Japan vs. Croatia prediction: World Cup preview, odds, pick

There are a couple of shocking groups within the Spherical of 16 on the World Cup, however maybe no group has written a extra thrilling story of getting there than Japan.

After following up a shocking upset of Germany with a dreadful loss to Costa Rica, Samurai Blue wanted a victory in opposition to Spain to advance to the knockout phases on the expense of Die Mannschaft. Not solely did Japan pull it off, however they did it by getting back from a 1-0 deficit to prime Group E forward of Spain and Germany. 

Japan will want extra magic on Monday to maintain their run going. Bookmakers make Japan a +154 underdog to advance previous Croatia. 


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Japan vs. Croatia prediction: Japan to advance +154 (FanDuel)

Japan has already proven us that they will beat anyone — and lose to anyone — on any given day. Of their wins over Germany and Spain, Samurai Blue had been in a position to sit again and wait for his or her moments, however in a loss to Costa Rica it was Samurai Blue that had a lot of the ball and so they struggled to get something going.

Luka Modric
Luka Modric
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The excellent news for Japan, is despite the fact that they're underdogs in opposition to Croatia, the Checkered Ones profile fairly equally to Spain and Germany. Croatia need to be on the ball and let their midfield management the stream of the sport. That's music to Japanese ears, as Samurai Blue can deploy their most popular tactic of trying to create turnovers and create possibilities off counterattacks.

And if Samurai Blue can pull off that music and dance in opposition to two of one of the best groups on this subject, they need to be capable to replicate it in opposition to Croatia, who will be the reigning runners up on the World Cup, however they're nowhere close to the extent of Germany and Spain.

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Despite the fact that they had been in a position to claw their manner by way of a aggressive group that featured Morocco, Belgium and Canada, Croatia have appeared moderately meek by way of their first three matches of the match and had been fairly lucky to not be eradicated by Belgium on Matchday 3. An analogous efficiency will probably be punished by a medical Japanese facet.

Croatia will do all the things they will to maintain this recreation on-script and let Luka Modric run the present, however they’ll face a ton of strain from Japan and so they don’t have the quickness to snuff out counterattacks. 

Again the Japanese so as to add Croatia to their listing of upsets on Monday.

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