Croatia vs Brazil – Quarter-Finals : Team News & Prediction
Croatia vs Brazil – FIFA World Cup 2022 Quarter-Finals : News, lineups & prediction. On Friday afternoon, Croatia will face off against Brazil in a meeting between two teams that presented contrasting performances in an effort to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals.
By Oculus Network
Brazil’s second-round match against South Korea was finished as a contest after 12 minutes, finally clanging in four daring first-half goals, while Croatia laboured through 120 minutes and penalties to edge past Japan.
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Where are Croatia vs Brazil Playing?
Location : Doha, Qatar
Stadium : Education City Stadium
Date : Friday 9 December
Kick-off Time : 15:00 GMT / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT
Croatia vs Brazil H2H Results (All Time)
Croatia : 0 Win
Brazil : 3 Win
Draws : 1 Win
Current Form (Last Five Games)
Croatia : W D W D W
Brazil : W W W L W
Croatia Team News
In their matchup with Japan, Croatia missing two options at fullback. Josip Stanisic has yet to appear in Qatar, however due to a muscular issue, he was unable to sit on the bench for the round of 16 match.
The absence of Borna Sosa was more notable. The rampaging left-illness back’s cost Croatia a significant attacking force, and his future remains uncertain.
Croatia Starting 11(4-3-3) : Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Barisic; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Kramaric, Livaja, Perisic.
Bench : Grbic, Ivusic, Erlic, Vida, Sutalo, Sosa, Jakic, Sucic, Majer, Osric, Pasalic, Petkovic, Budimir, Vlasic.
Brazil Team News
Alex Telles and Gabriel Jesus have already been ruled from the next rounds of the competition.
Since the close victory over Switzerland, Alex Sandro has been dealing with hip pain, but clubmate Danilo is a capable replacement.
Brazil Starting 11(4-3-3) : Alisson; Militao, Marquinhos, Silva, Danilo; Paqueta, Casemiro, Neymar; Raphinha, Richarlison, Vinicius.
Bench : Weverton, Ederson, Bremer, Alves, Fabinho, Guimaraes, Fred, Everton, Martinelli, Antony, Rodrygo, Pedro.
Croatia vs Brazil Score prediction
The “terrifying” Brazil received high acclaim from Zlatko Dalic, who referred to Tite’s team as “the most potent and finest team in this World Cup.”
But he has a strategy. Replicate Switzerland. Switzerland opposed Brazil the best and had the finest tactics, according to Dalic. “We must follow the Swiss example.” Brazil may have prevailed in that match during the group round, but it took Casemiro 83 full minutes to finally shatter Switzerland’s will.
Although Croatia may possess superior ball control to their Swiss counterpart, Brazil stepped up their game against South Korea, combining to deadly effect with a frontline that once again features Neymar.
To say Croatia would falter would be a serious miscalculation of their evident grit.
Prediction : Croatia 0-2 Brazil
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