Kashiwa Reysol – DF Fujita is out for at least two more weeks.
Cerezo Osaka – MF Yamaguchi is suspended AND with the Olympic team! MF Ogihara is with Olympic team and MF B K Kim is with Korea’s Olympic team. FW Kempes is suspended.

Four wins for Reysol, just one for Cerezo, and four draws, all in J1, since 2003.

Kashiwa Reysol (5th – P18 W9 D3 L6 GD +8 Pts. 30) out a fantastic run together – going from the lower reaches to within points of the top – before losing to Grampus two games back. They recovered and put five past S-Pulse last game, although being helped by red cards to the opposition! They won’t have as much trouble against Cerezo Osaka (15th – P18 W5 D4 L9 GD -5 Pts. 20), who are missing three key players to London AND have lost Kiyotake, of course. They have just two points and three goals to show from their last five games, and there is not much hope for them today, I feel. EXPECT a WIN for KASHIWA REYSOL!