Prediction: Brazil - Croatia

On June 12, 2014, the hosting nation of the Uefa World Cup (Brazil) will take on their European adversaries of Croatia. The beautiful 'Arena de Sao Paolo' will be the setting of this clash of styles.

Brazil is known for its samba football, and Croatia will probably put a solid defense and a more kick & rush approach to counter that.

The other teams in Group A are Cameroon and Mexico, and analysts assume Brazil and Croatia should progress to the second round. A good result from either team in today's match should make that happen, as would probably a draw.

My prediction: Brazil 2 - Croatia 1

What do you think?