Ghana v Australia Preview

Tim Cahill is suspended for this match against a Ghana side who look certain to be unchanged from the one that won their opening Group game 1-0.

Cahill will return for Australia’s final group game, but his absence and the absence of fellow midfielder Vince Grella is sure to force manager Pim Verbeek to change the slightly strange formation he choose for Australia’s match against Germany.

Verbeek played with no true strikers and relied on Cahill and Hull City midfielder Richard Garcia to attack. With Cahill out, likely to be replaced by Mark Bresciano, Verbeek will revert to a 4-5-1 formation with Josh Kennedy coming in as striker.

Garcia is also set to make way as Harry Kewell is fit again and set to start in midfield.

Milovan Rajevac, the Ghana coach, will keep faith with the starting XI that beat Serbia 1-0 in their opening match. This means starts for a number of names well known to UK football fans, including Portsmouth midfielder Kevin Prince-Boateng, Inter’s Sulley Muntari and defensive duo John Pantsil and John Mensah.

KICK OFF: SATURDAY JUNE 19th 15:00 GMT

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