Germany to win

GERMANY vs ARGENTINA

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Germany 7W 2D 1L Argentina 4W 2D 4L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Germany 5W 0D 0L Argentina 3W 2D 0L

Miroslav Klose and Podolski will be looking at increasing their goal tally in the first of the quarter finals against Argentina. Unfortunate for one of the teams not to progress at this stage of the competition. Argentina will surely not allow Germany to have the run of play

Germany a win under 2.5

ITALY vs UKRAINE

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Italy 6W 4D 0L Ukraine 6W 3D 1L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Italy 3W 2D 0L Ukraine 3W 1D 1L

The clash that will see on of the two teams progressing and the match will surely be a tight one. Ukraine will not the Italian an easy game

Draw under 2.5

Italy to progress

ITALY vs AUSTRALIA

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Italy 6W 4D 0L Australia 5W 2D 3L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Italy 2W 3D 0L Australia 2W 2D 1L

The socceroos take on Italy and they feel that they will have the measure of the Italians. The Italians play a more exciting style of soccer so it will be an interesting encounter

Italy a win under 2.5

SWITZERLAND vs UKRAINE

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Switzerland 5W 4D 1L Ukraine 6W 2D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
SWitzerland 3W 2D 0L Ukraine 4W 0D 1L

The Ukrainians take on Switzerland who will be without Phillipe Senderos, however his place in the squad will be taken by his Arsenal's team mate John Djouri. A tight encounter

Ukraine a win under 2.5

First of knockout matches - Germany vs Sweden

Germany vs Sweden

In the first match of the knockout phase, Germany host Sweden and the Germans are on a high note and will be playing with their home ground and home support advantage. The Swedes will surely be at their best but the confident Germans should win this encounter and top goal scorer Miroslav Klose will be looking at increasing his tally of goals.

Germany win

Argentina vs Mexico

The Mexicans thankful to the Iranians for holding off Angola and giving themselves a chance in the Knockout phase play against the magnificent Argentineans who are on a high notes and surely are on track for the finals.
Messi for Argentina and Marquez for Mexico, will be players to keep a keen eye during today clash of the South Americans

Argentina win

Croatia play the Japanese

The Japanese and the Croatians will be looking to improve on their games after losing heir first games. The Croatians can play well but they have to improve on their finishing touches

Croatia a win under 2.5

The Australians after their win against Japan will be plotting to keep the Brazilians progress in check today. Ronaldo disappointing thus far will be planning to improve on his game

Brazil a win under 2.5


France play against the Korea Republic and will be on target to break their World Cup drought and have a chance of progressing to the next phase. The Koreans on the other hand will not it be too easy for the French since if they win today, they will have a chance of keeping into the next round providing the Swiss beat or draw with Togo

France a win under 2.5

Portugal beat the Iranians by two goals to nil

The Portuguese were too good for the Iranians and the two goal victory ensured that Portugal progress to the Quarter Finals.

The USA and Italy played to a one all draw in a match where three Red cards were issued by the Uruguayan referee. Two issued to the USA and one to Italy.

Ghana scored in the first minute and this paved their way for an eventual victory of two goals to nothing against the Czech Republic. The Czechs were outplayed by the Black Cat. This result opens up the group and the final matches in this phase will determine who will proceed to the Quarter Finals.

Portugal,Italy and the Czech Republic can win today

The Iranians take on Portugal and are thankful that the draw between Angola and Mexico gives them a lifeline of advancing provided that they defeat the Portuguese today. Portugal can secure their place in the Quarter finals by beating Iran .

Ghana needing points in order to have a chance of progressing, take on the strong Czech Republic fresh from their thrashing of the USA. Lokvenic replaces the injured Jan Koller and will team well with the star of the last match Tomas Rosicky. The Black cats will most probably a similar team that was beaten by Itay.

The Americans after losing convincingly to the Czech Republic would be looking to today's match to improve, however they are up against a strong opponent in Italy who are confident of getting into the Quarter Final stage.

