Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the last 16 showdown between Greece and Costa Rica in Recife. Kick off 9pm BST.

This is the first time that Greece have ever reached the knockout stage of the World Cup while Costa Rica have achieved the feat once before back in 1990.

Campbell wins the ball in Greece's half and surges towards goal. But the Arsenal man's pass is overcooked and Ruiz can't make anything of it on the far right of the area. A better ball would have seen him in on goal.

Gamboa motors forward on the right and gets the ball back off Ruiz before dragging a low effort well wide of the far post. Positive play from Ticos.

No prior history to suggest who might have an upper hand here as this is the first ever meeting between Costa Rica and Greece.

An early free kick on the right is whipped in by Karagounis. Costa Rica get it clear but only as far as Christodoulopoulos who flashes a shot over the top from distance.

Could the memory of 2004 inspire Greece?

KICK OFF! Costa Rica get us underway. Holland await...

STAT: Greece's seven wins at major tournaments have never been by more than one clear goal (four 1-0 victories and three 2-1 wins).

They are ready - are you? It's the tie no-one expected; Greece versus Costa Rica for a place in the quarter-finals.

A former Barcelona and Liverpool star is tipping an old teammate from his time in Greece to thrive today.

Will it be just like London buses for the Celtic man... STAT: Georgios Samaras' strike against Ivory Coast in Greece's final group game brought an end to a goalscoring drought of 1,478 minutes for his country.

The Greek players have been enjoying a lot of positive press in the last few days - and not all of it is down to their displays on the pitch.

Can the Costa Rica custodian maintain his imperious record?

STAT: Costa Rica conceded the equal fewest goals in the group stage along with Mexico and Belgium.

While we get ready for Costa Rica v Greece, why not have a read of our report on the side awaiting them in the last eight: Dutch break Mexican hearts with late double... Stats, ratings, MOTM and key moments.

Rio in photos...

Jorge Pinto: "We are really doing our job, we're writing history of football for our country. We came here with the tag of dark horses, and we've surprised the world. Since we came here we've trusted in ourselves, we have no ceiling for our performance. I can't tell you how far we're going to go, but we want to go as far as possible."

SPOTLIGHT: Player comparison.

Fernando Santos: "We showed against Ivory Coast how well we can defend but also how good we can be in attack. We created a lot of chances and we kept attacking until the end. Even when we conceded the 74th minute equaliser, we continued to attack."

Everton's Bryan Oviedo has tweeted his support for his countrymen. The Toffees full back missed the World Cup as a result of a broken leg suffered in an FA Cup tie with Stevenage back in January.

The winner of this one will face Holland in Salvador on July 5 after the Dutch needed late, late goals from Sneijder and Huntelaar (pen) to secure a 2-1 comeback victory against Mexico. Giovani dos Santos had given El Tri the lead early in the second period with a stunning 25-yard drive.