Vissel Kobe vs Jeonbuk Motors — Tips & Analysis

Vissel Kobe -0.5: Kobe at the Noevir Stadium is the reason we are on this. They have won 7 of their last 9 games there, with one tie and one loss, scoring almost 2 goals a game and letting in under a goal. That is a team that takes hold of games on this pitch. The wider run backs it up. Kobe have won 12, tied 2 and lost 4 of their last 18. They had four straight wins before a loose 2-4 night at Kashiwa Reysol last week. Jeonbuk carry the bigger name but a flat season behind it. They have won 6, tied 8 and lost 6 of their last 20. On the road they have won only 2 of 9 games and score just over a goal a game. They are hard to beat badly, but they do not come to places like this and take over. Both sides have had 5 days off, so this comes down to who is the better team, and that is Kobe. A 2-1 home win is the likeliest finish, and this pick is built on Kobe simply winning the game. The worry is those 8 ties. A level game is Jeonbuk's most common result, and if they get the first goal Kobe will have to dig this out late. We still back Kobe to have the better of it and get the job done.