Brazil vs Croatia

World Cup prediction, odds, and betting tips for Croatia vs Brazil on December 9. World Cup free pick and game analysis.

The Over -1.5 (-200) isn't enticing enough while the Over 2.5 (+160) is just too risky. There was a level of naivety in South Korea's defending, with huge gaps vertically, between defense and midfield, and horizontally between the back four. I don't have a play on the 2.5-goal game total (Over -125 / Under +100). The first is Brazil to win to nil, as laid out above. They won't have the talent or the legs to keep this all that competitive. The Liverpool keeper is one of the best shot-stoppers on the planet and has already made a few needed saves at the World Cup, with the lone goal he has allowed coming on 1.6 xG. Brazil will send them home on Friday and do so with a clean sheet. Alisson may not be needed against this Croatia team, however, with the 2018 runners-up creating so little in four games. In Casemiro in midfield, Marquinhos and Thiago Silva at centerback, and Alisson in goal, Brazil have a quartet featuring three world-class players and one of their best-ever performers in Silva. They're conceding just 0.35 expected goals against per 90 — the second-lowest at the World Cup behind Argentina — and opponents are averaging just 11.25 shot-creating actions per 90 against them. Brazil are going to beat Croatia, and despite the ruggedness of the Croatian team, they'll do it in 90 minutes without much complication. It wasn't so complicated for Brazil, who blew South Korea away in a 4-1 win and again head into a match as a considerable

Croatia, the 2018 runner-up, comes into this match hoping to erase its no-win record against the South American giant. For that, the Luka Modric-led side would ...

- ⦿ He has made seven interceptions (only three players have made more) and 32 recoveries (eighth best) in the World Cup so far. Against Japan, he covered 16.7kms, breaking his own record of 16.3 km set against England in 2018. In a Croatian generation blessed with some incredible midfielders, Brozovic is the least talked about. In 2014, Neymar’s injury eventually snowballed into a calamitous 1-7 defeat to Germany. Croatia, the 2018 runner-up, comes into this match hoping to erase its no-win record against the South American giant.