Croatia – Denmark World Cup Prediction 1 July 2018

World Cup Prediction Croatia – Denmark

This has resulted in a purely European duel, if the Group winners of Group D from the Balkans gets to do it with the Danish national football team, the group C has also survived undefeated, but in the end, only lying in second place went to the finish. The match will take place in the Nizhny Novgorod stadium in the metropolitan area of the same name, where especially the Kockasti should have great memories. Here they won namely on the second match of Group D with a staggering 3-0 against Argentina. Not least because of Croatia’s odds against Denmark is now also the clear favorite, what we want to put to the test in this review. After all, “Danish Dynamite” has not lost any more than 18 games in a row since then, making it a definite recommendation for this knockout round. We will show you the best possible tip for this European duel in the final forecast for Croatia versus Denmark at the end of the article.
The Croatian national football team has not surprisingly secured the group victory in the death group D with Argentina, Nigeria and Iceland, but was here at some experts in the run-up to the 21st World Cup finals in football very high on the slip. After all, the Kockasti (in German: the checkers) namely have a highly decorated squad, whose cornerstones in the best club teams in Europe take major roles, and were already two years ago at the EURO 2016 a heavily occupied preliminary round group with Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey as Complete group winner. All the more important that you get the form from the preliminary round of this time in the knockout phase on the court and now as possible the ticket for the quarter-finals solves in which then come to the next European duel with either Spain or Russia would. A match that would also like to deny Denmark that had to concede only one goal in the entire tournament – and that, even though two penalties have been whistled against the Northern Europeans, of which only one could be turned.

The Croatian efficiency of the preliminary round is therefore in demand against a defensive very compact standing team more than ever. In this article, we want to take a closer look at both of our counterparties before we make a well-founded prediction of Croatia vs. Denmark.

Croatia – Are there any difficulties for the first time?

So far, the World Cup in Russia was very smooth for the Croatian national football team. On matchday one, they won 2-0 against Nigeria, before beating a 3-0 home win against Iceland after a 1-1 draw with Iceland , Thus, after two games, the early group victory in the so-called Todesgruppe was fixed, whereby coach Zlatko Dalić allowed himself the luxury to rotate in the final group match on no less than nine positions (including the goal) to give the first team a break. The reservists took their chance and beat Iceland 2: 1, which one hand on the one hand won his preliminary round with the maximum yield of nine points superior and on the other hand also helped protect Argentina, who also made it to the knockout round , Interesting: in all three cases played the Kockasti against a team that was offensive, or in the case of the Icelanders, who needed the victory, had to switch from their defensive “comfort zone” also in attack mode. And this is certainly where there is a huge potential in the Croatian squad, which is playfully certainly at the highest level to settle. But: in past tournaments (and by the way also in the World Cup qualifying, where you only finished second and had to play-offs), the fiery have lost their morality over and over again as soon as the familiar game is not played out could be. For example, because the opponent was on game destruction, as in the EC 2016 knockout round against Portugal, when Croatia was eliminated by surprise after extra time. The big question is whether coach Zlatko Dalić got that attitude out of the players. If not, it could be the trickier the longer the first goal comes in and the more compact the Danish defense is.

Denmark – concrete at the back and Eriksen at the front

The concept of the Danish national football team looked very simple: defender Simon Kjaer (Sevilla FC) headed in front of keeper Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) in the low defense and made sure that the opponents of the 1992 European champion could only conquer from the penalty spot. And in the front, hoping for the star of the team, midfielder Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur), who led the Danes almost single-handedly with three goals in the all-important play-off game for the Football World Cup 2018. And then there would also be Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig), who will return to the team after the suspension has been served and should ensure the highest threat at counterattack with his speed. Not only his absence, but also the fact that group winners France showed no interest in playing along, it was ultimately owed that they had to listen after the goalless draw in the last group game a lot of criticism for which Christian Eriksen has even apologized. Nonetheless, it is only a single World Cup goal conceded in a penalty combined with 18 consecutive matches without a single defeat (nine wins and nine draws). In Denmark, a really strong team has grown together, which in all these 18 matches without defeat together only had to accept eight (!) Goals – and that, even though it had taken up with nations such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Chile, Sweden or finally France. In short: the match plan from Norwegian coach Åge Hareide should be crystal clear – touch concrete and hope for a brainstorm from superstar Christian Eriksen.

Croatia – Denmark Record – Previous meetings

There have already been five international matches between Croatia and Denmark, and the resulting balance sheet is so far completely balanced. With only one draw, both teams come up with two games each, and it is even in the three competitive matches (EC 1996 preliminary round and return match in the World Cup Qualifying 1998) in each case a win and a draw is completely balanced.

Prediction: Who will win Croatia or Denmark?

In terms of odds, