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Portugal

Carlos Queiroz will have little option but to field his best combination against Bafana as he badly needs a morale-boosting win after their disappointing performance in the previous matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Danny who plays for Zenit St Petersburg, and Deco may be rested, but Quieroz could be tempted to field them in an attempt to get a morale boosting win. Jose Bosingwa is unavailable against South Africa.

Possible Starting XI: Eduardo, Carvalho, Duda, Alves, Rolando, Tiago, Pepe, Meireles, Maniche, Simao, Almeida.

South Africa

One would expect Bafana will change things around and Rowen Fernandez could get his chance in goal and Tshababala must surely be in with a shout of a place in the starting line up. A look at the striking options with Moriri and Mashego itching for a chance to show what they can do is another serious option.

Goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez may take over from Kaizer Chiefs’ Itumeleng Khune against Portugal. Midfielder Elrio van Heerden and Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy will not play tonight. There is also doubt surrounding Spanish-based central defender Nasief Morris, who picked up an injury at training last week and missed the Norway game on Saturday as a result.

Possible Starting XI: Fernandez, Booth, Gaxa, Masilela, Davids, Mokoena, Sibaya, Pienaar, Nkosi, Mashego, Parker.

Form Guide

Portugal

28 March: Portugal 0-0 Sweden
11 February: Portugal 1-0 Finland
19 November: Brazil 6-2 Portugal
15 October: Portugal 0-0 Albania
11 October: Sweden 0-0 Portugal

South Africa

28 March: South Africa 2-1 Norway
11 February: South Africa 0-2 Chile
27 January: South Africa 1-0 Zambia
19 November: South Africa 3-2 Cameroon
15 October: South Africa 2-1 Ghana

Prediction

South Africa are on a high after their 2-1 win against Norway, and they will be going all out to try and make it two out of two against Portugal.

My prediction: SOUTH AFRICA +1

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Peru
Peru find themselves rock-bottom of the South American World Cup qualifying group, and will need to claim the three points against Chile in order to remain with an outside chance of qualification. Jose ‘Chemo’ del Solar will be unable to count with the services of Hamburg striker Paulo Guerrero, who is suspended.

Chile
Chile are currently in an automatic qualifying position and have the chance to consolidate when they visit bottom side Peru, who have won just once in their 10 group matches.

Prediction
I expect this could be tight and will go for a draw.

My prediction: PERU +1/4

Netherlands

The Dutch will be strong favourites as they look to continue their early domination of the group by extending their 100% record. New trainer Bert van Marwijk has only won one friendly in four attempts, the last being a draw in Tunisia, so tonight’s game will be his biggest test so far.

Oranje are without Atletico Madrid defender John Heitinga, but Andre Ooijer has recovered from groin strain and is expected to play. Ryan Babel and Robin van Persie could start on the bench, depending on what the trainer decides is best.

Possible starting XI: Stekelenburg; Marcellis, Ooijer, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst; De Jong, Van Bommel; Kuyt, Van der Vaart, Robben; Huntelaar.

Scotland

Scotland were desperately unlucky not to qualify for Euro 2008 and are capable of raising their game against the big names. They will certainly need to on Saturday as the race for 2nd place in the group will remain wide open for some time.

The Scots were already without James McFadden, Shaun Maloney and Barry Robson. Now, Stephen McManus, Paul Hartley, David Weir, Kirk Broadfoot and Kris Commons have joined them, while Alan Hutton won’t be risked after a long lay-off.

Rangers’ Allan McGregor will start in goal instead of regular goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who’s struggling at Sunderland. Christophe Berra is likely to make his first start at centre-back, with full-back Steven Whittaker, also tipped to feature.

The midfield remains relatively strong. Skipper Barry Ferguson is likely to be joined by Scott Brown and Darren Fletcher as the Scots try to win their battles in the key area. Cardiff City’s Ross McCormack is a gamble which many are tipping Burley to take.

Possible Starting XI: McGregor; Whittaker, Caldwell, Berra, Naysmith; McCormack, Ferguson, Brown, Fletcher, Morrison; Miller.

Form Guide

Netherlands

Feb 11 Tunisia 1 – 1 Netherlands Friendly
Nov 19 Netherlands 3 – 1 Sweden Friendly
Oct 15 Norway 0 – 1 Netherlands WCQ
Oct 11 Netherlands 2 – 0 Iceland WCQ
Sep 10 Macedonia FYR 1 – 2 Netherlands WCQ

Scotland

Nov 19 Scotland 0 – 1 Argentina Friendly
Oct 11 Scotland 0 – 0 Norway WCQ
Sep 10 Iceland 1 – 2 Scotland WCQ
Sep 06 Macedonia FYR 1 – 0 Scotland WCQ
Aug 20 Scotland 0 – 0 Northern Ireland Friendly

Prediction

The Dutch obviously have a better players. In the last 8 matches between Netherlands and Scotland, only twice had the Dutch gone on to win by 2 goals or more.

My prediction: SCOTLAND +1 1/2

Montenegro

Montenegro managed two draws and a defeat, to sit in fourth position in Group 8. They will need to attain at least a result from this contest against the world champions to ensure that they give themselves half a chance of qualifying for next year’s World Cup.

