Yokohama F.Marinos – Shunsuke Nakamura is suspended. MF Saito is with the Olympic team. Marquinhos is reported to have suffered a re-injury and is being checked by doctors.
Shimizu S-Pulse – GK Hayashi and MF Muramatsu are with the Olympic team.
Seven wins for Marinos, five for S-Pulse, and 11 draws between these two teams in the last ten years.

Yokohama F.Marinos (9th – P18 W6 D9 L3 GD +4 Pts. 27) are unbeaten in the last five games, but have only scored five goals in that time, and just 19 all season. On the other hand they have conceded only 15 goals so a tight game in store perhaps? Shimizu S-Pulse (12th – P18 W7 D4 L7 GD 0 Pts. 25) also have a tight defence – their only hiccup has been conceding five last time out when they went down to nine men against Reysol – and, also, they have problems scoring. Can we expect a 0-0 draw? Maybe, but I am going for an away win! EXPECT a WIN for SHIMIZU S-PULSE!