On Mar 11th, Vissel Kobe hosts Kashima Antlers in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 16th placed Vissel Kobe is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Iniesta Lujan scored the first goal for Vissel Kobe in the 28th minute, then in the 82nd minute, Gakuto Notsuda sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sasaki squeezing out at least the one point for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Vissel Kobe looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Kashima Antlers recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Kashiwa Reysol. Araki struck first for Kashima Antlers in the 65th minute on a feed from Keigo Tsunemoto, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kashiwa Reysol couldn’t manage to score, and Kashima Antlers took the shutout win. Kashima Antlers is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Vissel Kobe won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Kashima Antlers’s top weapon lately has been Ueda, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Vissel Kobe is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Tomoaki Makino and Yoshinori Muto each only have 1 goal in their last 5.