Vissel Kobe and Sagan Tosu met (Emperor Cup) at Noevir Stadium, Kobe. It was played on , with kick-off at . Vissel Kobe are coached by Michael Skibbe, Sagan Tosu by Akio Kogiku.
Vissel Kobe beat Sagan Tosu 1-0. It was 0-0 at half time. The goals came from Erik (78').
Vissel Kobe came into the match with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5, scoring 9 and conceding 6. Sagan Tosu came into the match with 2 wins and 3 defeats in their last 5, scoring 4 and conceding 6.
This page has the Vissel Kobe – Sagan Tosu match report, the goals and the line-ups.
Sagan Tosu failed to score as Vissel Kobe won 1-0 in the Emperor Cup. The half-time score was 0-0. Player of the match: Erik of Vissel Kobe, with a ScoreMondo rating of 7.2. Wednesday 23 September, Noevir Stadium (Kobe): Vissel Kobe against Sagan Tosu in the Emperor Cup, kick-off 09:00.
The story of the match
It was Vissel Kobe 0-0 Sagan Tosu at half-time.
Vissel Kobe took the lead on 78 minutes thanks to Erik.
The statistics
Booked for Vissel Kobe: Y. Kuwasaki (28'), M. Hidaka (46') and Y. Ideguchi (50').
Who stood out
Behind him, Caetano at 6.2, Jean Patric at 6.2 and K. Nagato at 6.2 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Vissel Kobe made 6 changes: Y. Ideguchi for Y. Kuwasaki (46'), Y. Osako for R. Komatsu (46'), Y. Muto for M. Hidaka (57') and Diego for Jean Patric (71'). From the Sagan Tosu bench came R. Izawa on 46 minutes, K. Nishizawa on 65 minutes, A. Toyoda on 65 minutes and K. Sakamoto on 71 minutes, among 6 changes.
How they came into it
Before kick-off, Vissel Kobe's last 5 matches had brought 5 wins. Last time out, Vissel Kobe beat Gamba Osaka 1-0 away. Sagan Tosu came into the match with 3 wins and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches. Iwaki FC beat Sagan Tosu 3-1 last time out.
Emperor Cup
