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Croatia vs Senegal Prediction & Betting tips
Less than a week before the start of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, numerous national teams are playing their last friendly matches. On Friday evening, two World Cup participants meet each other. In the stadium “Gradski Vrt” from Osijek there is a game between Croatia and Senegal. Both teams could not necessarily bring in the last internationals in World Cup form. Who can make their way to Russia with a sense of achievement?
Croatia:
With six wins, two draws and two defeats, the Croatian national team had missed in the World Cup qualifying Group I the direct ticket to Russia. Due to defeats in Iceland and in Turkey were missing in the end two points to the group winners Iceland. Zlatko Dalić’s team had scored 15 goals and scored four goals in ten games. So had the “checkers” in the play-offs and met there on Greece. The first leg won the Croats at home with 4: 1 and then could afford a 0-0 in the second leg. Croatia will face Argentina, Iceland and Nigeria at Group D World Cup. For the men from the Balkans it is the fifth participation in a World Cup. In the last World Cup, the nation failed in the group stage to hosts Brazil and Mexico. Coach Niko Kovac had to go after that.
The greatest success of the story comes from the 1998 World Cup: In Croatia Croatia was third and Davor Suker World Cup top scorer. The current squad focuses on stars like Luka Modric, Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Rakitic, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Lovren and Andrej Kramaric. The achievements of the Croats in recent months have been very changeable. In 9 of the 13 internationals alternated with the “checkers” always victory and defeat. So they won six of the youngest 13 games, but also lost five matches. In the last three internationals, there have been two defeats, against Peru and Brazil, as well as a win over Mexico. A tip on Croatia is not so easy.
Senegal:
In the World Cup qualification of the African Federation, the Senegalese national team reached by a 5-2 in Madagascar the group stage. In the group D, the “Lions of Teranga” then secured the World Cup ticket as a table first. There were four wins and two draws in six games against Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and South Africa. The goal difference was 10: 3. Senegal meets Poland, Colombia and Japan at Group H World Cup. For Senegal it is the second participation in a World Cup finals. At the 2002 World Cup, the West African had reached the first time a final round and had come to the quarter-finals. There they were eliminated with 0: 1 after Golden Goal against Turkey. Previously, the debutant had duped in the opening game defending champion France 1-0.
The most important players in the team of coach Aliou Cissé are the future Schalke Salif Sane, Sadio Mane of Liverpool FC or Mame Diouf of Stoke City. After all, the Senegalese lions have been without defeat for eight matches. During this period, there were three wins and five draws. However, the success was secured against teams such as South Africa or the Cape Verde Islands. It was not enough to draw against nations like Burkina Faso, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Luxembourg. Senegal does not seem to have found the perfect World Cup form.