Kawasaki Frontale – GK Ando is with the Olympic team. DF Morishita will be out for at least two months.

Sagan Tosu – DF Kitani out for at least another month.

7 wins for Frontale, 2 for Tosu and 1 draw – all in J2 until this year when Sagan won in the Nabsico Cup and Frontale won away in J1 play.
Kawasaki Frontale were held for a 2-2 draw by Jubilo Iwata last time out and are in a lull that has seen them lose at home to Vissel Kobe last month, and fight out a scoreless draw with S-Pulse before being outplayed by Sanfrecce in a 3-0 defeat. They have scored 28, and conceded 28 goals, so their need to score more and concede less is obvious. Yajima is their only “big” scorer, with six goals to his name. They have suffered a string of injuries and had to change the team selection a lot more often than they would have wanted, but players are returning to the team and this could help in the long run.

Sagan Tosu continue to confound their critics who expected the team – in their first season in J1 – to struggle. They have lost just once in their last five games – a pulsating, rain-soaked encounter with Urawa Reds that ended 4-3 after Tosu went 4-0 down, so anything can happen in their games, it seems! Many are waiting for the bubble to burst and, yet, technically they are only 7 points off the top spot, or 4 points away from an ACL place. There seems to be no way that this team are returning to J2 this season! A pleasant surprise to many I think they can hold Kawasaki today, also.

EXPECT a DRAW!