England and Portugal likely to progress to next phase

ENGLAND vs ECUADOR

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
England 9W 1D 0L                          Ecuador 3W 2D 5L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
England 4W 1D 0L Ecuador 2W 1D 2L

Ecuador playing for the first time in the knockout phase will have a full strength team to take on England whom are plague with a few injury problems a concern for Sven Ericksson, however if the English can attack from the offset, they can win win this tight match

England a win under 2.5

PORTUGAL vs NETHERLANDS

FORM LAST TEN MATCHES
Portugal       9W 1D 0L                   Netherlands 6W 3D 1L
FORM LAST FIVE MATCHES
Portugal 5W 0D 0L                   Netherlands 3W 2D 0L

The Netherlands play Portugal in what will turn out to be a classy match. The Portuguese have a full strength squad with Pauletta, Ronaldo and Deco likely candidates to be included in the squad for today's match. The Dutch on the other have a few problems and Marco von basten will probably start ahead of Ruud van Nistlerooij

Portugal a win under 2.5

Argentina sneak into the Quarter Finals

The Mexicans held the Argentinians to a one all draw during normal play and a 98 minutes goal by Maxi Rodrígueze gave Argentina a thrilling 2-1 extra-time victory over a valiant Mexico side in Leipzig , sending Argentina through to the quarter-finals.

Two goals in the first half by Lucas Podolski ensured that Germany progresses to the Quarter Final stage of the competition.

The swedes were outplayed by the disciplined Germans and Jens Lehmann was at his brilliant best