Yokohama F. Marinos vs Vissel Kobe — Tips & Analysis

Yokohama F. Marinos +0.5: Kobe keep turning road games into ties, and that suits the side we are backing. They have tied 4 of their 9 away games and score just over a goal a game on their travels. That is not a team that runs opponents over. Yokohama have won 7, tied 3 and lost 8 of their last 18. They score almost 2 goals a game and let in more than a goal, so they stay in most games. Heavy defeats are rare too. Yokohama have lost by 2 or more in only 4 of those 18 games. Kobe have won 8, tied 6 and lost 4 in the same run, but they won by 2 or more in just 3 of 18. Both teams come in on 7 days rest, and the recent meetings have been controlled rather than wild. The last five produced 1, 3, 3, 3 and 2 goals. That points to a close game decided by one moment at each end. A 1-1 is the score we keep coming back to, and Yokohama coming out of this unbeaten is what we want. The warning is real, though. Kobe have won four of the last five meetings between these two. Yokohama have also won only two of their eight home games in this run, so the crowd may not count for much. We still make Yokohama hard enough to beat here.