This game is being held as an opener to a J-Dreams' game, so Sagamihara will be expecting a big crowd at home. With the scheduling to their advantage, they'll be hoping for a win.
Sagamihara failed to score against Nagano in the previous round, but that's the first time they have been kept scoreless since the last time they played Nagano in Round 22. Conversely they have managed to score 2 goals in both of their 2 previous games against Fukushima. Fukushima will have to keep a close eye on midfielder Keita Sogabe who had a big impact in the two previous meetings. Now known as "Fukushima Killer", can he guide the team to their first win in 6 matches? Sagamihara goalkeeper Kaijiro Fujiyoshi made his J-League debut in the previous round and is back in goals this week, and defender Masataka Tamura makes his debut this week as well. Playing with an inexperienced defense may cost Sagamihara, but they'll be hoping it will provide them with a stronger back line in the future.
It was far from a collapse, but after going ahead early, Fukushima ended up going down to Fujieda in their rescheduled match last week. There is a very fine line between victory and defeat, and if they want to take all the points this week, they won't want to change their line-up. They'll just need to tighten up their defense to stop leaking goals. If Fukushima win this one they'll replace Sagamihara in 6th place on the table, so they'll be trying to win this game anyway they can.
Source: http://match.j3league.jp/match/2014/110203_1.html
