Croatia vs Nigeria Live Score and Live Stream

Preview

Croatia played Nigeria at the Group D of World Cup on June 16. The match kicked off 19:00 UTC. Croatia won 2-0.

Oghenekaro Etebo scored the first goal into his own net on the 32nd minute of the game followed by a goal from Luka Modric who made the final score 2-0.

Croatia national football team are approaching this clash after a victory over Senegal in a friendly match on June 8, however, one part of Croatia national football team has trailed behind in terms of reliability—defence: they have been conceding goals for 3 consecutive home matches now.

Nigeria national football team, on the other hand, are preparing for the match after 2 defeats in a row from Czech Republic and England being unable to win in their past 4 games. They're going to need to sort out the problems in the back first to improve the results as they have been conceding goals for 4 consecutive matches now.

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Live Streaming

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Line-Ups

We are updating team formations and line-ups for Croatia - Nigeria in real time.

Croatia kicked off the game with Danijel Subasic, Ivan Strinic, Dejan Lovren, Domagoj Vida, Sime Vrsaljko, Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric who got substituted by Marcelo Brozovic on the 60th minute, Ante Rebic who got substituted by Mateo Kovacic on the 79th minute and Mario Mandzukic who got substituted by Marko Pjaca on the 86th minute as starters, with Lovre Kalinic, Dominik Livakovic, Duje Caleta-Car, Vedran Corluka, Tin Jedvaj, Josip Pivaric, Milan Badelj, Filip Bradaric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Nikola Kalinic and Marko Pjaca on the bench.

Nigeria's starting eleven were Francis Uzoho, Bryan Idowu, William Ekong, Leon Balogun, Abdullahi Shehu, Oghenekaro Etebo, Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi who got substituted by Ahmed Musa on the 62nd minute, John Obi Mikel who got substituted by Simeon Nwankwo on the 88th minute, Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo who got substituted by Kelechi Iheanacho on the 73rd minute, with Daniel Akpeyi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Chidozie Awaziem, Tyronne Ebuehi, Elderson Echiejile, Kenneth Omeruo, Joel Obi, John Ogu, Ogenyi Onazi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ahmed Musa and Simeon Nwankwo on the bench.

Referee showed the yellow card 3 times throughout the game. Ivan Rakitic, William Ekong and Marcelo Brozovic were the ones to receive it.

Stats

Explore stats from Croatia vs Nigeria on ScoreBat - we are updating the numbers on this page every second of the game.

  • Ball Possession: 54 - 46
  • Total Attempts: 11 - 14
  • Shots On Target: 2 - 2
  • Saves: 7 - 2
  • Corners: 6 - 5
  • Fouls: 20 - 16
  • Offsides: 2 - 1

Recent Form

Croatia have won Senegal in their previous match while Nigeria are on a losing streak - they have lost to Czech Republic and England in their previous 2 matches. Overall, Croatia have won 10 of their last 20 matches, losing 7 and drawing 3, while Nigeria have won 8 of their last 19 matches, losing 6 and drawing 5.

Croatia have won 3 times (2-1 against Senegal on 8th of June, 0-1 against Mexico on 28th of March and 4-1 against Greece on 9th of November), lost twice (2-0 against Brazil on 3rd of June and 2-0 against Peru on 24th of March) and drew once (0-0 against Greece on 12th of November) in their most recent 6 matches.

Nigeria have won twice (0-1 against Poland on 23rd of March and 2-4 against Argentina on 14th of November), lost 3 times (0-1 against Czech Republic on 6th of June, 2-1 against England on 2nd of June and 0-2 against Serbia on 27th of March) and drew once (1-1 against DR Congo on 28th of May) in their most recent 6 matches.

Team Streaks

  • Croatia have gone 7 consecutive home matches without a defeat.
  • Croatia haven't played a draw in their previous 4 matches.
  • Nigeria have conceded a goal in their previous 4 matches.
  • Nigeria haven't played a draw in their previous 3 away matches.

Video Highlights

We are adding goal videos and full video highlights of the match between Croatia and Nigeria in real time. You can watch the goals by Oghenekaro Etebo and Luka Modric as the videos of the goals are added usually minutes after the actual event if there are any official videos available. Full video highlights of Croatia - Nigeria are being added as they become available on the official social media channels of the league or the teams.

Live Commentary

  1. FT
    Full Time
    Match ends. Croatia 2, Nigeria 0.
  2. 89'
    Marcelo Brozovic is shown the yellow card.
  3. 88'
    Substitution for Nigeria. Simeon Nwankwo replaces John Obi Mikel
  4. 86'
    Substitution for Croatia. Marko Pjaca replaces Mario Mandzukic
  5. 79'
    Substitution for Croatia. Mateo Kovacic replaces Ante Rebic
  6. 73'
    Substitution for Nigeria. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Odion Ighalo
  7. 71'
    2 - 0
    Luka Modric scores from the penalty spot for Croatia making the score 2 - 0.
  8. 70'
    William Ekong is shown the yellow card.
  9. 62'
    Substitution for Nigeria. Ahmed Musa replaces Alex Iwobi
  10. 60'
    Substitution for Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Andrej Kramaric
  11. 2T
    Kick-off
    Second half begins
  12. HT
    Half Time - 1 : 0
    First half ends.
  13. 32'
    1 - 0
    Oghenekaro Etebo scores into his own net.
  14. 31'
    Ivan Rakitic is shown the yellow card.
  15. 1T
    Kick-off
    First half begins