USA vs German

Both sides will secure a spot in the last 16 with a draw but a belligerent Jurgen Klinsmann insists his USA side can and will defeat his fatherland.

There were reports the game would be delayed due to some pretty heavy rain in Recife but FIFA confirmed that the match WILL go ahead.

Despite suggestions that a non-aggression pact, or Anschluss, would be in both teams' interests, the former Germany and Spurs superstar is keen to put to pasture claims that his impact while Germany manager was purely motivational, while his successor and now incumbent boss Joachim Löw was the tactical mastermind.

The Americans were denied certain qualification by a last-second Portuguese equaliser but will take huge confidence from their first two matches from which they claimed four points, and in particular from the electrifying performances of Clint Dempsey, Fabian Johnson and Jermaine Jones.

The Germans looked unstoppable in their opener against 10-man Portugal; a hat-trick from Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels' bullet header thrashing Paulo Bento's men 4-0.

They were humbled by Ghana, though, and had to come back to clinch a 2-2 draw through Miroslav Klose's record-equalling 15 World Cup goal.

The winners of the group will probably avoid Belgium so Joachim's men certainly won't be lying low for this one.