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Croatia national football team
World Cup | Quarter-Finals
Dec 9, 2022 at 3pm UK
Education City Stadium
Brazil national football team

Croatia
1 - 1
Brazil

Petkovic (117')
Brozovic (31'), Petkovic (117')
FT
(aet)
Neymar (105+1')
Danilo (25'), Casemiro (68'), Marquinhos (77')
Croatia win 4-2 on penalties

The Match

Match Report

Croatia spectacularly overcome Brazil on penalties following a 1-1 draw to reach the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup.

Team News

Brazil left-back Alex Sandro is named on the substitutes' bench for Friday's 2022 World Cup quarter-final clash against Croatia at Education City Stadium.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup clash between Croatia and Brazil, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Brazil could line up for Friday's 2022 World Cup quarter-final clash with Croatia.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
World Cup
Last Game: Japan 1-1 Croatia (1-3 pen.)
Monday, December 5 at 3pm in World Cup
All competitions
World Cup
Last Game: Brazil 4-1 South Korea
Monday, December 5 at 7pm in World Cup

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brazil win with a probability of 50.2%. A draw had a probability of 26% and a win for Croatia had a probability of 23.76%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brazil win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.76%) and 1-2 (9.23%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.28%), while for a Croatia win it was 1-0 (8.18%).

Result
CroatiaDrawBrazil
23.76%26.04%50.2%
Both teams to score 47.53%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
44.27%55.73%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
23.13%76.87%
Croatia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
61.14%38.86%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.41%75.59%
Brazil Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
77.75%22.26%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
44.3%55.7%
Score Analysis
    Croatia 23.76%
    Brazil 50.19%
    Draw 26.04%
CroatiaDrawBrazil
1-0 @ 8.18%
2-1 @ 5.81%
2-0 @ 3.86%
3-1 @ 1.83%
3-2 @ 1.37%
3-0 @ 1.22%
Other @ 1.49%
Total : 23.76%
1-1 @ 12.28%
0-0 @ 8.65%
2-2 @ 4.36%
Other @ 0.75%
Total : 26.04%
0-1 @ 12.99%
0-2 @ 9.76%
1-2 @ 9.23%
0-3 @ 4.89%
1-3 @ 4.62%
2-3 @ 2.18%
0-4 @ 1.84%
1-4 @ 1.74%
Other @ 2.94%
Total : 50.19%

How you voted: Croatia vs Brazil

Croatia
19.4%
Brazil
80.6%
124
Head to Head
Jun 3, 2018 3pm
International Friendlies
Brazil
2-0
Croatia
Neymar (69'), Firmino (90')
Fernandinho (40')

Kramaric (13'), Perisic (38'), Rakitic (78')
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