There are some tasty World Cup fixtures to look forward to on day nine of the tournament.
Brazil vs
Costa Rica will kick off proceedings in Group E at
1 pm before we turn our attention to the Group D clash between
Nigeria and
Iceland at
4 pm. An all-European Group E affair between
Serbia and
Switzerland will provide the evening kick-off at
7 pm.
Once again,
RTE 2 will be showing each game live.
ITV will be broadcasting the early kick-off between Brazil and Costa Rica from Saint Petersburg Stadium. Meanwhile,
BBC One will be showing both evening games. Their coverage starts at 3:30 pm for the build-up to Nigeria vs Iceland at the Volgograd Arena.
Punditry lineup
RTE 2 -
Darragh Maloney will begin the day with
Liam Brady,
Michael O’Neill and
Richie Sadlier in the studio with commentary by
Adrian Eames and
Jim Beglin for day nine's opener in Saint Petersburg.
Hugh Cahill and
Brian Kerr will provide commentary for the only Group D fixture of the day.
In the evening game,
Peter Collins will be joined by
Kevin Doyle and
Keith Andrews in the studio.
George Hamilton and
Ronnie Whelan will be in the commentary booth.
ITV - Mark Pougatch will present the early kick-off.
Martin O'Neill,
Roy Keane and
Patrice Evra.
Glenn Hoddle and
Clyde Tyldesley will be in the booth
BBC - Mark Chapman will lead proceedings in the 4 o'clock kick-off.
Jermaine Jenas,
Danny Murphy and
Didier Drogba will provide the analysis while the commentary team will be
Guy Mowbray and
Martin Keown.
Gary Lineker will be back in the studio for Switzerland vs Serbia. He will be joined by
Rio Ferdinand,
Frank Lampard and
Pablo Zabaleta. The commentators for the game will be
Simon Brotherton and
Kevin Kilbane.
Group standings (prior to kick-off)
Top goalscorers (prior to kick-off)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 4
Denis Cheryshev (Russia) 3
Diego Costa (Spain) 3
Artem Dzyuba (Russia) 2
Mile Jedinak (Australia) 2
Harry Kane (England) 2
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) 2
Luka Modric (Croatia) 2
