But more importantly Simunic wants the 23-year odl Shahrazen to be honest with him if he is not.
Clutching his left ankle in pain hardly a minute into the second half in the previous match, Shahrazen had to be stretchered off the field and many thought he had once agaian fractured his ankle.
However when an interviewed yesterday, Shahrazen said that he just sprained it and would be available for tonight's encounter.
"At this momentb he can start- but tomorrow I don't know," said Simunic when met yesterday.
"It was an injury from before but he has always been like this.He has that ankle problem for a long time but has scored many goals and made the club happy.
"Whatever it is, we must rust him and if he says he can play,"added the head coach.
For the past two games striker Md Abu Bakar has picked up the slack, coming on as a substitute to score the equaliser and then the winner in the previous game.
"During my career, I have always created teams with a strong bench, because for me how you finish is more important than how you start,"explained Simnic.
I need players who can give 120% coming off the bench and Abu does that," he added.
Apart from his forwards one of the main concerns Simunic is facing heading into tonight's match is the congested matech fixture the team face.
The standard of refereeing was another topic Simunic brought up yesterday, saying that he hoped the quality will be better.
"I just hope we are not as unlucky as we were on Wednesday," he said.
"We have been waiting 8 months to face Woodlands again after they beat us in the Singapore FA Cup last year"
"They finished as runners-upand we respect them, but we will be out for revenge.
Currently fourth, a win tonight will see DPMM leapfrog Home United to third.
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