Players to watch

J1 League, this season.

Yuya Osako

Vissel Kobe · forward

6goals 0assists 7.28avg rating

Last match, Machida Zelvia: rating 7.2.

Marcinho

Kawasaki Frontale · midfielder

8goals 3assists 7.29avg rating

Last match, Fagiano Okayama: 1 goal and 1 assist, rating 7.7.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Vissel Kobe at home and Kawasaki Frontale away, as in this match.

Vissel Kobe

at home · 10

5W5D0L1.4scored per match0.5conceded per match

Kawasaki Frontale

away · 10

4W3D3L1.4scored per match1.4conceded per match

Head to head

37 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.

Last time · 21 Oct 2026 · J1 League Kawasaki Frontale 2:1 Vissel Kobe Marcinho 61' · Ito 71' · Osako 73'

3wins

0 draws2.6 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

2wins

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Vissel Kobe (4-3-3, last: Machida Zelvia) · Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1, last: Fagiano Okayama).

SGGonda GSSakai MTThuler CACaetano DIDiego YIIdeguchi YIIwamoto YGGoke YMMuto YOOsako KNNagato SBBrodersen RYYamahara PRRomano FUUremovic SMMiura KTTachibanada YYYamamoto TIIto YWWakizaka MAMarcinho DLLacerda

Vissel KobeKawasaki Frontale

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Volt matchup

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