Match Info

J1 League - Round 1

Date: 8 August 2026, Saturday 🏁 Finished

Location: Best Denki Stadium (Fukuoka) 🌤️ ...

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Japan	19:00	DAZN Japan
Usa	06:00	SportsEngine Play


	Avispa Fukuoka		Vissel Kobe

	1	X	2
	3.4	3	2.25	Watch
	3.50	3.00	2.20
	3.4	2.98	2.2
	3.6	3.08	2.31
	3.56	3.09	2.23	Watch
	3.55	3	2.25
	3.61	3.03	2.25	Watch
	3.5	3.05	2.25
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.52 ↓ (4.01)	3.03 ↓ (3.27)	2.24 ↑ (2.02)

The most likely Over/Under: 1.75

The best margin for this event is 3.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Avispa Fukuoka
26.8%

Draw
31.1%

Vissel Kobe
42%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

23.8%

29.1%

47.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Avispa Fukuoka has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3%)

Vissel Kobe has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-5.1%)

Note: This is a significant drop in prediction, and Vissel Kobe might be facing challenges that affect their performance.

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
16.7%	16.7%	66.7%

Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe Predictions

Users Predictions: 12 users predict this event. Avispa Fukuoka will win (votes: 2 - 16.7%). Vissel Kobe will win (votes: 8 - 66.7%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 16.7%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Vissel Kobe: 40% – 93.4%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Avispa Fukuoka (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 0:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Nagaishi T. (G) 16. Oka T. 20. Mikuni K. 15. Tsujioka Y. 29. Maejima Y. 34. Shiihashi K. 11. Miki T. (C) 22. Fujimoto K. 6. Shigemi M. 14. Nago S. 9. Werik Popo	71. Gonda S. (G) 24. Sakai G. 4. Yamakawa T. (C) 3. Thuler M. 15. Diego 7. Ideguchi Y. 25. Kuwasaki Y. 5. Goke Y. 11. Muto Y. 10. Osako Y. 41. Nagato K.
Substitutes
41. Fujita K. (G) 23. Fukazawa D. 47. Hashimoto Y. 55. Maeda K. 38. Miya D. 13. Morooka S. 3. Nara T. 18. Sato S. 52. Takemoto S.	44. Hidaka M. 18. Ide H. 23. Iwamoto Y. 31. Iwanami T. 26. Jean Patric 29. Komatsu R. 1. Maekawa D. (G) 17. Takahashi I. 20. Watanabe K.
Coaches
Tsukahara S.	Skibbe M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
23', 0 - 1, Osako Y. ⚽, Thuler M. (A),
34', Shigemi M. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 0)
52', Maejima Y. 🟨,
53', Thuler M. 🟨,
56', Kuwasaki Y. ↓, Hidaka M. ↑,
59', Shigemi M. ↓, Morooka S. ↑,
67', Maejima Y. ↓, Hashimoto Y. ↑,
67', Shiihashi K. ↓, Maeda K. ↑,
80', Nago S. ↓, Sato S. ↑,
80', Fujimoto K. ↓, Takemoto S. ↑,
90', Osako Y. ↓, Komatsu R. ↑,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Avispa Fukuoka won 1.

In this match, Vissel Kobe is the team to beat.

There will not play in Avispa Fukuoka: Fukushima K. (Knee Injury)

There will not play in Vissel Kobe: Anderson Lopes (Muscle Injury) Arai S. (Knee Injury) Ogihara T. (Knee Injury)

There are questionable in Avispa Fukuoka: Miki T. (Lacking Match Fitness)

There are questionable in Vissel Kobe: Iwanami T. (Broken collarbone) Sasaki D. (Knee Injury) Tominaga N. (Knee Injury)

In the last 17 head-to-head matches, Avispa Fukuoka won 3 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 11 matches, and goals 7:23. (average 0.4:1.4).

Including home matches between the teams, Avispa Fukuoka won 1 match, drew 1 match, lost 6 matches, and goals 3:13. (average 0.4:1.6).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
6	Vissel Kobe	9	6	1	2	14:9	5	19
17	Avispa Fukuoka	9	2	1	6	11:13	-2	7

Outrights of Japan J1 League for now

Vissel Kobe: 13% Avispa Fukuoka: 0.34%

Last Results with these Odds

Vissel Kobe - the odds 2.02 are the expected chance of winning is 47.12%, but this team recently wins 56% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Avispa Fukuoka
Club Friendly
11.07.26	Avispa Fukuoka - Giravanz Kitakyushu	1:2 ✺
Japan J1 League
06.06.26	JEF United Chiba - Avispa Fukuoka	1:2 ✺
30.05.26	Avispa Fukuoka - JEF United Chiba	2:2 ✺
23.05.26	Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe	0:1 ✺
10.05.26	Shimizu S-Pulse - Avispa Fukuoka	2:1 penalties ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.9 LWTLL
- Vissel Kobe
Japan J1 League
06.06.26	Kashima Antlers - Vissel Kobe	2:0 ✺
30.05.26	Vissel Kobe - Kashima Antlers	5:0 ✺
23.05.26	Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe	0:1 ✺
17.05.26	V-Varen Nagasaki - Vissel Kobe	3:2 penalties ✺
13.05.26	Vissel Kobe - Kyoto Sanga	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 7 LWWLW

Latest Head to Head

Japan J1 League
23.05.26	Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe	0:1
27.02.26	Vissel Kobe - Avispa Fukuoka	2:1
28.06.25	Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe	0:0
01.03.25	Vissel Kobe - Avispa Fukuoka	0:1
01.09.24	Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe	0:2
15.05.24	Vissel Kobe - Avispa Fukuoka	1:0
25.06.23	Avispa Fukuoka - Vissel Kobe	0:3

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