Fifa World Cup 2014: Greece VS Cote d'Ivoire Preview

Either Cote d'Ivoire or Greece - potentially both - will play their final match of this year's World Cup at the Estadio Castelao on Tuesday.

The equation is simple for the Africans - win and they are through to the last 16 for the first time; lose or draw and they must hope that Colombia avoid defeat against Japan. For Greece the situation is rather more complicated, with their future resting entirely on their ability to win only a second finals match in nine attempts.

Cote d'Ivoire must bounce back from a 2-1 loss at the hands of Colombia last time out, though their opening match success over Japan suggests that they have the firepower to overcome the Europeans.

Greece have yet to even find the net in the competition thus far. After losing 3-0 against the South Americans as the curtain lifted on their tournament, they responded with a typically gritty scoreless draw against the Samurai Blue, having seen Kostas Katsouranis dismissed - with the veteran of 113 caps subsequently banned for this encounter.

Fifa World Cup 2014: Japan VS Columbia Match Preview

Nevertheless, Jose Pekerman feels comfortable enough to rest a couple of players ahead of the next round as team captain Mario Yepes along with the impressive winger Juan Cuadrado will sit that one out.

Porto striker Jackson Martinez is expected to start alongside Sevilla’s Carlos Bacca, while Juventus midfielder Fredy Guarin could feature in the starting line-up as well.

Japan desperately need a win, as well as a gift from Greece, and manager Alberto Zaccheroni is fortunate enough to be dealing with no injuries or suspensions.

Manchester United attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa is possibly starting and the same goes for the experienced midfielder Yasuhito Endo, whereas much will be expected by the team’s star Keisuke Honda who will be pulling the strings in the attack.

Fifa World Cup 2014: Costa Rica VS England Match Preview

Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte

Kick-off: 17.00 BST.
TV: ITV.

Costa Rica (Possible, 3-4-2-1): Navas; Duarte, Gonzalez, Miller; Gamboa, Borges, Tejeda, Diaz; Brenes, Campbell; Ruiz.

England (Possible, 4-2-3-1): Foster; Jones, Smalling, Cahill, Shaw; Wilshere, Lampard; Lallana, Barkley, Milner; Sturridge.

Referee: Djamel Haimoud (Algeria).

Betting: Costa Rica 3-1, England 10-11, Draw 5-2.

Team News
Phil Jones and Chris Smalling could both feature in England's final game, while manager Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Ross Barkley will start and Luke Shaw will replace the injured Leighton Baines.