Japan - Croatia: prediction and bet on the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

We have compiled a prediction for you for the match Japan - Croatia in the 1/8 finals of the playoffs of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Japan took an unexpected first place in Group "E" and Croatia was in second place in Group "F".

Croatian national team - must pass the Japanese

Croatia is ranked 12th in the FIFA rankings and 19th in the UEFA rankings. The Croatians were second in Group "F", where they left behind Belgium and Canada. Croatia drew with Morocco (0:0) and Belgium (0:0), and defeated Canada (4:1) in a devastating fashion.

Croats scored four goals in this tournament and conceded only one. Croatian top scorer: Andrej Kramaric, followed by Marko Livaja and Lovro Maier. Of the assistants, I would mention Ivan Perisic, Mislav Orsic and Josip Yuranovich.

Croatia is the team that can always surprise. Against the giants, they always look not very strong, but against teams like Japan, they should even be favorites.

Croatia is ranked 12th in the FIFA rankings and 19th in the UEFA rankings.

Team Japan - will continue to create a miracle?!

Japan is ranked 24th in the FIFA rankings. The Japanese surprised everyone already at this World Cup 2022 in Qatar. At what it is in a positive and negative way. Who would have thought that the Japanese would take first place in Group "E", defeating Spain (2:1) and Germany (2:1), while losing to Costa Rica (0:1).

Japan scored four goals and conceded three goals in this tournament. Japan's top scorer so far is Ritsu Doan, followed by Takuma Asano and Ao Tanaka. Of the assistants, I would mention Juni Ito, Ko Itakura and Kaoru Mitoma.

Brief statistics on the Japanese, conceded in two out of three matches, also scored in two out of three. Japan played very worthily with Spain and Germany, but with Costa Rica they were simply unlucky. In any case, it's a holiday for the Japanese to get into the playoffs, even from the first place, but it's hard to believe in their further success.

Japan - Croatia: bet on the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

Croatia as the favorite against Japan, but this is not the first time for the Japanese. A similar situation was with Germany and Spain, and the Japanese emerged victorious from it. It seems that if Japan with such giants was able to play on equal terms and even win, then Croatia should not become an obstacle for them.

I think that the Japanese were very lucky with Germany, they showed about their real level with Costa Rica. Against Spain, on some kind of courage, they were able to win, when the match meant little to the Spaniards. I would prefer to believe in Croatia, a stable team, both by name and by results.

Of the interesting markets for the match Japan - Croatia, I would note the following outcomes:

• Croatia pass for 1.55 (most likely outcome)
• Croatia win in regular time by 2.1
• Japan not to score at 2.48

Prediction: Croatia will beat Japan