South Korean soccer fans celebrate their team's first goal by Lee as they watch a live TV broadcast of their 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match against Russia, in Seoul
South Korean soccer fans celebrate their team's first goal by Lee Keun-ho as they watch a live TV broadcast of their 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match against Russia, in Seoul June 18, 2014. Veteran Alexander Kerzhakov scored three minutes after coming on as a substitute to rescue a 1-1 draw for Russia in their World Cup Group H opener against South Korea on Tuesday. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Final Score

Korea Republic 2 Algeria 4

Overview

The thirty second match of the FIFA World Cup 2014 is going to be held between Korea Republic and Algeria. The Group H match should be interesting as Korea Republic will try to move closer to securing its spot in the "group of 16" by winning this match. Algeria, on the other hand, must not win this match. Otherwise, it will be the end for the North African team.

Teams

Korea Republic: Korea Republic made life difficult for the Russian team which started the match as the favourite. The Asian team showed its stamina and skill as it settled for a 1-1 draw against its European opposition. Coach Hong Myung-bo believes that things can go only better for his team. Lee Keun-ho scored in the match. Hong said that his players had given their best in the Russia match, both physically and tactically. Korea needs to perform at its best again to have a chance to win against Algeria and move a bit closer to the "group of 16."

Algeria: Algeria is one of the "outsiders" in the world cup. However, it showed in its match against Belgium that it could give competition to even the very best teams. Sofiane Feghouli scored in the first match from a penalty and maintained the lead for until the 70th minute. A loss in this match will mean the end of the road for Algeria.

Head to Head

These two teams played only once against each other before. Korea Republic scored 2 goals and conceded none to win the match.

Key Players

Korea Republic: Lee Keun-ho and Kim Bo-Kyung

Algeria: Sofiane Feghouli and Saphir Taider

Date, Time & Venue

Brazil's time zone is UTC/GMT -3. The match starts at 4 pm (local time) on June 22, which means it is 5 am on June 23 in New South Wales, Australia. The match will be held at Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre.

Prediction

Korea Republic will take its game to an even better height and win against Algeria 2-0.

Group Predictions

Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Group G & Group H

Reference: FIFA

Contact the writer: s.mukhopadhyay@ibtimes.com.au