Croatia vs Brazil Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Brazil came to this competition as favorites to win the title and that hasn’t changed a bit. They have been tipped to win all their matches so far, even though they lost one, and coming into this they are once again the favorites. Bookmakers are offering 1.38 for a Brazil win while Croatia are tipped to win at odds of 9.7, then a draw in this clash is priced at 5.4 .

Croatia is among the four teams at this stage without a loss in the four matches they’ve played in this competition. However, they had to go all the way to extra time and a penalty shootout to claim the win against Japan and a place in the quarter finals. They came from a goal down to end the 90 minutes and extra time at 1-1, where they would ultimately prevail in the shootout against the Japanese. While they are unbeaten in this competition, Croatia have managed just one win inside 90 minutes – a 4-1 win over Canada. They’ve kept two clean sheets in the four matches played and the win over Canada was the only time they scored more than a goal, with three of their four matches producing under 2.5 goals. Scoring has clearly not been their strongest point in this World Cup; they have failed to score in two of their four matches. In Croatia’s two matches that have had goals, they conceded first. This run is consistent with their performances in previous World Cup matches, where they conceded first in six of eight matches. Croatia may not have a profile as big as Brazil’s but one thing they bring here is that they are hard to beat. In their last 20 matches since elimination from Euro 2020 by the Czech Republic, they have suffered just one loss (to Austria), yet only three of the 20 games were friendly matches – against Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria and Slovenia. In seven of their last eight knockout matches, Croatia haven’t lost in normal time; during this run, their only loss inside 90 minutes in a knockout game was against France in the 2018 World Cup. In their last five matches ahead of this fixture they scored six goals, four of them coming in the second half. While Croatia are targeting a third appearance in a World Cup semi final, Brazil, are looking to appear in the semis for a ninth time in their history. Coming into this game, Brazil have three wins in the four matches played at this competition, with two clean sheets, but scored more than a goal in just two of the four. Three of their four matches in this competition have produced under 2.5 goals. The only game that has exceeded two goals was their most recent, a 4-1 win over Korea Republic, a game in which they scored all goals in the first half. This was also the only game they managed to score in the first half at Qatar 2022.