Argentina vs Croatia H2H Stats, Lineups and Live Stream

Preview

In World Cup 1/2 Final action, Argentina National Football Team met Croatia National Football Team on December 13. Argentina emerged victorious with a 3-0 win.

Lionel Andres Messi scored the first goal of the game from the penalty spot on the 34th minute of the match, giving Argentina the lead. Julian Alvarez added to the score, setting the final scoreline at 3-0.

4 years after their last meeting in World Cup Group D, Argentina and Croatia prepare to meet again. In their last encounter, Croatia secured a 0-3 win. With victories over Netherlands, Australia, Poland and Mexico, Argentina National Football Team is on a roll, their next goal is to extend their streak with a victory over Croatia.

Croatia's most recent outings ended in two straight victories against Brazil and Japan, setting a positive tone ahead of this match, stretching their unbeaten streak to eleven matches.

In this FIFA World Cup showdown, the spotlight will fall on the players who have been pivotal for Argentina National Football Team and Croatia throughout the campaign. Lionel Andres Messi and Angel Di Maria have been pivotal for Argentina’s attack, with Lionel Scaloni at the helm, combining to deliver important goals and assists. With four goals in FIFA World Cup, Messi is Argentina’s top scorer in the league, while also being their most creative player, providing three assists in the league so far. Supporting them are Alexis Mac Allister, Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez, who have also chipped in with important goals and assists, adding depth to Argentina’s attack.

Meanwhile, Croatia’s top finisher Andrej Kramaric and Ivan Perisic have played important roles in ensuring their attack, shaped by Zlatko Dalic’s vision, remains effective. Kramaric has emerged as Croatia’s leading scorer in FIFA World Cup this season, netting two goals, with Perisic leading their creative tally in the league with two assists. Croatia’s offense has also been strengthened by Luka Modric, Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer, who have provided crucial contributions in the final third.

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Head-to-head

Since November 2014, the teams have gone head-to-head twice. Both Argentina and Croatia have one win to their name. The most recent match between them was on June 21, 2018, in the Group D of the World Cup, where Croatia secured a 0-3 victory. Argentina have scored two goals across these two encounters, while Croatia have scored four. So, overall, Argentina and Croatia have shared a nearly identical head-to-head record in their recent history.

Argentina's recent form includes four consecutive wins, including victories against Netherlands, Australia, Poland and Mexico in their last four outings, while Croatia are on a two-game winning streak, having won Brazil and Japan in their last two matches. Overall, in their last nineteen matches, Argentina have recorded fifteen wins, one loss, and three draws, while Croatia have won thirteen of their last twenty matches, losing one and drawing six.

AI Prediction

Our AI model provides a pre-game prediction for the Argentina–Croatia match, then monitors the contest and updates its forecast in real time as the minutes tick by.

Line-Ups

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

Argentina kicked off the game with Emiliano Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico, Nicolas Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Nahuel Molina who got substituted by Juan Foyth on the 86th minute, Alexis Mac Allister who got substituted by Angel Correa on the 86th minute, Enzo Fernandez, Leandro Paredes who got substituted by Lisandro Martinez on the 62nd minute, Rodrigo De Paul who got substituted by Exequiel Palacios on the 74th minute, Julian Alvarez who got substituted by Paulo Dybala on the 74th minute and Lionel Andres Messi as starters, with Franco Armani, Geronimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Lisandro Martinez, German Pezzella, Thiago Almada, Exequiel Palacios, Guido Rodriguez, Angel Correa, Angel Di Maria, Paulo Dybala and Lautaro Martinez on the bench.

Croatia's starting eleven were Dominik Livakovic, Borna Sosa who got substituted by Mislav Orsic on the 46th minute, Josko Gvardiol, Dejan Lovren, Josip Juranovic, Marcelo Brozovic who got substituted by Bruno Petkovic on the 50th minute, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric who got substituted by Lovro Majer on the 81st minute, Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric who got substituted by Marko Livaja on the 72nd minute and Mario Pasalic who got substituted by Nikola Vlasic on the 46th minute, with Ivo Grbic, Ivica Ivusic, Borna Barisic, Martin Erlic, Josip Stanisic, Josip Sutalo, Domagoj Vida, Kristijan Jakic, Lovro Majer, Luka Sucic, Nikola Vlasic, Ante Budimir, Marko Livaja, Mislav Orsic and Bruno Petkovic on the bench.

Live Streaming

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Stats

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

• Ball Possession: 39 - 61
• Total Attempts: 8 - 9
• Shots On Target: 7 - 2
• Fouls: 15 - 8
• Corners: 2 - 4
• Throw-Ins: 19 - 19
• Saves: 2 - 4
• Free Kicks: 8 - 16

Referee showed the yellow card four times throughout the game. Mateo Kovacic, Dominik Livakovic, Cristian Romero and Nicolas Otamendi were the ones to receive it.

Video Highlights

We are adding goal videos and full video highlights of the match between Argentina and Croatia in real time. You can watch the goals by Lionel Andres Messi and Julian Alvarez 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 Argentina - Croatia are being added as they become available on the official social media channels of the league or the teams.