FACTBOX-Cameroon v Brazil World Cup 2022: kick-off time, venue, stats and odds
* Brazil, unbeaten in qualifying for Qatar, have won the World Cup five times and are favourites to win a record-extending sixth title. * Brazil have played in every World Cup since 1930 but have not reached the final since they last won the title in 2002. Previous meetings: * The two sides have met six times, including twice at World Cups, with Brazil winning five.
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Cameroon plays Brazil in Group G of the World Cup in Lusail on Friday. When: Friday, Dec. 2, 2200, local (1900 GMT/1400 ET)
Where: Lusail Stadium, Lusail Capacity: 88,966
Odds: Cameroon win: 9/1
Brazil win: 9/2 Draw: 3/10
Key stats: * Brazil enter the contest having already qualified for the knockout stage with wins over Serbia and Switzerland.
* After a loss to the Swiss and a draw with Serbia, Cameroon needs a win over Brazil to have any chance of advancing to the last 16. * Cameroon have not qualified for the knockout phase since their quarter-final appearance in 1990 and are without a win at the finals since 2002, after missing out in 2018 and losing all of their group stage games in 2010 and 2014.
* Brazil will once again be without forward Neymar and right-back Danilo, both ruled out of the group stage by ankle injuries. * Brazil, unbeaten in qualifying for Qatar, has won the World Cup five times and are favorite to win a record-extending sixth title. * Brazil have played in every World Cup since 1930 but has not reached the final since they last won the title in 2002.
Previous meetings: * The two sides have met six times, including twice at World Cups, with Brazil winning five. Cameroon's lone victory came at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2003.
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