North Korea made Brazil look like a very ordinary team at Ellis Park on Tuesday, although that hasn’t stopped the bookies from making Dunga’s team strong favourites to land another maximum haul against the Elephants.

The south Americans boast an excellent defence, although the midfield pairing of Felipe Melo and Gilberto Silva are primarily responsible for protecting the defence rather than foraging forward and that puts extra emphasis on an out-of-form Kaka and Elano to help make things happen.

Ivory Coast defended like warriors against Portugal, with the opposition only coming close to scoring once when Cristiano Ronaldo hit a post early in the match. Aside from that, Kolo Toure and Didier Zokora marshalled the defence superbly and they will be encouraged by the way that the Koreans stayed solid in the first half.

Didier Drogba will be chomping at the bit to start the game and Sven-Goran Eriksson will surely risk his captain, despite a fractured arm in a protective covering. His ball retention and physical style will give his team breathing space and ensure there are few Brazilian goals.

PREDICTION: UNDER 2.5 GOALS @ 1.66 with bet365