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Croatia vs Brazil 1st Quarter Final Match Preview

The first Quarter Final of the FIFA World Cup 2022, will be played Croatia vs Brazil on Friday 9 December 2022, at Education City Stadium. The winner of this match will move to the semi finals. 

Croatia vs Brazil

World Ranks:   Brazil 1                                              Croatia 12

Head-to Head: Brazil Won 2                                  Croatia Won 2                             Draw 0

Recent 5 Match Form: 

Croatia : W D W D W

Brazil : W L W W W

FIFA World Cup 2022 Matches:

Brazil: Beat Serbia 2-0, Beat Switzerland 1-0, Lost to Cameroon 1-0. In the Round of 16 Match Brazil Beat South Korea by 4-1, and entered Quarter Finals.

Croatia: Draw Morocco 0-0, Beat Canada 4-1, Draw Belgium 0-0. The Round of 16 Match Croatia vs Japan, was concluded as Draw by 1-1. Then in the penalty shoot out Croatia Beat Japan by 3-1.

Croatia vs Brazil Possible XI

Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa; Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic; Andrej Kramaric, Marko Livaja, Ivan Perisic.

Suspended: none

Misses next match if booked: Lovren, Modric, Kovacic, Barisic

Brazil: Alisson; Eder Militao, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Danilo; Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta, Neymar; Raphinha, Richarlison, Vinicius Junior. Suspended: none

Misses next match if booked: Militao, Fred, Bruno Guimaraes

Croatia vs Brazil Quick Facts

Croatia

Current FIFA world ranking: 12
World Cup titles: 0
World Cup appearances: 6
How they qualified: Qualified automatically from UEFA (1st place)
Coach: Zlatko Dalic
Key players: Luka Modric, Andrej Kramaric, Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol

Brazil 

Current FIFA world ranking: 1
World Cup titles: 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia: Quarter-finalists

Top scorer at Qatar 2022: Richarlison (3)
World Cup appearances: 22
How they qualified: Qualified automatically from CONMEBOL (1st place)
Coach: Tite
Key players: Neymar, Thiago Silva, Casemiro, Alisson Becker

Match Time: Friday 9 December 2022, at Education City Stadium

Croatia vs Brazil Where to Watch 

Brazil vs Croatia Match Prediction

Brazil is the most successful team in the FIFA World Cup. Brazil has played in every edition of the tournament. Brazil has won the world cup five times, the highest by any team in the world. Brazil has scored more goals 229 and has won higher matches 73, as compared to any other country in the world.

Brazil’s Record at the FIFA World Cup

Played 109

Won 73

Draws 18

Lost 18

GF 229

GA 105

Croatia vs Brazil Match Prediction

Croatia has drawn its match against much lower-ranked Japan in its Round of 16 Match. But due to the excellent stoppages by Goal Keeper Croatia through to the Quarter Final by winning in a Penalty Shoot Out. In the Group Stage also, Croatia has two drawn matches and One win over Canada.

Brazil is in good nick, beating South Korea 4-1. Brazil played well, in the Group Stage except the final match against Cameroon, where it has not played with full strength team.

Richarlison (3) Casemiro (1) Neymar (1) Lucas Paqueta (1) Vinicius Jr (1)

Shots per game: 17.5 Shots on target per game: 7.75 Goals per game: 1.75 Successful passes: 89.80 percent

Quarter-finals: Won 12, lost 5 Semi-finals: Won 7, lost 5 Finals: Won 5, lost 2

Based on the history, recent match form, and match form in this FIFA World Cup 2022, Brazil has higher chance of Winning.