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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 Curaçao 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
25% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Croatia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
3/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
–/2
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Russia host Croatia — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Russia and Croatia are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 15' Luka Modric has been relatively quiet despite scoring 37 goals in his last 545 appearances.
  • 20' Ivan Perisic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 31' Denis Cheryshev is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 35' Dejan Lovren has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 35.
  • 38' Croatia receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 38.
  • 39' Magnificent from Andrej Kramaric! That is 122 goals in 407 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 44' The travelling Croatia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 49' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 54' It is a substitution in Russia team. Aleksandr Samedov is replaced by Aleksandr Erokhin on 54 minute.
  • 59' Croatia 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.
  • 63' The Croatia bench stirs into life. Ivan Perisic is withdrawn and Marcelo Brozovic gets his opportunity.
  • 67' Fresh legs for Russia! Fedor Smolov comes on to replace Denis Cheryshev.
  • 72' It looks like no one’s ball. Croatia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 74' The supporters are chanting for Josip Pivaric. He replaces Ivan Strinic on 74 minute.
  • 79' The supporters are chanting for Yury Gazinskiy. He replaces Artem Dzyuba on 79 minute.
  • 84' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 88' The whistle greets Andrej Kramaric as he departs to be replaced by Mateo Kovacic.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

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.