Vissel Kobe vs Machida Zelvia, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

· Japanese J.League

2nd Half: 88'
0 - 0

About

Vissel Kobe are hosting Machida Zelvia at Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

16': Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 16'
45': Kim Min-Tae (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 45'
63': Ren Komatsu (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 63'
64': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 64'
69': Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 69'
70': Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 70'
70': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 70'
71': Hiroyuki Mae (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 71'
84': Hotaka Nakamura (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 84'

Statistics

ZEL		VIS
13	Fouls	5
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	5
5	Saves	7
51.7	Possession	48.3
18	SHOTS	16
7	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
323	Accurate Passes	287
397	Passes	374
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	6
2	Effective Tackles	8
9	Tackles	14
0.2	Tackle %	0.6
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
33	Clearances	25

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Kobe Wing Stadium
Location: Kobe, Japan

Japanese J1 League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	11	+20	26
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	12	+19	26
3	FC Tokyo	11	+13	24
4	Vissel Kobe	11	+7	22

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Vissel Kobe (4-3-3)

No.	Name
71	Shuichi Gonda (GK)
16	Caetano
3	Thuler
15	Diego
24	Gotoku Sakai
23	Yuan Iwamoto
5	Yuta Goke
7	Yosuke Ideguchi
10	Yuya Osako
41	Katsuya Nagato
11	Yoshinori Muto

Vissel Kobe Substitutes:

Kouta Watanabe, Mitsuki Hidaka, Tetsushi Yamakawa, Jean Patric, Daiju Sasaki, Daiya Maekawa, Hyoei Kawabata, Ren Komatsu, Yuya Kuwasaki.

Machida Zelvia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
50	Daihachi Okamura
2	Thomas Ouwejan
3	Gen Shoji
31	Neta Lavi
16	Hiroyuki Mae
33	Takahiro Akimoto
6	Henry Mochizuki
9	Koki Ogawa
7	Yuki Soma
20	Takuma Nishimura

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Hokuto Shimoda, Hotaka Nakamura, Ryohei Shirasaki, Tatsuya Morita, Ibrahim Dresevic, Kim Min-Tae, Futa Tokumura, Keiya Sento, Mitchell Duke.

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