Argentina vs Croatia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 13th December 2022

Tension is heightening as we are in the knockout stages of the World Cup with Argentina and Croatia going toe-to-toe at Lusail Stadium. The upcoming semifinal will kick off this coming Tuesday.

Argentina sit at number three in the FIFA world ranking, while Croatia enter their match on Tuesday as number 12.

Argentina literally fought their way into the semifinal in a hard contested encounter with the Netherlands. No less than 18 cards were put on display by a referee completely out of his depth of which the Argentines saw their fair share. Even Lionel Messi joined in the melee after scoring and setting up the goals his country created against the Dutch.

They are among the last four at the World Cup for the first time since 2014, a tournament for which Messi and his cohorts seek redemption. First up though is a mightily impressive Croatian tea looking for their second World Cup final on the bounce. Will the Croatian never tire? 

They survived yet another 120 minutes and a penalty shoot-out having looked completely down and out against favourites Brazil. With an outstanding keeper, Gvardiol as a rock in defence and a fantastic midfield guided by Luka Modric Croatia have reached the last four having beaten just Canada in regular time.

Argentina vs Croatia Prediction

Argentina Form

In their last three matches, Argentina won 0-2 and 2-1 against first Poland then Australia, before drawing 2-2 against Netherlands. Argentina won nine of their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while suffering one defeat.

Argentina enter their next World Cup match, averaging a sensational 3.2 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a delicious total of 32 goals, while also conceding eight. That amounts to an average of 0.8 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring seven times.

Croatia Form

In their previous three matches, Croatia drew 0-0 with Belgium, 1-1 with Japan and 0-0 with Brazil. Croatia have been pretty scary, winning eight of their last 10 games across all tournaments, while also managing two draws of the games in the process. They were defeated zero times in this run.

Croatia go into the next World Cup match with an average of 2.1 goals a game from their last ten matches. They scored an highly presentable total of 21 goals, while also conceding eight times. This is a total average of 0.8 per game, in which they managed a clean sheet five times.

Argentina vs Croatia Lineups

Argentina vs Croatia Betting Tips

Ivan Perisic shows decent form right now for Croatia, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the World Cup. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Argentina, who are strong favourites this coming Tuesday. Siding with Lionel Messi also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six World Cup matches.

In their last 10 matches across all tournaments, Argentina won nine times, drew zero and lost once. Croatia claimed eight wins, drew twice and lost none in their last 10 games across all tournaments.

Croatia struck a rich vein of form some weeks ago, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 11 matches in a row.

Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Argentina’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 3.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Croatia, who managed to score 2.1 times in those matches. Argentina are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 14 matches.

Over 2.5 goals came up three times in the previous three encounters between Argentina and Croatia, as Argentina scored 1.34 goals on average per game and Croatia averaging 2.33 goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches.

Argentina scored the first goal of the game an impressive ten times out of the last ten games. Croatia scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Argentina won an impressive seven of these matches without conceding a single goal. Will they manage to add another clean sheet? Depending on your betting strategy, a win to nil certainly looks worth considering for an accumulator.