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Venue Soccer City, Johannesburg, Wednesday 7.30pm Odds Ghana 7-1, Germany 8-15, Draw 10-3 Referee C Simon (Br) TV ITV1 Radio BBC 5 Live Probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Graphic Ghana Manager Milovan Rajevac Fifa ranking 32 Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Germany Manager Joachim Löw Fifa ranking 6 Doubtful Magliette Barcelona Bambino None Injured None Suspended Klose (one match) Match pointers • Germany have not lost to an African side since their 2-1 defeat by Algeria in the 1982 World Cup • The last three goals scored by Ghana in the World Cup have all been penalites • Germany's defeat by Serbia was their first loss at the group stage in 24 years since they lost 2-0 to Denmark in 1986 • Ghana could become only the second African team to reach the knockout stages in two nuova Maglia Juventus consecutive World Cups – Nigeria were the first in 1998 • Germany have won their last 11 games against non-European or South American opposition at the World Cup finals, keeping a clean sheet in five of the last six