Gameday in Shizuoka for the round 26 between Shimizu & Kashiwa Reysol.

Shimizu is without Yuito Suzuki, Kenta Nishizawa, Katsuhiro Nakayama, Daigo Takahashi, Renato Augusto & Togo Umeda.

On their side Kashiwa is without Wataru Iwashita & Douglas.

Shimizu is ranked 12 with 6 wins, 9 draws & 10 losses for 33 goals scored & 38 goals conceded.

Kashiwa is ranked 3 with 13 wins, 3 draws & 9 losses for 33 goals scored & 26 goals conceded.

Very good value here on Shimizu who is in a good form with two wins on the road in a row. One was against a great team of Tokyo. Against Gamba they didn't deserved it that much.

Kashiwa on their side just lost against a great team of Hiroshima 2-3.

Shimizu was a team in big trouble in this early of season but of course since the key striker Santana is back, they are doing much better. They also added Pikachu from Brazil lately who is a great addition even if he needs to adapt.

Kashiwa is a team who is over performing since last year, they are much weaker, they changed their GK also who left and the difference with the new one is big.

I expect 2-1 or 1-1.