Japan vs Croatia Football Live Score 5 Dec 2022

H2H Japan vs Croatia Highlights FIFA World Cup Match 5 Dec 2022

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Japan will take on Croatia in an exciting round of 16 fixture at the 2022 World Cup on Monday at Al Janoub Stadium.

The Samurai Blues started their campaign with a 2-1 win over four-time champions Germany but then lost to Costa Rica in their second match. On the final matchday in Group E, the Asian side came from behind to beat Spain 2-1 and secure the top spot in the group.

Meanwhile, Croatia finished their group stage in second spot, with the impressive Morocco claiming first place. Luka Modric and Co. only won against Canada but bettered the scoring tally of Belgium to get into the last 16.

Team news

Japan’s tournament has heavily relied on super subs, and they will be able to utilise a full squad again as they have no injury concerns.

Meanwhile, Croatia have relied more on their consistent starting XI, but they will be very happy as they also have a fully fit squad ahead of this huge match.

Predicted Japan XI: Gonda; Tomiyasu, Yoshida, H Ito; J Ito, Endo, Tanaka, Nagatomo; Doan, Asano, Kamada

Predicted Croatia XI: Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Kramaric, Livaja, Perisic

Prediction

Josko Gvardiol of Croatia during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group F match between Croatia and Belgium at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on December 01, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.

We are very excited about this game as both sides have been leaking goals as well as scoring them, and with this in mind, we believe there could be a fair few goals. Croatia has a stronger starting XI, but we believe Japan will be able to keep up their momentum and win on the day.

Prediction: Japan 2-1 Croatia

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