The match for the Japan national team against the Croatia in the Round of 16 for 2022 World Cup, Monday, December 05, 2022, will be held at the Al Janoub Stadium (Al Wakrah) Stadium. Croatia must be vigilant because armed with wins over Germany and Spain, Japan will definitely not let go of the opportunity to enter the top 8.
The Japanese team made new history for world football. Samurai Blue managed to become champions in the group of hell which was filled by Spain, Germany and Costa Rica. Incredibly, Japan beat the two regular World Cup champions, Spain and Germany. The German team was even eliminated from the group stage.
As the winner of Group E with 6 points, Japan will face the second runner-up of Group F, Croatia in the 1/8 finals. The experience of winning over Germany and Spain seems to have made Japan no longer afraid of facing strong European teams, one of which is Croatia.
In the third round of Group E, Hajime Moriyasu’s men defeated Spanish strongman Matador 2-1 with two goals. Japan’s dual goals were scored by Ritsu Doan in the 48th minute, and Ao Tanaka in the 51st minute. Ritsu Doan was also the scorer when Japan beat Germany 2-1.
The spirit of the Sakura Country team is currently high, not only leaving the group of death, but also leading the group. Seeing Japan’s performance, which beat the 2010 World Cup winners Spain and 2014 World Cup winners Germany, they could qualify for the quarter-finals.
On the other hand, Croatia played a goalless draw against the European Red Devils, Belgium in the last round of Group F. This result was enough to lead Croatia to the last 16 as group runners-up with a total of 5 points, losing 2 points to Morocco who won the group. .
Croatia must face Japan who is hungry for victory. Coach Zlatko Dalić had to rack his brains to concoct the best strategy for Luca Modric et al in order to reduce the power of the Blue Samurai who had devoured Spain and Germany in the group stage.
As the 2018 World Cup runner-up, Croatia is certainly not an arbitrary team. However, quite a lot of Vatreni’s squad have started to age and retire, such as Mandzukic, Rakitic and Subasic. Croatia’s personnel reserves became inadequate against tough opponents.
So, who do you think will win? Japan or Croatia? Don’t miss watching this match which will kick-off starting at 18:00 local time. The following is related information about the Japan vs. Croatia match:
How to Stream Japan vs. Croatia
The Japan vs Croatia match will be broadcast by television stations Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo. The duel at the Al Janoub Stadium (Al Wakrah) Stadium can also be watched via live streaming at 10:00 EDT.
Kick-off Schedule & Live Streaming Links
| Official TV | Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo |
| Date | Monday, December 05, 2022 |
| Kickoff | 10:00 EDT |
| Live TV | Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo, TV-Bola |
Japan – Croatia Head-to-Head Record
- 06/20/1998 Japan vs Croatia 0 – 1
- 06/08/1997 Japan vs Croatia 4 – 3
Last 5 Match Performance
Japan
- 09/27/2022 Japan vs Ecuador 0 – 0
- 11/17/2022 Japan vs Canada 1 – 2
- 11/23/2022 Germany vs Japan 1 – 2
- 11/27/2022 Japan vs Costa Rica 0 – 1
- 12/02/2022 Japan vs Spain 2 – 1
Croatia
- 09/26/2022 Austria vs Croatia 1 – 3
- 11/16/2022 Saudi Arabia vs Croatia 0 – 1
- 11/23/2022 Morocco vs Croatia 0 – 0
- 11/27/2022 Croatia vs Canada 4 – 1
- 12/01/2022 Croatia vs Belgium 0 – 0
Japan vs. Croatia Squad Predictions
Japan (3-4-3): Gonda; Tomiyasu, Taniguchi, Yoshida, Ito, Morita, Tanaka, Nagatomo, Doan, Maeda, Kamada.
Croatia (4-3-3): Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric, Kramaric, Livaja, Perisic.
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