Argentina toake on the Serbs

ARGENTINA vs SERBIA & MONTENEGRO

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Argentina 4W 0D 4L Serbia 4W 2D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Argentina 2W 0D 3L Serbia 1W 2D 2L

Argentina take on the Serbs and will be looking for their second victory in the summer World Cup. The Serbs will not treat this game lightly and will play their best brand of soccer

Argentina a win under 2.5

NETHERLANDS vs IVORY COAST

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Netherlands 5W 2D 1L Ivory Coast 2W 4D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Netherlands 4W 1D 0L Ivory Coast 1W 3D 1L

The Ivory Coast beaten by the Netherlands in the last thirteen encounters against each other meet again in an important game. The Africans have to win this encounter at all costs knowing well that if they lose, they will have to pack their bags

Netherlands a win over 2.5

MEXICO vs ANGOLA

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Mexico 5W 0D 3L Angola 1W 2D 5L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Mexico 2W 0D 3L Angola 1W 0D 4L

The Mexicans without injured star Jared Borgetti take on Angola and both teams will have to be cautious on how they threat the match. The Angolans will have to up their game in order to beat the brilliant Mexicans

Mexico a win under 2.5

England with Peter crouch win again

Results for Day Two of the Second Round Group Phase

An 89 minute goal by Freddie Ljunberg ensured that Sweden survive in the elimination rounds and send Paraguay packing for the first time since their entry into this competition

Late goals by Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard eased England position in the competition and ensured them a a place in the Quarter Finals.

Ecuador beat their Latin American and booked their place in the Quarter Finals.

Brazil to play against Croatia

SOUTH KOREA vs TOGO
FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
South Korea 4W 3D 3L Togo 3W 0D 7L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
South Korea 2W 2D 1L Togo 1W 0D 4L

Togo, one of the six teams making their first appearance in the competition will play against the experienced South Koreans.
Dick Advocaat a master tactician will be planning a winning strategy to ensure that the Korean Republic collect all three points

South Korea a win under 2.5

FRANCE vs SWITZERLAND

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
France 7W 2D 1L Switzerland 4W 5D 1L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
France 5W 0D 0L Switzerland 2W 2D 1L

Zinedine Zidance ,playing his last World Cup will be all fired up to get onto the score sheet and together with a fairly strong French team have the measure against Switzerland

France a win over 2.5

BRAZIL vs CROATIA

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Brazil 6W 3D 0L Croatia 3W 2D 5L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Brazil 4W 1D 0L Croatia 1W 1D 3L

The defending champions, Brazil play Croatia and will be targeting all three points in their quest for winning the competition for the sixth time.
Ronaldo will be fit to play and the Brazilians have a good team to defeat the Croatians

Brazil a win over 2.5

Australia score three late goals to win

Results for Day Three of the First Round

Coach Hiddink made two master substitutions, when he introduced Cahill and Aloise into the attack with the Socceroos trailing by one goal. Two goals by Tim Cahill and one by John Aloise ensured that Australia collected all three points.

Man of the Match, Thomas Rosicky ensured that the Czech Republic's campaign in the tournament was on track. The Americans should traces of their brilliance but were no match for the Czechs.

Michael Essien played a luck lustre game against the Italians and had a few weak attempts at the goal. The black cats played their brand of soccer but the Italians were the victors at the end of the game

Australia play Japan

AUSTRALIA vs JAPAN
FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Australia 5W 1D 3L Japan 4W 3D 3L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Australia 3W 3D 1L Japan 2W 2D 1L

The socceroos take on Japan in what should be a nice encounter, coach Hiddink feels confident that his charges will do well against a well organized Japanese team

Australia a win under 2.5

USA vs CZECH REPUBLIC

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
USA 7W 1D 2L Czech Republic 7W 1D 2L

FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
USA 2W 1D 2L Czech Republic 4W 1D 0L

The Czech Republic play against the USA team in a difficult group. The Czech's are know for their exciting style of play and the match looms towards a draw with a slight favour toward the Czech Republic

Czech Republic a slight advantage under 2.5

ITALY vs GHANA

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Italy 6W 4D 0L Ghana 6W 1D 3L

FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Italy 2W 3D 0L Ghana 3W 1D 1L

Ghana, the Black cats will be taking on the Italians which the Africans feel that they can win. the Italians are no real push over and this match seems to play itself towards a draw. Micheal Essien will be all fired up in order to get onto the score sheet

Draw

Netherlands, Portugal and Mexico win their matches

Arjen Robben score a beautiful goal to ensure that Holland win their first encounter against Serbia. The Serbs played well but the Dutch held onto their lead.

