SAGAMIHARA (Interstat) — Ren Sugimoto scored in the 45th minute and Taira Maeda added a 55th-minute goal as Sagamihara defeated Zweigen 2-1 in a J3 League match Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, at Sagamihara Gion Stadium.

Kyota Sakakibara scored for Zweigen in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time, but it was not enough to avoid the visitors’ first loss of the J3 season. Sagamihara improved to 1-0-1 in league play, while Zweigen fell to 0-1-0. In all competitions, Sagamihara holds a 1-0-1 record, and Zweigen is 0-1-0.

Sagamihara entered having drawn 0-0 with Roasso on Aug. 7 and beaten Thespa Gunma 4-1 on Aug. 14. Zweigen had lost 3-2 at Tochigi on Aug. 8 but rebounded to beat Fukushima 4-3 on Aug. 14.

Yellow cards were issued to Kaito Miyazaki in the 15th minute, Masato Tokida in the 22nd, Daisuke Matsumoto in the 53rd and Kosuke Kanbe in the 87th.