Australia vs Germany FIFA World Cup 2010: Time and Live Score

Australia vs Germany match is the number 8^th match of FIFA 2010 World Cup Football. It is a match of Group D and in this group; these two teams are the strongest. Thus, it is the most important match for both the teams.

Time

The match will take place at 18:30 GMT on 13 June. According to local time, the match kicks off at 20:30. Football fans in Germany can watch the match from 20:30. In Australia, the match begins in Sydney and Melbourne time at 04:30 (Monday morning). In USA, the match starts in New York time at 14:30 and in California time at 11:30.

Live Score

To get the live score of the match visit the following link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/default.stm

Judging by the form and previous experience, Germany should be considered as the hot favorite to win this match. In the last one month, German national football team played 3 matches and won all of them comfortably. They defeated Malta 3-0, Hungary 3-0 and Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 in the warm up matches prior to the world cup.

On the other hand, Australia did not have such good time in the warm up matches. They just edged pass New Zealand 2-1, caused a massive upset by defeating Denmark 1-0 but lost to USA 1-3 just a week ago. Thus, Australia is not perhaps the favorite to win the match.

Speaking of hot favorites, there have been some upsets already. In the opening match, South Africa held on to Mexico. Uruguay caused even bigger upset by producing a 0-0 draw with mighty France. Just last night, USA could contain England with a 1-1 draw. So, it is very difficult to say whether Germany would win the match easily or there would be another upset.

The good thing for Germany is that they do not have any major injury worry. Of course, they would miss their former captain Michael Ballack and now, Philipp Lahm will have to guide the team. Almost all the players of German team are based in different clubs of Germany. So, they know each other very well and this should help them to make a good combination in the field.

There is no big injury worry for Australia either. The players are spread in different countries. Some of the players play in English Premier League and the fans are looking something especial from them. In fact, all their 3 goalkeepers play in EPL and Mark Schwarzer (Fulham) is still in superb form even at the age of 37.

What is our prediction? Most probably 1-1 draw or a win of 1-0 for Germany.