In Group G, the closest to progress are the Swiss, who have three points on the account. Their opponents in the final round, Serbia, have one, as well as Cameroon, which is already a certain play-off participant, Brazil.
At the start of the tournament, Serbian manager Dragan Stojkovic complained about the poor health of important players. In addition, the Balkan team lost a well-played duel with Cameroon, in which they already led by two goals.
Montage of the Cameroon – Serbia World Cup matchvideo: Czech television
The sides met in the final round of the group stage also four years ago at the tournament in Russia. Switzerland won 2:1 in the only duel so far. They have not lost their last group match four times in a row.
Ghana have the best position in Group H. Before the match with Uruguay, they are two points ahead of the South Americans and Korea, who are already Portugal’s final eight.
The Ghanaians lost to Portugal 2-3 early in the tournament but then beat Korea by the same scoreline. The African team is starting at the World Cup for the fourth time and only failed to progress from the group at their last participation eight years ago. A draw would be enough for the Ghanaians to take part in the top 16, if Korea beat the Portuguese by no more than a goal or if they fail to score a high number of goals in a narrow victory.
Ghanaians can avenge their World Cup quarter-final defeat by Uruguay in 2010, when the African side were eliminated on penalties after missing a late-regular free-kick by Luis Suárez, which prevented a goal-line goal and was sent off.
After the triumphs over Ghana and Uruguay, the Portuguese are already certain of qualifying after two rounds. The 2016 European champions want to win Group H and avoid expected “goofball” winner Brazil in the round of 16. For this, they have to get at least one point, if they don’t want to rely on the result of the match Ghana – Uruguay.
Montage of the World Cup match Korea – Ghanavideo: Czech television
The Koreans have earned just one point in their first two games and are not in control of the situation. If Ghana beat Uruguay, even a possible victory over Portugal would not be enough to advance the Asian team. The Koreans, the fourth world champion in 2002, risk ending up in the group for the third consecutive time. Their bench will miss Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, who received a red card for protesting at the end of the last match.
