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Croatia national football team
World Cup | Quarter-Finals
Dec 9, 2022 at 3pm UK
Education City Stadium
Brazil national football team
Croatia
1 - 1
Brazil
Petkovic (117')
Brozovic (31'), Petkovic (117')
FT
(aet)
Neymar (105+1')
Danilo (25'), Casemiro (68'), Marquinhos (77')
Croatia win 4-2 on penalties
The Match
Match Report
Croatia spectacularly overcome Brazil on penalties following a 1-1 draw to reach the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
Team News
Brazil left-back Alex Sandro is named on the substitutes' bench for Friday's 2022 World Cup quarter-final clash against Croatia at Education City Stadium.
Preview
Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup clash between Croatia and Brazil, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Predicted Lineups
Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Croatia could line up for Friday's 2022 World Cup quarter-final clash with Brazil.
More game data and we say below the videos

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
World Cup
Last Game: Japan 1-1 Croatia (1-3 pen.)
Monday, December 5 at 3pm in World Cup
All competitions
World Cup
Last Game: Brazil 4-1 South Korea
Monday, December 5 at 7pm in World Cup
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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brazil win with a probability of 50.2%. A draw had a probability of 26% and a win for Croatia had a probability of 23.76%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brazil win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.76%) and 1-2 (9.23%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.28%), while for a Croatia win it was 1-0 (8.18%).

Result
CroatiaDrawBrazil
23.76%26.04%50.2%
Both teams to score 47.53%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
44.27%55.73%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
23.13%76.87%
Croatia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
61.14%38.86%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.41%75.59%
Brazil Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
77.75%22.26%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
44.3%55.7%
Score Analysis
    Croatia 23.76%
    Brazil 50.19%
    Draw 26.04%
CroatiaDrawBrazil
1-0 @ 8.18%
2-1 @ 5.81%
2-0 @ 3.86%
3-1 @ 1.83%
3-2 @ 1.37%
3-0 @ 1.22%
Other @ 1.49%
Total : 23.76%
1-1 @ 12.28%
0-0 @ 8.65%
2-2 @ 4.36%
Other @ 0.75%
Total : 26.04%
0-1 @ 12.99%
0-2 @ 9.76%
1-2 @ 9.23%
0-3 @ 4.89%
1-3 @ 4.62%
2-3 @ 2.18%
0-4 @ 1.84%
1-4 @ 1.74%
Other @ 2.94%
Total : 50.19%

How you voted: Croatia vs Brazil

Croatia
19.4%
Brazil
80.6%
124
Head to Head
Jun 3, 2018 3pm
International Friendlies
Brazil
2-0
Croatia
Neymar (69'), Firmino (90')
Fernandinho (40')

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Croatia's Borna Sosa celebrates after the match on November 27, 2022
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Brazil's Alex Sandro pictured during training on December 6, 2022
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Croatia's Borna Sosa celebrates after the match on November 27, 2022
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Croatia players celebrate qualifying for the quarter-finals of the World Cup on December 5, 2022
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Brazil's Alex Sandro pictured during training on December 6, 2022
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