But Eriksson added that the striker's inclusion in the starting lineup would not be confirmed until final consultations with doctors and Drogba overnight.
"We will decide tomorrow but I think he will be ready to play 90 minutes," he told a news conference at Soccer City on Saturday.
"He has been practising well in the last days and I think he can play. I will speak to him and the doctors and then take a decision."
"We know Drogba is a world class player. Everyone has a lot of respect for him. However, we did play well against Portugal without Drogba for more than an hour," Eriksson said, seeking at that point to turn the attention away from his captain.
"I was expecting this question earlier in the press conference," he joked, before batting away the issue.
"I don't have any comment on England, my head is full of Ivory Coast. I would not want other managers to talk about the Ivory Coast either."
"I have never had such a smiling, happy football team in my career," he said.
"A draw with Brazil is always a good result but a fantastic result would be to beat them. But we are not going to think about a draw, we will try to win," the Swede said.
