Ghana need a win over South Korea on Monday to give themselves a chance of reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup in Qatar, while defeat would see them exit the tournament after only two matches.
Here are five things you need to know.
Promising signs
The Black Stars may have lost their opener to Portugal, but there were lots of promising signs in the game and it was, on paper at least, their hardest match in the pool. But they will have targeted the game against South Korea as a much win with a fixture against their nemesis Uruguay to come in their final fixture on Friday.
First time
This will be Ghana’s first meeting with an Asian nation at the World Cup finals. They played Australia in 2010 (and drew 1-1), but while the Socceroos play in the Asian confederation, the country itself is not part of that continent and the style of football is very different. They have, however, played South Korea seven times in the past, edging the head-to-head 4-3. They last played as a warm-up for the 2014 World Cup, where Ghana won 4-0 as Andre Ayew scored a hattrick.
Mixed record
South Korea have a mixed record against African teams at the World Cup having met opposition from the continent on three occasions – beating Togo in 2006, drawing with Nigeria in 2010 and losing to Algeria in 2014.
Knockout challenges
Ghana famously came within an Asamoah Gyan penalty of reaching the World Cup semifinals in 2010, but are one of three African nations to have made the quarterfinals along with Cameroon (2010) and Senegal (2002). South Korea are the only Asian country to have reached the semifinals, when they were co-hosts in 2002.
Winless in five
Ghana are winless in their last five World Cup games since they beat the USA in extra-time in the Last 16 in 2010. They have two draws with Uruguay (1-1) and Germany (2-2) since then, and losses to the USA (1-2) and Portugal twice (1-2 & 2-3). In all they have won four of their 13 World Cup games (D3 L6).
Source: Mzansi Football