GW456 - YFM ACL Quarter Final (Patreon)

Just one game this midweek involving J1 league teams and thats tomorrow YFM game in China

This is the first leg of the 1/8 round with the return leg being next Wednesday in Yokohama.

Predicted Lineups

Important to note the %s used here. If no %, it means I see them as a starter and no known risks. For sorare, its about there scorer potential so check out KEY PLAYERS even subs have a way :)

When 75% or below - there is some risk involved. My main aim with these is to show where risk/potential DNPs are lurking.

I base these %s on info I read from various sources including comments from the manager and reading a lot of local Japanese news coverage/message boards. Saying that, there will always be unknowns including last minute injury/illness of a player etc.

Always do your own research when making picks. For SO5, it can make sense to take some calculated risks depending on the potential score and the rest of your team/prize pool.

Shandong vs YFM

YFM

• Lost 1-0 at home against Fukuoka on Friday. Struggled to create chances.
• Matusbara is suspended. Kato most likely to play as RB. Yoshio and Murakami other options
• Beat Shandong both home and away in the group stages including a 3-0 win in December
• New manager Harry Kewell trying new formation and some players reported to be struggling to adapt to it
• Kida has been playing DCM with the two CMs rotating lots with two of Yamane/Watanabe/Tam Hee/Amano playing
• Watanabe imo is the most experienced and fav to start this game
• Players have a lot of mins in their legs. Small chance Yan/Elber benched but I reckon they start
• Miyaichi and Miznuma are experienced heads and could feature
• Nagato seen in training. At the moment no indication he is ready to start.

Key SO5 Players - Popp, Eduardo, Elber, Yan

Set Piece Takers - Elber, Amano, Eduardo

SO5

YFM are the only Asia licensed club playing this GW. There are a few players also available for CSL/ACL clubs that are covered

Though there are not many card rewards available in Asia, if you are able to play a full YFM stack esp in Asia Rare Pro/SR then I would be tempted to go for this and aim for the podium $ prizes. Of course need luck but over a season I find these small asia GWs decent when I can play full stacks.

Injuries

I have updated the injury tracker following the wkend games. It can be found here . If there are any players missing, please do let me know!

Finish

Hope you found this useful! If anything important comes out before the deadline I will post on Discord