(Fan video of Sagan Tosu’s 2-1 win against Urawa Red Diamonds on Matchday Five of the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup. Results elsewhere in Group A meant that three teams are tied on nine points in the group, while any one of five times are technically still capable of qualifying for the knockout phase of the competition with two matchdays remaining)

Group A
	Cerezo Osaka Kempes 47′ Kakitani 58′, 86′	3		Kawasaki Frontale Kusukami 30′ Renato 68′	2
	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu 24′	1		Vegalta Sendai Nakahara 56′, 76′ Wilson 65′	3
	Sagan Tosu Toyoda 52′ Mizunuma 80′	2		Urawa Red Diamonds Marcio Richardes 77′	1
Group B
	Consadole Sapporo	0		Shimizu S-Pulse Kawai 2′ Lee K-J 6′ Ishige 57′ Sugiyama 78′	4
	Omiya Ardija Aoki 32′	1		Vissel Kobe	0
	Albirex Niigata	0		Kashima Antlers Osako 86′	1

(Matches played 6 June 2012. This was a bye week for Group A’s Jubilo Iwata and Group B’s Yokohama F-Marinos, who return to Yamazaki Nabisco Cup action on 9 June)

(2011 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup champions Kashima Antlers took another step towards ensuring qualification for the latter stages of the competition with a 1-0 victory away at Albirex Niigata, the single goal coming courtesy of a superb 86th minute Yuya Osaka header)