CRO vs BRA: Match Preview, Analysis And Kickoff Time
The 2022 World Cup is set to advance to the quarterfinals after an exciting round of 16 matches, and among the teams battling it out in the last eight are Croatia, finalists in the 2018 World Cup, and Brazil, five-time World Cup winners. To reach this stage, both countries defeated Asian opponents; Croatia defeated Japan while Brazil easily defeated South Korea.
Croatia is one of four teams at this stage that have not lost in their four matches in this competition. They had to go all the way to extra time and a penalty shootout to beat Japan and advance to the quarterfinals. They came back from a goal down to tie the game after 90 minutes and extra time, and they went on to win the shootout against the Japanese.
Croatia is unbeaten in this competition, but they have only one win inside 90 minutes, a 4-1 victory over Canada.
While Croatia seeks its third appearance in a World Cup semi-final, Brazil seeks its ninth appearance in the tournament’s history. Brazil has three wins and two clean sheets in four matches in this competition but has only scored more than one goal in two of those four.
KICKOFF TIME: Croatia versus Brazil match will go down today at 4PM Nigerian time.
