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Livegoals > Worldcup 2010 > Game Predictions > Ghana vs Germany

Game Predictions

Ghana

MATCH # 39

23-06-2010
20:30 CET
Soccer City

Germany

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Germany v Ghana

Mon 21 Jun 2010

There's an exciting 'winner takes all' match taking place at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Wednesday night and it's surprising to see Ghana available at such a big price. After all, the Black Stars have managed four points from their opening two games and their physical style should mean that the Germans are in for a battle.

Miroslav Klose will be suspended for Germany and a failure to score an early goal might see Joachim Low's team start to get a little desperate. Even though Mesut Ozil is proving to be excellent in midfield, the defence looked fallible against Serbia, with Per Mertesacker and Arne Friedrich lacking pace which the pacy Asamoah Gyan will look to exploit.

At the prices, it's simply not a good idea to side wih Germany at odds-on when you can back Ghana with some draw insurance at odds-against.

PREDICTION: GHANA on DRAW NO BET @ 4.00 with bet365

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Power Rating

Squad (3/5)
It is better than any other African side. Ghana can field a very strong first team, albeit one that is weak in attack but it is susceptible to injury, especially to its midfield powerhouse.

Squad (3.5/5)
With the exception of Philipp Lahm and Michael Ballack nothing about the German squad screams �world class� but they are always so much more than the sum of their parts.

Coach (2.5/5)
There are many followers of African football who feel the federation could have done a lot better than someone whose main level of expertise was qualifying minor Serb sides for the Uefa Cup.

Coach (4/5)
Low may lack Klinsmann�s flair and flamboyance but he is far more tactically astute. The two wins over Russia proved once more Germany can deal with serious opposition, which is what they will face from the start.

Attack (2/5)
A lot of Ghana�s play is reliant on breaks from midfield and Matthew Amoah is not quite good enough to shoulder the whole burden alone. The early rounds of the Africa Cup of Nations were not encouraging.

Attack (3/5)
Before the March friendly against Argentina, this would have been a four out of five but in Munich Germany struggled so badly against a side likely to be their quarter-final opponents that there are some serious doubts.

Defence (3.5/5)
One Rajevac�s real achievements has been to tighten up and toughen up the Ghana back-four and the midfielders who play in front of them. As the Czech Republic and the United States discovered, once Ghana are in front they are hard to peg back.

Defence (3.5/5)
The spotlight, naturally, will be on Rene Adler and in qualification there were one or two cracks evident, exploited, oddly enough, by Finland who put three past them in Helsinki and drew 1-1 in Hamburg.