Croatia vs Russia: Croatia face Russia in their final World Cup Qualification match on Sunday as they seek a top place berth in the Group H table.
Match Details:
Teams: Croatia vs Russia
Venue: Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia
Date: Sunday 14th November, 2021
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Croatia aims a top place finish when they face Russia in their final qualifier World Cup Clash on Sunday.
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The 2018 World Cup runners-up head into this after a thrashing of Malta 7-1 away on Thursday.
Majer led the way by scoring twice while Perisic, Caleta-Car, Pasalic, Modric and Kramaric also found the back of the net. For the hosts, Brozovic’s own goal was their only source of happiness.
Croatia is 2nd in the table with 20 points and a win tonight ensures automatic qualification to the 2022 World Cup.
On the other hand, Russia beat Cyprus 6-0 in their last match to stay top of the table.
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Yerokhin scored twice while Smolov, Mostovoy, Sutormin and Zabolotny also scored in the thrashing on show on Thursday.
A win tonight for the visitors also ensures their place in the World Cup finals.
Hence, there is plenty riding on both teams to make it through which ensures a thrilling contest set to be played out.
Both sides last met in the 1st leg of the qualifiers in Russia, where it finished goalless.
Form Guide
Croatia: WWWDW
Russia: WWWWW
6-0 – Russia’s 6-0 victory over Cyprus is their biggest win in a World Cup qualifier game since USSR’s 6-0 win over Denmark in June 1965. Milestone. #РоссияКипр pic.twitter.com/2oEpI06VFj
— OptaIvan (@OptaIvan) November 11, 2021
Last Matches of both teams:
Malta 1-7 Croatia
Russia 6-0 Cyprus
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Croatia vs Russia in India?
The match is live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 2.
Team News
Kovacic and Brekalo remain injury concerns and miss out for the hosts. Meanwhile; Russia has a fit squad for this final clash with no casualties.
Croatia possible 11:
Livakovic, Juranovic, Vida, Lovren, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Vlasic, Majer, Kramaric and Perisic
Russia possible 11:
Safonov, Karavayev, Chistyakov, Osipenko, Terekhov, Zobnin, Glebov, Golovin, Miranchuk, Smolov and Ionov
Prediction: Croatia 2-1 Russia
Croatia head in with massive confidence after the pummelling of Malta on Thursday and would be keen to continue the good show.
Russia too was at the top of their game in the win against Cyprus. This assures that we can expect a quality contest.
But given Croatia is at home, we see them nicking this but not without the quality of Russia coming to the fore.