In this week 18 match on the 26th of June, Vissel Kobe will host Urawa Reds at Noevir Stadium Kobe in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Vissel Kobe recorded a 1-3 loss against Kashiwa Reysol. Kento Hashimoto scored the first goal for Vissel Kobe in the 28th minute, then Keiya Shiihashi got the equalizer for Kashiwa Reysol in the 38th minute on a feed from Tomoya Koyamatsu But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 46th minute on a penalty goal by Matheus Savio. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 13th placed Urawa Reds is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Alexander Scholz struck first for Urawa Reds in the 21st minute, then Atsuki Ito added another in the 24th minute on a feed from T. Akimoto In the end, Nagoya Grampus was frustrated by Urawa Reds’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Urawa Reds ended the match with the shutout victory. Urawa Reds is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
Vissel Kobe and Urawa Reds last played eachother at the Saitama Stadium 2002 on the 23rd of February. Urawa Reds and Vissel Kobe battled to a 2-2 draw. Yoshinori Muto struck first for Vissel Kobe in the 10th minute, then M. Kai tied it up for Urawa Reds in the 12th minute .
Kasper Junker has been the most prolific scorer on Urawa Reds in the last five matches with three goals. Ryuho Kikuchi has been the most prolific scorer on Vissel Kobe in his last five matches with 2 goals.