World Cup Prediction Croatia – Nigeria
Croatia – Nigeria is the match that today closes the third day of the World Cup elimination phase, scheduled for 21 hours at the Baltika Arena in Kaliningrad.
The two national teams, together with Argentina and Iceland, are part of Group D and in today’s race there will probably be the second place behind the South Americans, favorites for the shift and a step forward for Iceland. According to experts, it will be an interesting and entertaining challenge between two teams that play good football and are rich in many talents.
Also for this race it is a “first time” because, Croatia and Nigeria, they never clashed in an official match.
Croatia is one of the formations really difficult to decipher, full of players who, taken one by one, are the best that European football can offer, but that have never been able to achieve results of a certain level (remember only the third place at the world of ’98 in France). It should be noted that Croatia obtained the pass to Russia only after winning the play-off against Greece as, in the elimination round, he had finished second.
There are many talents as mentioned that Croatia can put on display, but we focus on Luka Modric, now thirty-two Real Madrid midfielder, a player who when in the day is able to move the balance and especially equipped with a tactical sense, probably unique in its role.
Probable Training
Subasic; Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic; Brozovic, Rakitic; Rebic, Modric, Perisic; Mandzukic.
Nigeria presents itself at this edition of the world without great pretensions, has conquered the qualification not without difficulty but above all has practically lost all the races of preparation for the event (except for the victory, in March, against Poland). Compared to past editions, the Yusuf technician can count on a less technical team but certainly more experienced and with great physical strength (especially in midfield).
Among the players who will be under observation, we mention the 27-year-old Chelsea midfielder Victor Moses, with both good feet and excellent physical strength: he could be the extra man for Nigeria.
Probable Training
Uzoho; Echiejile, Balogun, Troost-Ekong, Idowu; Onazi, Ndidi; Iwobi, Mikel, Moses; Ighalo.
Prediction Croatia – Nigeria
Croatia is now a mature team ready to really do a world championship of the highest level. Nigeria will not be the team that can put it in difficulty.
Prediction Today: 1 + 1-4 goal
Odds: 1.80
Prediction of the Day: 1-3 goal
Odds: 1.35