First-choice central defenders Jovan Tanasijevic and Radoslav Batak will come back into the side. Roma striker Mirko Vucinic is suspended. Fiorentina frontman Stevan Jovetic hopefull can use all his experience picked up in the Italian Serie A to plot the downfall of the Italians. Rapid Bucharest’s Vladimir Bozovic, Sporting Lisbon’s Simon Vukcevic and Rapid Vienna’s Branko Boskovic will all be influential figures in midfield.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Vukasin Poleksic (Debrecen), Mladen Bozovic (Partizan Belgrade)

Defenders: Savo Pavicevic (Energie Cottbus), Miodrag Dzudovic (Spartak Nalchik), Jovan Tanasijevic (Dynamo Moscow), Radoslav Batak (Anakaraspor), Dejan Ognjanovic (LKS Lodz), Marko Basa (Lokomotiv Moscow), Luka Pejovic (Mogren Budva), Elsad Zverotic (Luzerne)

Midfielders: Vladimir Bozovic (Rapid Bucharest), Mitar Novakovic (Amkar Perm), Milorad Pekovic (Meinz), Nikola Drincic (Amkar), Branko Boskovic (Rapid Vienna), Ivan Delic (Buducnost Podgorica), Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon)

Forwards: Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina), Mirko Vucinic (AS Roma), Nikola Vujovic (Partizan Belgrade), Radomir Djalovic (Rapid Bucharest), Fatos Beciraj (Buducnost Podgorica)

Possible Starting XI: Poleksic; Basa, Tanasijevic, Batak, Pejovic; Vukcevic, Boskovic, Bozovic, Drincic; Jovetic, Djalovic.

Italy

Italy will bid to go one better than the 0-0 draw their rivals Ireland achieved on their visit to Montenegro. The Italians needed a last minute goal to win in Cyprus and struggled to a 2-1 home win over Saturday’s opponents so it may not be as straight forward as the betting suggests. The Azzurri have played four qualifiers thus far in Group 8, which they currently top with 10 points recorded. Having said this though, goal difference is all that separates them from the second-placed Ireland, who they will face next week. Three points against the Montenegrins will be absolutely crucial to their cause of topping this group.

The likes of Gennaro Gattuso, Simone Perrotta, Luca Toni and Alberto Gilardino are all struggling with injury, whilst Del Piero and Cassano were snubbed by Lippi yet again. With a lack of experience up front for the Azzurri, it will be interesting to see who lines up in attack, as Vincenzo Iaquinta looks to be the frontrunner at present to head the frontline.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray)

Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyon), Marco Motta (Roma), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan)

Midfielders: Matteo Brighi (Roma), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Pasquale Foggia (Lazio), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (Milan)

Forwards: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal)

Possible Starting XI: Buffon; Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso; De Rossi, Pirlo, Palombo; Di Natale, Quagliarella; Iaquinta.

Form Guide

Montenegro
November 19 v Macedonia (H)     WON 2-1
October 15 v Italy (A)                 LOST 1-2
September 10 v Ireland (H)          DREW 0-0
September 6 v Bulgaria (H)          DREW 2-2
August 20 v Hungary (A)             DREW 3-3

Italy
February 10 v Brazil (N)              LOST 0-2
November 19 v Greece (A)          DREW 1-1
October 15 v Montenegro (H)      WON 2-1
October 11 v Bulgaria (A)            DREW 0-0
September 10 v Georgia (H)         WON 2-0

Prediction

Obviously the Italians are without several key players for the qualifier; however, they are the reigning world champions, meaning that they should be able to edge out strong competition from the new boys of world football.

My prediction:ITALY -3/4

Spain

The European Champions have been foot perfect so far and have now won 18 of their last 19 games, the exception being in the European Championships when the drew with Italy, but won on penalties. Not since November 2006 have La Furia Roja been on the receiving end of defeat, meaning that they have gone a remarkable 29 games unbeaten.

Andres Iniesta is out of action due to injury, while Francesc Fabregas remains sidelined as well. Typically the Furia Roja operate with a four man defence, but what’s ahead of that is anyone’s guess: Marcos Senna could play in a holding role behind a four-man inventive force and a forward, or David Villa could partner Fernando Torres up front.

Probable Starting XI: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Marchena, Albiol, Capdevila; Marcos Senna; Cazorla, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Silva; Villa.

Turkey

The Turks look to be in a battle with Belgium and Bosnia for a play off spot and they will be kicking themselves for being held 0-0 in Estonia in their last qualifier. They can be a dangerous side on their day and though it’s almost impossible to oppose Spain in recent times, the Turks may make a decent game of it.

Servet Cetin is absent in central defence. Halil Altintop, Yildiray Basturk, Selcuk Sahin and Gokhan Zan are all out too.

Probable Starting XI: Demirel; Sarioglu, Kas, Emre Asik, Balta; Turan, Mehmet Aurelio, Akman, Tuncay Sanli; Senturk, Nihat.

Form Guide

Spain

11 Feb 09 England (H) WON 2-0 (Friendly)
19 Nov 08 Chile (H) WON 3-0 (Friendly)
15 Oct 08 Belgium (A) WON 2-1 (WCQ)
11 Oct 08 Estonia (A) WON 3-0 (WCQ)
10 Sep 08 Armenia (H) WON 4-0 (WCQ)

Turkey

11 Feb 09 Ivory Coast (H) DREW 1-1 (Friendly)
19 Nov 08 Austria (A) WON 4-2 (Friendly)
15 Oct 08 Estonia (A) DREW 0-0 (WCQ)
11 Oct 08 Bosnia (H) WON 2-1 (WCQ)
10 Sep 08 Belgium (H) DREW 1-1 (WCQ)

Prediction

Spain are favourites to overcome Turkey, but with key playmaker Andres Iniesta absent, anything can happen…

My prediction: SPAIN +1 1/4