The Netherlands and Japan named unchanged lineups for their Group E match Saturday after both teams won their World Cup openers.
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk again left winger Arjen Robben on the bench and kept Dirk Kuyt on the right of midfield. Kuyt scored the Netherlands' second goal in its 2-0 win over Denmark.
Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart will likely roam across the midfield just behind striker Robin van Persie.
Japan coach Takeshi Okada also stuck with the starting 11 that beat Cameroon 1-0 in their World Cup opener.
Captain Makoto Hasebe will anchor a midfield that aims to stifle the Dutch creativity and hit the Netherlands on the break.
Robben has recovered from a left hamstring injury, but only has completed one full training session since and is not considered match fit. He did not take off his long tracksuit as the rest of the Netherlands team warmed up on the field, possibly still feeling the effects of Friday's training session.
Denmark plays Cameroon later Saturday in Pretoria in the other Group E match.
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Lineups:
Netherlands: Maarten Stekelenburg, Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Mark van Bommel, Dirk Kuyt, Nigel de Jong, Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart.
Japan: Eiji Kawashima, Yuki Abe, Yuichi Komano, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yuto Nagatomo, Yusuhito Endo, Daisuke Matsui, Yoshito Okubo, Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Yuji Nakazawa.
