The bottom two sides in Group C - Japan and Greece - meet on Thursday night in Natal in what will be viewed as a must-win game for both.

Japan surrendered a one-goal lead against the Ivory Coast in their opening game, while Greece were beaten 3-0 by Colombia.

Neither manager has any need to make changes, but both might want to tinker with their lineups as they go in search of a win.

For the Greeks, Fulham striker Kostas Mitroglou will be hoping to earn a start after his competitors in attack failed to find the net in the first game.

The last two times these sides met was nine years ago in the Confederations Cup, when Japan came out on top 1-0.

Recent form

Japan: LWWWWW

Greece: LWDDLD

Possible starting lineups

Japan: Kawashima; Uchida, Yoshida, Morishige, Nagatomo; Hasebe, Yamaguchi; Okazaki, Honda, Kagawa; Osako

Greece: Karnezis; Maniatis, Manolas, Samaras, Kone, Salpingidis, Torosidis, Gekas, Sokratis, Cholevas, Katsouranis

Sports Mole says: 1-0

Written by
Pascal Lemesre

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