Thursday , 2 July 2026

Russia vs Croatia, Worldcup 2018 QUARTER FINALS

FIFA World Cup · 2018
Russia
2 – 2
3 – 4 pen
Full Time
Croatia
Sat 7 Jul 2018 · 18:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 35' Dejan Lovren
Y 38' Ivan Strinic
Y 101' Domagoj Vida
Yurii Gazinskii 109' Y
Y 114' Josip Pivaric

Overview

Match Preview

Russia vs Croatia — Worldcup .

  • Russia 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
  • Croatia 3 games · 6 pts (2026/26)

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
15 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 10.3 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
2
Russia 3 games · Avg 3.3 goals Croatia
Last 5 meetings
2018-07-07 Russia 2–2 Croatia 2018-02-17 Russia 2–0 Croatia 2017-10-28 Croatia 2–2 Russia

Recent Form

Russia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Jul Croatia H 2–2 D
01 Jul Spain A 1–1 D
25 Jun Uruguay A 0–3 L
19 Jun Egypt H 3–1 W
14 Jun Saudi Arabia H 5–0 W
05 May Blyth Town FC H 1–1 D
Croatia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Jul Russia A 2–2 D
01 Jul Denmark H 1–1 D
26 Jun Iceland A 2–1 W
21 Jun Argentina A 3–0 W
16 Jun Nigeria H 2–0 W
05 May Belgium A 0–3 L

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Croatia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
3/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/1
76+
1/1
■ 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.

Lineups

Russia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Stanislav Cherchesov

Croatia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Zlatko Dalić

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.71 Russia xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.28 Croatia xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Russia46% Draw26% Croatia28%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 2.99
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
Russia34% Draw44% Croatia22%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.9%
2 – 1
9%
1 – 0
7.8%
2 – 0
7.2%
1 – 2
6.8%
0 – 0
6.7%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 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.