(CNN) -- Slovenia has beaten Algeria 1-0 in their Group C match at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
A strike from Slovenian captain Robert Koren in the 79th minute found the net after the Algerian goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi made a clumsy attempt at parrying the ball away.
The result puts Slovenia top of Group C with three points, ahead of England and the U.S. who shared a point on Saturday. Algeria are bottom.
Algeria were forced to play the last 20 minutes with ten men after substitute Abdelkader Ghezzal was sent off for a second bookable offence on 72 minutes.
Ghezzal, a striker, had replaced Rafik Djebbour after 59 minutes and almost immediately received his first booking for tugging on Slovenian defender Marco Suler's shirt.
