Sowetan

SPOTLIGHT

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M1 Sweden v South Korea: The last two meetings between the two countries both ended in draws but that was some 13 years ago.

M2 Belgium v Panama: Belgium have had a solid warm-up and not lost in any of 18 previous internatio­nals. By contrast, Panama have won once in their previous seven outings.

M3 GAIS Goteborg v Degerfors: GAIS have won four of their previous six home games against Degerfors with one draw and one defeat.

M4 Umea FC v Team Thoren: Umea have drawn four of their past five outings. Team Thoren have lost only twice in their past five away fixtures.

M5 Tunisia v England: Tunisia and England met in the 1998 World Cup in which the English won 2-0. Tunisia lost to Spain at the weekend in their last World Cup warm-up, while England signed off their preparatio­ns with a home success over Costa Rica.

M6 Remo v Acreano: Remo are on run of four successive defeats. Atletico Acreano sit at the head of the Serie C standings in Brazil with a three-point advantage over their closest challenger.

M7 Independie­nte del Valle v Deportivo Cuenca: Struggling Independie­nte beat Deportivo in their last head-tohead meeting in March, but before that had lost three in a row against them.

M8 Santa Cruz v Nautico: This is the third meeting this year between the two sides from Recife, whose previous two clashes in 2018 have ended in stalemates.

M9 Columbia v Japan: Colombia’s last two World Cup warm-up games both ended in goalless draws. Japan have lost four of their previous five outings.

M10 Poland v Senegal: Both countries went into their last round of Word Cup warm-up matches with just a single victory from their past five internatio­nals.

GLEESON’S SOCCER 10 PERM

R12 permutatio­n for Mon 18 June V3: M1 = 1 x M2 = 1 x M3 = 1 x M4 = 1 x M5 = 3 x M6 = 3 x M7 = 1,2,3 x M8 = 1,2 x M9 = 1 x M10 = 1.

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