Cerezo Osaka – no injuries or suspensions to report.

Reds – MF Naoki Yamada out for the season, Suzuki has a left foot injury and may be doubtful.

Eight wins for Reds, five for Cerezo and just the one draw over a decade of meetings.

Cerezo Osaka will lose yet another player to the Bundesliga after this match with Hiroshi Kiyotake moving to Nuremberg. Added to the loss Inui, Ienaga and Kagawa in recent seasons and that’s quite a drain on a team. With three losses out of their last four games, the news of Kiyotake’s departure seemed not to spur them on but the fans will be hoping for a win for “Kiyo” in his final game and this may well be the impetus the team needs to overcome Reds. If Kiyo, Kim et al are on form – and Cerezo have been very inconsistent this season – a win is not out of the question!

Urawa Reds (P15 W7 D5 L3 GD +5 Pts. 26) have had a much better season than many expected so far and it is a measure of the change in the team that were almost relegated two seasons in-a-row that they will be disappointed with the three draws out of their last five games in an unbeaten run that could have seen them go top with better finishing. Last time out they “parked the bus” at home against Vegalta and earned a point against the top team, and now will be looking for wins in games like this in order to prove they are a real challenger for the top spot. But … EXPECT a WIN for CEREZO OSAKA!