Japan vs Croatia 05.12.2022

Japan have been one of the surprise packages of the ongoing FIFA World Cup and rightly so, with wins over European heavyweights Germany and Spain to book their place in the Round of 16 as group winners. The Asians had to do it the hard way coming from behind on both occasions to earn the victories. The Japanese will back themselves going into this fixture because of their form and record against their round of 16 opponents.

Although they did not record a win in four meetings against the Europeans, they only suffered a loss and on the evidence of their performance so far, Croatia will be doing themselves a favour not to underrate the Asians.

Croatia meanwhile finished second with 5 points behind Morocco after earning a draw against the Africans, a win over Canada, and a nerve-wracking 0-0 draw against the Red Devils of Belgium. They will go into the match as the less fancied side, but they have enough quality to stop the rampaging Japanese.

However, given the number of shocks and surprises at this World Cup, plus the fact that the Japanese defence has been breached in their three games, plus a knack for scoring, we will pitch our tent with both teams to score.

Main tip: Both Teams To Score (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Japan vs Croatia

Both teams have met 4 times:

• Croatia have 1 win, and 3 games were drawn
• These matches scored an average of 3.00 goals per match
• Their last game ended in a 0-0 draw

Latest results Japan

• 2 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses in their last 5 matches
• 5 goals were scored in their last 5 matches. Average of 1.00 goals per match
• They beat Spain 2-1 in their last match

Latest results Croatia

• 3 wins and 2 in their last 5 matches
• 7 goals were scored in their last 5 matches. Average 1.40 goals per match
• They drew 0-0 against Belgium in their last match

World Cup 2022 Group E Final Standings and Latest Results

Japan: rank 1st – 3 matches – 2 wins – 0 draws – 1 loss – 6 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-L-W-L-D

World Cup 2022 Group F Final Standings and Latest Results

Croatia: rank 2nd – 3 matches – 1 win – 2 draws – 0 loss – 5 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-W-D-W-W

Possible squad Japan

Japan: Gonda; Yagatomo, Yoshida, Yamane, Itakura; Tanaka, Tamada; Minamino, Mitoma, Doan; Asano

Out: None

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Possible squad Croatia

Croatia: Livakovic; Sosa, Gvardiol, Lovren, Juranovic; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Perisic, Kramaric, Orsic

Out: None

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Both Teams To Score

Bet365 offers competitive odds for the bet “Both Teams To Score”
The odd of 2.00 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 50% chance that both teams will score in this fixture.

Odds comparison for Both Teams To Score

Bet365 – odd 2.00
Betway – odd 1.98

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2) Bet on 1st Half Draw

• 3 of their last 5 meetings ended in draws
• Croatia drew 2 of their last 3 matches

Betking offers competitive odds for the bet “1st Half Draw”
The odd of 2.00 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 50% chance that the first half of the match will end in a draw.

Odds comparison for 1st Half Draw

Betking – odd 2.00
Betwinner – odd 2.00

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