How on earth can a team that used to finish in the top few places of the Japanese league suddenly plunge to a woeful position. Trinita seems to be suffering all sorts of trouble and it is almost certain that they will go down at the end of the season even though there is still half a season to go. Oita's record of 1-1-14 is the worst in any of the divisions in japanese football and even their manager seems clueless on what to do. They have deteriorated in both attack and defence and even in games, they play like a team who do not have a game plan. Other than the five teams at the top of the table, the remainder of the league is pretty condensed at the moment and a win for Iwata could easily propel them up by five, six places.

Iwata got a surprised victory at Hiroshima last weekend and will be looking to build on that morale boosting win. The positive trend with Iwata though is that they have finally regained the confidence to collect maximum points at home. In their first four home matches of the season, Iwata were win less from those games. however, the last four home matches have ended in home wins for them which have been crucial. Go for Iwata to win this game given that they are one of the form teams in the table guide currently.

Pick: Iwata/Iwata @ 2.40