With Vissel Kobe's superiority

Three consecutive losses for Matsumoto Yamaga without scoring a single goal. The most recent one was against Kawasaki in the previous week. Before that, they suffered a 1-0 loss to Hiroshima on the road and another 0-1 loss to Urawa in their home. Their schedule wasn't the most favorable one in these first rounds. Consequently, they are in a quite low place on the table, actually they have only four points that they bagged at the very beginning of the J.League. Once again they will prefer a defensive play since, according to their coach Sorimachi, their opponent are superior. 

Vissel Kobe made a huge overturn in Hanshin's big clash in the previous round. The 2-1 for Gamba Osaka in the first half became a 3-4 win at the end of the match. Now they sit on the 6th place of the table having 10 points (3 wins and one draw) and under certain circumstances they can reach the top if they collect another three points tonight. They are based on their attacking line which has great quality and experience, especially players like David Villa, Lucas Podolsky, Tanaka and Andes Iniesta.

Matsumoto aren't on their bright days lately, definitely they can't compete difficult opponents. Vissel Kobe are on a high flying mood after the huge overturn they made last week and this game in Nagano is going to be an easy one for them. Away win.