World Football Predictions: Lithuania vs. Spain and England vs. Ghana

Lithuania vs Spain

Spain will be travelling to Eastern Europe in order to protect their 100 percent record in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign so far.

Spain managed to put behind their recent disappointments in the friendlies to win convincingly against the Czech Republic on Saturday.

The match against Lithuania represents the ideal opportunity to clinch the group for Spain at an early stage itself.

Spain currently enjoy a six-point advantage over second placed Czech Republic in the Group I standings and should the results go in favour of them, it could see them finish off the competition in this early stage.

Lithuania, however, will not be too concerned about the form of Spain given that they have an excellent opportunity to close the gap on the Czech Republic.

In fact, they can overtake the Czech Republic with a victory, which will be providing great motivation for the team. However, they will also be aware of the fact that Scotland are level on points with them.

Vicente del Bosque will be able to name a full strength squad for the match, but it remains to be seen if he will include Fernando Torres from the start. David Villa is the man to watch.

England vs Ghana

England will be missing a number of stars for their friendly against Ghana, which has meant that Gareth Barry will be leading England for the first time from the start.

Fabio Capello has released stars like John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole back to their clubs.

This, along with the huge injury list that includes Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard means that 30-year-old Gareth Barry is the only suitable option for captaining the country against Ghana on Wembley.

This represents a perfect opportunity to try out some new players for Capello and it could see the likes of Andy Carroll and Phil Jagielka start for England.

Andy Carroll was not deemed to be fit enough to start against Wales, but he will be put in the limelight to show his capabilities that obviously resulted in the record £35 million move to Liverpool.

World Cup quarter-finalists, Ghana, will be having the likes of Asamoah Gyan and Sulley Muntari to provide the attacking threat, which could trouble this new look England team.

Capello has already stated that he will be totally changing the team and it could see new coach Goran Stevanovic claim a famous victory over England.

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