To start with Ghana have no Muntari so that's got to count in my favour - he's a brainless foul machine! Portugal have a glimmer of hope but for me they just don't look like they have that aggression in them for this tournament. If they bring in William Carvalho as the holding midfielder instead of Veloso that counts in my favour as well.
Instinctively I would say that the Portugal game will have loads of fouls because Ghana are aggressive and will get desperate and the Russia game will see them have the majority of possession because they have this annoying habit of recycling possession among their defenders ad nauseam, but I can't find any stats in recent times to back up either. The fact that my instincts go against the stats is a perfect reason to avoid the bets altogether, but after taking out £500 and having £150 left over I just couldn't resist...
Belgium to have under 53.5% possession is another one I think will happen but can't really back up with stats. South Korea are a good possession side and I can see Belgium finally getting an early goal and taking Korea apart on the counter while they pass the ball around aimlessly.
