Shonan Bellmare, Recent Form

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With Sanfrecce Hiroshima sitting a clear 14 places above them in the table, Shonan Bellmare won't feel totally dejected with their 1-0 away defeat by them last time out.  Their share of possession in that meeting was 43%, while racking up 5 shots along the way, 2 of which were on target, in contrast to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who had 23 shots on goal with 7 on target.  

Despite scoring 5 goals in their last 6 matches, they have failed to pick up many points, mainly because their back line have shipped 13 goals in that same period.  They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 15 games.  

Shonan Bellmare will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 5 league games in a row no wins in 8 games.  

With 5 league goals in 6 games at home in Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka, Shuto Machino will be feeling confident about hitting the net again in this home encounter.  

Albirex Niigata, Recent Form

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The Albirex Niigata players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Gamba Osaka recently, that ended in a 3-1 defeat.  They achieved 72% possession in that match and had 21 strikes at goal, with 8 hitting the target, up against Gamba Osaka's tally of 8 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.  

Manager Rikizo Matsuhashi will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 4 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 9 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way.   They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games.  

It's been a bad run of form of late for them, having racked up 4 losses and only a single victory in their last 6 league matches, so they'll need to turn things around if they want to start climbing the table.