Kawasaki Frontale and Vissel Kobe will trade tackles in a J1 League matchday 21 clash on Saturday (June 21st). The game will be played at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.
The hosts will be looking to build on the 1-0 away win they registered over Yokohama FC. Yuki Yamamoto broke the deadlock in the 58th minute and this proved to be the difference between the two sides.
Kobe, meanwhile, claimed maximum points with a 2-1 home win over Nagoya Grampus. They went ahead through Tukuya Uchida's 44th-minute own goal while Taisei Miyashiro doubled their lead in first-half injury time. Teruki Hara pulled one back for the visitors in the 57th minute.
The win left them in sixth spot in the standings, having garnered 33 points from 19 games. Frontale are one point and one spot directly below them.
Kawasaki Frontale won four league titles between 2017 and 2021. However, they are currently on a three-year drought and currently find themselves eight points off top spot. They are unbeaten in their last 10 home games across competitions (five wins).
Vissel Kobe, on the other hand, are two-time defending Japanese champions. They were fancied to make it a three-peat but are already eight points off the summit past the midway point, albeit with a game in hand.
Although one side could nick a win, we are backing the two sides to cancel each other out in a high-scoring stalemate.
Prediction: Kawasaki Frontale 2-2 Vissel Kobe
Tip 1 - Result: Draw
Tip 2 - Both teams to score
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Bold Tip - Both teams to score over 1.5 goals