Lawrie McKinna's men are yet to taste defeat in the competition but need to build on two opening draws if the knockout stage is to be a realistic goal.

Caceres, who has previous ACL experience with Melbourne Victory, is relishing the task ahead, albeit a tough one.

He told the Mariners official website: "We're happy with the results so far, but we're looking forward to the next game and hopefully getting the three points that we need to have a chance of qualifying for the next round.

"It's very important to win our home games and we're yet to win a game, but it's very important to win on Wednesday if we want to go the next level.".

Caceres made an appearance in five of Melbourne's six AFC Champions League Group G fixtures in early 2008 before linking up with the Mariners.

"Last year we played against Gamba Osaka with the Melbourne Victory and they were brilliant, they were very difficult to play against and they were all very good players, very technical and very fast.

"I'm hoping that Kawasaki won't be as good as Gamba, but it's going to be an exciting game and one that I'm sure the club will learn a lot from," he said.