JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Greece play Nigeria in their second Group B match of the World Cup on Thursday. Where: Free State stadium, Bloemfontein Capacity: 45,000 When: Thursday June 17, 1600 local (1400 GMT) Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) World ranking: Greece 13 Nigeria 21 Teams: Likely formation, shirt numbers, age, caps, goals: Greece (4-3-3) Nigeria (4-4-2) 12-Alexandros Tzorvas 27-9-0 1-Vincent Enyeama 27-55-0 11-Loukas Vyntra 29-30-0 17-Chidi Odiah 26-27-1 2-Giourkas Seitaridis 29-70-1 6-Danny Shittu 29-28-0 15-Vassilis Torosidis 25-27-2 2-Joseph Yobo 29-68-3 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos 30-58-4 3-Taye Taiwo 25-43-4 3-Christos Patsatzoglou 31-44-1 11-Peter Odemwingie 28-50-8 10-Giorgos Karagounis 33-95-6 20-Dickson Etuhu 28-15-0 21-Kostas Katsouranis 30-70-8 15-Haruna Lukman 19-6-1 7-Giorgos Samaras 25-35-5 14-Sani Kaita 24-23-0 14-Dimitris Salpingidis 28-37-3 8-Yakubu Aiyegbeni 27-51-20 17-Fanis Gekas 30-48-20 18-Victor Obinna 23-33-9 Also available: 13-Michalis Sifakis 25-2-0 23-Dele Aiyegnugba 26-8-0 1-Kostas Chalkias 36-27-0 5-Rabiu Afolabi 30-15-0 8-Avraam Papadopoulos 26-15-0 16-Austin Ejide 26-19-0 19-Socratis Papastathopoulos 22-10-0 22-Dele Adelaye 21-5-0 4-Nikos Spyropoulos 26-19-0 21-Elderson Echiejile 22-12-0 6-Alexandros Tziolis 25-20-0 13-Yusuf Ayila 25-29-2 22-Stelios Malezas 25-0-0 4-Nwankwo Kanu 33-85-13 18-Sotiris Ninis 20-4-1 12-Kalu Uche 27-25-2 23-Sakis Prittas 31-0-0 7-John Utaka 28-44-5 20-Pantelis Kapetanos 27-4-0 9-Obafemi Martins 25-35-17 9-Angelos Haristeas 30-85-24 19-Chinedu Obasi 24-14-1 10-Brown Ideye 21-0-0 Trainer - Otto Rehhagel Lars Lagerback Injured - 5-Vangelis Moras 28-11-0 None Suspended - None None Changes: Imposing centre back Kyrgiakos looks set for a recall after his shock omission in Greece's 2-0 defeat to South Korea. Nigeria's Swedish coach Lagerback will have to decide whether to stick with Obasi on the left side of attack, after he caused problems for Argentina before tiring quickly. The experienced Odemwingie could be his other option. Forward Martins is also pushing for a starting place after impressing as a substitute in Nigeria's opener. Key stats: * Greece are looking for their first World Cup point, goal and win. In their first campaign in 1994 they conceded 10 and failed to score in the group stages. * All four of Nigeria's World Cup victories have come against European opposition -- Bulgaria and Greece in 1994 and Spain and Bulgaria in 1998. Previous meetings: 30.06.94 Boston Greece 0 Nigeria 2 13.11.99 Kirkis Greece 2 Nigeria 0 GROUP B STANDINGS: P W D L F A PTS South Korea 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Argentina 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Nigeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Greece 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Past results June 12 South Korea 2 Greece 0 Argentina 1 Nigeria 0 Next fixtures June 17 Argentina v South Korea, Soccer City 1130 GMT June 22 Nigeria v South Korea, Durban 1830 GMT Greece v Argentina, Polokwane 1830 GMT - - - - (Compiled by Tom Pilcher; Editing by Neil Maidment; To query or comment on this story email [email protected])
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