It’s a shame that the match in Johannesburg might be spoilt by suspensions. While Kaka is back for Brazil after that red card against the Ivory Coast, Chile will have to cope without Gary Medel, Waldo Ponce and Marco Estrada, whose foul play against Spain causes them to miss one of the biggest games in the country’s history.

While manager Marcelo Bielsa will still encourage his team to line up offensively for the match and hope to take the game to the Brazilians as they did against Spain on Friday, this was a tactic that helped Dunga’s team achieve 4-2 and 3-0 wins over the same opponents in qualifying.

A safety first approach from the Samba Kings is not true to the style of their predecessors, although modern day football calls for pragmatism and that’s why Felipe Melo and Gilberto Silva station themselves in front of the defence and allow the more creative players to weave some magic. Robinho could help to do that after sitting out the match against Portugal.

PREDICTION: BRAZIL -1 @ 2.08 with LADBROKES