Brazil eye first win of 2018 FIFA World Cup as they take on Costa Rica
Kick-off : 3:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Brazil the five time world champions were held in Rostov-on-Don in their first game by the Swiss. They would like to improve on the fact quickly by getting comfortable wins in their next two games.
We already saw Argentina loosing their way after a shock loss to Croatia yesterday. The Selecao will need to be careful against the Central American side as they are a formidable side and did well in 2014 world cup.
While, Costa Rica know this is one of the biggest games of their lives and they will need to give their all if they even hope to snatch a point. Ticos are in desperate need of points after the defeat in first game against Serbia.
Brazil in their last ten 10 games against Costa Rica have won nine and lost just one.
Team news and possible line-ups
Costa Rica are likely to stick with the same playing XI as in the last game. Although they might be tempted to play Christian Bolanos who impressed as a substitute against Serbia.
As for Brazil, Neymar and Fred are doubtful for the weekend game but other than that they have a full squad to choose from.
Costa Rica XI : Navas, Acosta, Gonzalez, Duarte, Gamboa, Calvo, Borges, Guzman, Ruiz, Bolanos, Urena.
Brazil XI : Alisson, Danilo, Silva, Miranda, Marcelo, Paulinho, Casemro, R. Augusto, Willian, Coutinho, Jesus.
Prediction
I expect Brazil to do well in this game although Costa Rica will be hard to break. I think Brazil will win 2-0.
