Russia – Croatia Prediction & Picks (07.07.2018)

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Russia and Croatia meet, in a match for this phase of the World Cup (Quarter-finals). There is only a record of 1 direct match in the last 3 years between these two teams, on 17-11-2015, which ended with the victory of Croatia by (1-3).

Russia:

The team reaches this phase of the World Cup (Quarter-finals) after a victory by (3-4), in the shoot-off on penalties, with Spain. Russia won 3 and lost 1 of its last 4 matches for the World Cup. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 3 of the last 4 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 games, they only got 1 comeback in the 9 games in which they suffered the first goal.

Russia leaves for these fully motivated quarterfinals, after beating Spain on penalties, after a 1-1 draw at the end of the extra time: the only goal of the team was scored by Dzyuba. In this way, the Russians reach this phase very motivated to go far in the World Cup played in their country. In this game against Croatia, coach Stanislav Cherchesov must act in 3-4-3, a system used in the last match, but with a more cautious strategy, since the opponent has great individual values. Aleksandr Golovin, player of CSKA Moscow, is the player with more capacity to shake the party of the Russian team, owning great speed and technical quality. For this game the coach can not count on Dzagoev.

Croatia:

The team reaches this phase of the World Cup (Quarter-finals) after a victory by (3-2), in the shoot-off on penalties, with Denmark. In the last 4 matches they played for the World Cup, Croatia won 4. Their attack has scored frequently, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they suffered the first goal 6 times, but got the comeback in 2. There is 1 period in the last 20 matches for all competitions: they suffered 7 of their 15 goals between the minutes (76′-90 ‘).

Like his opponent, Croatia needed a shoot-out on penalties to overcome Denmark in the last 16, after a 1-1 draw at the end of the extra time: the only goal of the team was scored by Mandzukic. In this game against Russia, the great host of the World Cup, coach Zlatko Dalic must again risk in the 4-3-3, favoring the maintenance of ball possession and organized attacks: Modric has done wonders when acts in the position of number 10. On the other hand, Mandzukic is one of the great highlights of Croatia, being a very powerful and effective player in the finalization. There are no absences of weight for this game.


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