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France vs Croatia Prediction & Betting tips
France and Croatia meet in Olimpiyskiy stadion Luzhniki, in a match for this phase of the World Cup (Final). There is no record of direct confrontations between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last match was played on 03-29-2011 and ended with the score: France (0-0) Croatia.
France:
Until reaching this phase of the World Cup (Final), the team eliminated: Belgium, Uruguay and Argentina. In the last 6 matches for the World Cup France have 5 wins and 1 draw.
For this competition, he does not lose 6 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 5 of the last 6 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 13 of its last 15 games, of these 13 came to rest in advantage in 10 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 11.
France leaves for this grand final after beating Belgium, winning 1-0: the only goal of the team was scored by Umtiti. We recall that the French eliminated Argentina and Uruguay in the previous qualifiers. In this final against Croatia, the French team finds an opponent with several individual values, but even so it is expected that coach Didier Deschamps privileges the maintenance of ball possession and organized attacks: Griezmann is the great organizer of the process offensive. In addition, the Atlético de Madrid striker exhibits enormous technical quality and ability to finish. However, it is important to note that the defensive line is the strongest point of the French team, as it suffered goals in 2 of the 6 matches played in this World Cup. In doubt for this game is Mendy, due to an injury.
Croatia:
The team reaches this phase of the World Cup (Final) after having played previous qualifiers with: England, Russia and Denmark. In the last 6 matches they played for the World Cup, Croatia won 6. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 6 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they suffered the first goal 7 times, but got the comeback in 4. There is 1 period in the last 20 matches for all competitions: they suffered 7 of their 17 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Croatia leaves for this motivated final, after having won in extra time to England, after a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90 ‘. It is important to remember that the Croats needed extra time and penalties in the previous rounds against Russia and Denmark. In this game against France, coach Zlatko Dalic must enter the field in a 4-3-3, favoring a low block and fast transitions for the attack, mainly through the left flank: Perisic, a very offensive side, is a very fast player in the counterattack. We emphasize the importance of Luka Modric in the tactical scheme of the Croatian team, which is phenomenal in the offensive process. One of the weakest points of this selection is in the defensive sector, since it has suffered goals in 4 of the 6 matches played in the competition. Apparently, there are no absences of weight for this game.
France vs Croatia head to head matches
29.03.11 FI France Croatia 0 : 0
17.06.04 EUR Croatia France 2 : 2
27.05.00 FI Croatia France 0 : 2
12.11.99 FI France Croatia 3 : 0
08.07.98 WC France Croatia 2 : 1