| The first two teams going through to the final four of | | | | gone 23-straight games without a loss while Brazil has |
| the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be decided on | | | | gone undefeated in their last 10 matches. Arjen |
| Friday with the Netherlands vs Brazil kicking off at | | | | Robben is in full form after returning from injury while |
| 10:00am EST (16:00) and Uruguay vs Ghana starting at | | | | Rafael van der Vaart is expected to make his return |
| 2:30pm EST (20:30). Brazil and Holland were | | | | for the Dutch squad on Friday after suffering leg |
| tournament soccer betting favorites in World Cup | | | | cramps earlier in the week. Kaka will step on the pitch |
| predictions at 9-2 and 10-1 respectively while Uruguay | | | | for Brazil already with a yellow card and would miss a |
| and Ghana opened as longshots at 125-1 and 66-1. | | | | semi-final match with another booking. |
| World Cup quarter-finals odds at online bookmakers | | | | Johannesburg will host a match-up of longshots in |
| have Brazil -120 vs the Netherlands +330 and Uruguay | | | | World Cup predictions with Uruguay vs Ghana taking |
| EV money betting favorites vs Ghana +285 for | | | | place at Soccer City Stadium to decide which country |
| Friday's games. Saturday will finish the quarter-final | | | | will have the pleasure of facing either Brazil or Uruguay |
| matches with Argentina vs Germany and Paraguay | | | | in the semi-finals. Not many expected either team to |
| vs Spain. | | | | make it this far in South Africa but bot squads now |
| Nelson Mandela Bay will host one of the most | | | | have the chance to play for history. Uruguay has not |
| anticipated matches of the tournament this far with | | | | reached the World Cup quarter-finals since 1970 while |
| Group G winner Brazil playing the Group E winner | | | | Ghana have never made it this far before and could |
| Holland. Friday's game will be the third time the two | | | | be the first African squad to ever make it into a |
| squads have played in the World Cup with | | | | semi-final match. |
| Seleção holding the 2-1 lead. The Oranje have | | | | |