Croatia and Brazil will meet in the quarter-finals of the World Cup Qatar. Croatia advanced to this stage after a better performance of penalty kicks against Japan. Brazil beat South Korea 4:1 in the round of 16, and they were pretty confident in that game.
December 9th, 2022 – 20:00
Croatia vs Brazil Betting Tips & Predictions
Brazil to win HT-FT @ 2.05
Over 2.5 FT @ 1.85
Correct score 1:3 @13.00
Reason for Croatia vs Brazil Predictions
The European nation has only made it out of the group stage three times at the World Cup from six appearances since making its debut as an independent nation in 1998. However, on the two previous occasions they have advanced past the group, Croatia has made it to at least the semi-finals. In their first World Cup appearance, Croatia finished third while, of course, in 2018, they were losing finalists – beaten by France on both occasions. Those previous quarter-final appearances were built off of wins, but this year Croatia has been more about just not losing. In four games so far, Croatia has won just once in 90 minutes — beating Canada in the group stage — and drawn three times. On top of the two goalless draws with Morocco and Belgium, Croatia then came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw with Japan in the last 16 – before eventually going through on penalties. Nikola Vlasic is showing talent, he has excellent ball control, can play in multiple positions, and every team needs such a player. Ivan Perisic is a guy who causes a lot of problems for the opponent on the left side. He is fast and unstoppable in a one-on-one game.
Brazil is in the World Cup quarter-finals for the eighth-consecutive tournament, and of their previous seven appearances, they have made it to the semi-finals on four occasions. However, three of those came between 1994 and 2002, with the Selecao struggling to get past this hurdle in more recent tournaments. Since reaching the final in 2002, Brazil has been knocked out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage in three of the past four tournaments. The only exception was in 2014 when they made it to the semi-finals, but they won’t have fond memories of that due to a certain 7-1 defeat. Tite’s men were pre-tournament favorites for Qatar and still hold that crown as the numbers decrease, with just three games between them and a sixth World Cup title. In the last 16, Brazil had a potentially tricky tie against a South Korean side that had beaten Portugal in their final group game to seal passage to the knockouts, but they did light work with a 4-1 victory. Fred plays well in the middle of the park, and he does not allow the opponent much action. Neymar is a great player, he creates a lot of problems for his opponents, and the greatest virtue of this guy is speed.
Conclusion
Brazil is a big favorite in this match, and they are expected to solve the question of the winner at halftime.
The prediction for this match is over 2.5 goals. We hope that football fans will enjoy this match.