Yamagata Mini-Preview

Damn those mid-week matches. Not enough time for a proper preview of Wednesday's game at Montedio Yamagata, but it looks as if midfielder Hayato Hashimoto may be out after having gone off injured in Saturday's 2-1 defeat of Kyoto Sanga. Let's hope Naoki Ishihara can build on his outstanding two-goal display against Sanga and of course that new coach Jun Suzuki is able to continue his encouraging start. Go Ardija! Yahoo have predicted the following Omiya line-up:

GK Kitano
DF Sugiyama
DF Tsubouchi
DF Neretljak
DF Murakami
MF Uchida
MF An
MF Kanazawa
MF Kanakubo
FW Ishihara
FW Fujita

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