Tshepo’s picks

Joachim Loew and his Germany charges will be looking for a change of fortunes when they take on Saudi Arabi at the BayArena, Germany, in their final World Cup warmup match today.

The Germans have not enjoyed an impressive World Cup preparation, playing to a 1-1 draw with Spain, before losing 1-0 and 2-1 to Brazil and Austria respectively. However, going into this match, Loew’s side should be confident of a win against the Saudis, who they hammered 8-0 when they last met during the 2002 World Cup.

Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, will head into this tie having registered a 2-0 win over Greece, although losing 2-1 to Italy and 3-0 to Peru in their most recent friendlies.

Looking at both teams and their history, it is clear Germany will walk away with a victory here.

Iran v Lithuania. Victory for Iran. Iran win = 1 Switzerland v Japan. Japan to beat Switzerland. Japan win = 3 Germany v Saudi Arabia. Previewed above. Germany win = 1 Poland v Chile. Away win for Chile. Chile win = 3 Philadelphia Union v Toronto FC. Maximum points for Toronto. Toronto win =3 Avai v Coritiba. Coritiba victory.

Coritiba win = 3

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