Iran held on to a one all draw against Mexico for well over two thirds of the game. A silly error by the Iranian goal keeper and a defensive error allowed Mexico to steal a lead and they eventually went on to win the match 3 - 1

Angola and their old colonial master played a geeat game of football with both teams making striking moves towards. A goal by Pauletta in the fifth minute of the game paved the way for portugal to win the match

Angola play against their old colonial masters

SERBIA vs NETHERLANDS
FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Serbia 5W 2D 2L Netherlands 6W 1D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Serbia 2W 2D 1L Netherlands 4W 1D 0L
Holland and Serbia did not play in Korea during the 2002 world cup and they will now play against each other. Holland will be on track to win this match , however it would not be easy. van Nistelrooij and Robben will be vying for a spot on the score sheet
Netherlands a win under 2.5
MEXICO vs IRAN
FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Mexico 6W 0D 4L Iran 6W 3D 1L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Mexico 2W 0D 3L Iran 2W 2D 1L
Mexico will be hot pot favourites to win this match against Iran and the Iranians have once only in their last two appearance in the World Cup previously. This match is sure to produce an upset.
Draw
ANGOLA vs PORTUGAL
FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Angola 3W 2D 5L Portugal 8W 2D 0L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Angola 1W1D 3L Portugal 4W 1D 0L
Angola take on their old colonial masters and having a look at their last encounter against each other, this should be a highly tense game. Portugal will be too strong for Angola
Portugal a win over 2.5

Trindad start off with a draw against Sweden

Trinidad hold Sweden to a goaless drawJune 11th, 2006
The minnows Trinidad and Tobago held a rampiant Sweden to a goalless draw and the Islanders played their hearts out and this result will surely give them more confidence for their next match.
An early own gaol by Gamarra of Paraguay, gave England a lead which they held on to register a win. The match was not really exciting and England will have to improve in order to really go onto the next round.

Argentina and the Ivory Coast play a thrilling brand of soccer and it was indeed a match to really watch. Herman Crespo scored the first goal for Argentina.
The Argentinians scored again and the lead was two goals to nil. Drogba pulled one goal back and the match was on however the South Americans held to their lead

England take on Paraguay

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
England 8W 0D 2L Paraguay 4 W 4D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
England 5W 0D 0L Paraguay 1W 3D 1L

Wayne Rooney will miss today's match with injury and Paraguay will be missing Jose Cardozo.
This is a tight group and England still to a loose a match when Peter Crouch plays, will today have the measure over Paraguay.

England a win under 2.5

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO vs SWEDEN

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Trinidad 3W 3D 4L Sweden 3W 5D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Trinidad 0W 1D 4L Sweden 0W 4D 1L

Trinidad play their first ever World cup game today when they take on Sweden. The Swedes will be hoping to register a win in the tournament but a draw or an upset seems likely

Draw

ARGENTINA vs IVORY COAST

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Argentina 4W 1D 5L Ivory Coast 2W 5D 2L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Argentina 2W 0D 3L Ivory Coast 1W 3D 1L

Two Chelsea team mates will be playing against each other. Herman Crespo representing Argentina and Didier Drogba for the Ivory Coast. The Argentineans are always not too comfortable playing against an African opposition, however the Argentineans should register a win today

Argentina a win under 2.5

Ecuador and Germany win their matches

Ecuador scored a major upset by beating Poland two goals to nothing in what was a thrilling game. the Poles piled on the pressure and on two ocasions came close to scoring.

Germany pleased their home fans with a four goal to two win over Costa Rica. paulo wanchope score twice for Costa Rica and during the first fifteen minutes, the scores were level. Miroslav Klose scored twice for the germans which made the difference.

Worldcup 2006 Round One matches in Germany

GERMANY vs COSTA RICA
Germany take on Costa Rica in the opening match of the Worldcup. Micheal Ballack is injured and will miss out on the first match.
Looking at Germany's form for the last ten matches, they won four matches and drew and lost three matches respectively.
Costa Rica on the other hand lost seven of their last ten matches and winning only three.
The Germans won two of their last five matches, drew two and lost one wheras Costa Rica lost four of their last five games and won only one.
Germany is predicted to win this match.
POLAND vs ECUADOR
Poland are the favourites to beat Ecuador in the second match of the Worldcup.
The Polish national team won five of their last ten matches and lost five. Ecuador on the other hand won three, drew three and lost four of their last ten matches.
Poland won two of their last five matches and lost three. Ecuador won one, drew one and lost three of their last five games.
Poland is tipped to win this match