Gameday in Niigata for the 1/32 finals between Albirex & Kumamoto.

In J League 2, Albirex is ranked 2 with 12 wins, 5 draws & 3 losses for 33 goals scored & 16 goals conceded.

Kumamoto is ranked 6 with 7 wins, 7 draws & 5 losses for 25 goals scored & 27 goals conceded.

Very good spot here on Kumamoto who is going with a very solid line up for this game with almost a full starter line up, so it shows their motivation for this game, they even use their first GK.

On their side Albirex is a great team this season and is aiming to promote but this cup isn’t their priority so they made a lot of change in their line up, they almost don’t have any starter for this game. As important change we have Watanabe, Akiyama, Yamura, Shimabuku & Guedes.

For sure it won’t be an easy game for Kumamoto but against this reserve line up of Albirex I expect them to make a positive result.

I expect 1-1 or 0-1.