Argentina vs Croatia World Cup 2022 prediction
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The prediction for the match between the Argentina vs Croatia national team will be a match that has the opportunity to run fiercely, the two teams will certainly make every effort to advance to the final round.
This match is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 14 December 2022, starting at 02.00 WIB at the Lusail Stadium, Qatar, and can be watched live via SCTV, Indosiar, NEX Parabola, and live streaming Vidio.
The Argentina vs Croatia national team are the first 2 teams to hold tickets to the semifinals of the 2022 world cup.
Interestingly, they both got through to the top 4 via penalty kicks.
Argentina vs Croatia prediction
The strategy expert for the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, praised the combat power of his coaching team when they beat the Netherlands.
Although he also stated that the Albiceleste should not have played the match until penalties.
Even though their advantage was chased by the Netherlands, namely 2-2, the fact is that Argentina was still able to win on penalties with a score of 4-3.
"Argentina have a team spirit, because you know how to deal with every situation in the game," said Scaloni.
The focus of the Argentina national team is now on the semifinal duel against Kraosia. If Lionel Messi and colleagues are able to maintain their fighting mentality, it will not be possible for this to become a good capital to win the next match.
In terms of player material, Argentina has a line of promising ammunition. Apart from Messi, who has now scored 4 goals in the 2022 World Cup, there is still a superior player on the front lines, namely Julian Alvarez.
Argentina's rearguard is also occupied by a new generation who always appear disciplined, such as Lisandro Martinez and Cristian Romero.
Their good work even forced the Dutch national team to only release 6 shots throughout the match.
Argentina is required to maintain consistency when facing Croatia, the squad nicknamed Vatreni certainly cannot be taken lightly by the Albiceleste.
After the 2018 world cup, Croatia created many surprises by winning the runner-up position, this time they also proved that they could go far and take one step towards the final.
This achievement has made Croatia not just a dark horse team anymore.
In world cup 2022 since the knockout phase Croatia's performance has seen a marked improvement, they were able to beat the top Belgian team.
Then they were able to get up even though they were left behind when they faced Japan and Brazil in the knockout round. The Croatian player's mentality is also relatively strong when he has to face a penalty shoot-out duel.
The attention of the Croatian national team will now be more focused on facing Argentina, the Vatreni team also needs to take a special approach to watching Lionel Messi.
Even though he is 35 years old, La Pulga is still the key to the game for the Argentina national team.
“We know how much Messi runs, how much he likes to play with the ball at his feet, and the key to our defensive phase is discipline,” said Zlatko Dalic.
Estimated Composition of National Team Players Argentina vs Croatia
The Argentina national team is predicted to have a 4-3-3 formation in the 2022 world cup semifinals, although not all Albiceleste players will be available for the match.
Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel were the only two Argentine players who were absent due to suspension.
The same formation is also likely to be applied Croatian national team, as a center striker position, Vatreni can again entrust to Bruno Petkovic.
He successfully scored a goal to equalize against Brazil, and is expected to show a similar performance during the semifinal match.
Below is the predicted line-up of the two teams, as follows:
- Argentina (4-3-3): Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico; Enzo Fernandez, Rodrigo De Paul, Alexis Mac Allister; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez. Coach: Lionel Scaloni.
- Croatia (4-3-3): Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa; Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic; Mario Pasalic, Bruno Petkovic, Ivan Perisic. Coach: Zlatko Dalic
Key Statistics Argentina vs Croatia
Chelsea's versatile midfielder Mateo Kovacic is the only player with at least 10 tackles won and at least 5 chances created at the 2022 world cup.
Linonel Messi has created 16 chances at the 2022 world cup, the second most after Antoine Griezmann who has created 17 chances.
No one else on the entire field of play had more than 11 chances, and no one in Croatia had more than five.
Messi's contribution to six goals in this world cup is in second place after Kylian Mbappe, who has scored 7 goals.
Despite being one behind, Messi admits an expected 5.03 goals + assists expected to Mbappe 4.01.
Score prediction for Argentina vs Croatia
The Croatian national team cannot be underestimated, but Argentina also has Lionel Messi with extraordinary performance.
Argentina seems to have a better chance of reaching the final in the 2022 world cup.
Argentina threw away a two-goal advantage and had to fight to penalties against the Netherlands to qualify for the semifinals.
Meanwhile, Vatreni's side showed a long-lost spirit after trailing Brazil in extra time before scoring a stoppage-time equalizer.
The victory against Brazil made Croatia deserve to be called the king of penalty shootouts in the world cup.
Head to Head (H2H) Argentina vs Croatia
Since 1994, the Argentine and Croatian national teams have met 5 times, while 2 of them occurred in the 1998 and 2018 world cup matches.
If you look at the results of the duel between the two teams, then the two teams played a draw, they both won 2 wins and 1 draw match.
Results of the last 5 meetings between Argentina vs Croatia
- 22/06/18: Argentina vs Croatia 0 – 3
- 13/11/14: Argentina vs Croatia 2 – 1
- 02/03/06: Croatia vs Argentina 3 – 2
- 26/06/98: Argentina vs Croatia 1 – 0
- 04/06/94: Croatia vs Argentina 0 – 0
Argentina Last 5 Match Results
- 22/11/22: Argentina vs Saudi Arabia 1 – 2
- 27/11/22: Argentina vs Mexico 2 – 0
- 01/12/22: Poland vs Argentina 0 – 2
- 04/12/22: Argentina vs Australia 2 – 1
- 10/12/22: Netherlands vs Argentina 2 – 2 (penalties 3 – 4)
Croatia Last 5 Match Results
- 23/11/22: Morocco vs Croatia 0 – 0
- 27/11/22: Croatia vs Canada 4 – 1
- 01/12/22: Croatia vs Belgium 0 – 0
- 05/12/22: Japan vs Croatia 1 – 1 (penalty shootout 1 – 3)
- 09/12/22: Croatia vs Brazil 1 – 1 (penalty shootout 4 – 2)
Live Streaming Argentina vs Croatia on Vidio & SCTV
If there is no schedule change, the 2022 world cup semifinal match between the Argentina vs Croatia national team can be watched via live broadcasts on SCTV, Indosiar, NEX Parabola, as well as Vidio live streaming at 02.00 WIB.
To watch the 2022 world cup on Vidio, users can first subscribe to a subscription package.
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 package is available with 2 options, namely:
- 65,490 Rp. 65,490 30-day package for all cellphones and tablets
- 30 days package IDR 87,690 for all devices
- There is also a Diamond package (English league) and world cup IDR 631,590 for all devices.
Meanwhile, to watch via the NEX Parabola show, you can subscribe to a package for Rp. 749,000 with the world cup package early bird promo with a discount of Rp. 50,000.
Live Score Update World Cup 2022
Following live score update world cup 2022 the most updated that has been organized by the media collected from trusted sources:
Score Prediction and Line up Argentina vs Croatia
The following is the predicted score and line up for Argentina vs Croatia, namely:
Source: Field Star YouTube Channel
Conclusion
The prediction for the match between the Argentina vs Croatia national team will be a match that has the opportunity to run fiercely, the two teams will certainly make every effort to advance to the final round.
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