Russia vs Croatia, Worldcup 2018 QUARTER FINALS
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
- Referee Emerson Augusto De Carvalho
- Referee Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse
- Referee Paolo Valeri
- Referee Massimiliano Irrati
- Referee Roberto Diaz
- Referee Sandro Ricci
- Referee Janny Sikazwe
- Referee Jerson dos Santos
13 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 1 3 2 South Korea 1 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Scotland 1 3 10 Morocco 1 1 11 Brazil 1 1 12 Haiti 1 0 13 United States 1 3 14 Australia 1 3 15 Turkey 1 0 16 Paraguay 1 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Croatia this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Croatia0-15–/116-30–/–31-452/146-60–/161-75–/–76+–/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Russia is hosting Croatia for another epic battle.
- 5' Denis Cheryshev needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' Russia is showing some good football. However, Russia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' Russia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 25' It’s high time Zlatko Dalić made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' Russia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 31' Denis Cheryshev puts Russia on the lead.
- 35' Dejan Lovren was booked on 35.
- 38' The referee calls foul for Ivan Strinic. He receives a Yellow card.
- 39' GOAL! Andrej Kramaric scores on 39. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic
- 44' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 44 minutes.
- 49' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 54' Russia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aleksandr Erokhin is hanging Aleksandr Samedov on the field on 54 minute.
- 59' It looks surprising Russia does not make any changes. Ilya Kutepov has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 63' Marcelo Brozovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ivan Perisic on 63 minute.
- 67' Another substitution for Russia to replace Denis Cheryshev by Fedor Smolov on 67 minute.
- 72' The travelling Croatia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 74' Croatia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Josip Pivaric is hanging Ivan Strinic on the field on 74 minute.
- 79' Yury Gazinskiy is replacing Artem Dzyuba for the Russia side.
- 84' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 88' The supporters are chanting for Mateo Kovacic. He replaces Andrej Kramaric on 88 minute.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Russia Lineups
Starting XI
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17
Aleksandr Golovin ↓ Alan Dzagoev 102'
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Denis Cheryshev ↓ Fedor Smolov 67'
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- 7
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22
Artem Dzyuba ↓ Yurii Gazinskii 79'
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Bench
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- 12
- 5
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Alan Dzagoev ↑ 102'
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21
Aleksandr Erokhin ↑ 54'
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Fedor Smolov ↑ 67'
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Yurii Gazinskii ↑ 79'
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Coach Stanislav CherchesovCroatia Lineups
Starting XI
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- 23
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Andrej Kramaric ↓ Mateo Kovacic 88'
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- 10
- 17
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Ivan Strinic ↓ Josip Pivaric 74'
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2
Sime Vrsaljko ↓ Vedran Corluka 97'
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4
Ivan Perisic ↓ Marcelo Brozovic 63'
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Bench
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Mateo Kovacic ↑ 88'
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- 13
- 14
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Marcelo Brozovic ↑ 63'
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Josip Pivaric ↑ 74'
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- 12
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Vedran Corluka ↑ 97'
Coach Zlatko Dalić -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Domagoj Vida 1 Denis Cheryshev 1 Mario Fernandes 1 Andrej Kramaric 1 Domagoj Vida 1 Denis Cheryshev 1 Mario Fernandes 1 Andrej Kramaric 1 Head to Head
Russia Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.71 Russia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.28 Croatia xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.99Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Russia or Draw 72%Draw or Croatia 54%Russia or Croatia 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.9%2 – 1 9%1 – 0 7.8%2 – 0 7.2%1 – 2 6.8%0 – 0 6.7%2 – 2 Actual0 – 1 5.6%3 – 1 5.2%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 0 4%3 – 2 3.4%Asian Handicap — Russia
Handicap Russia covers Push Croatia covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 14% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 21% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 16% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Russia keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Croatia keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.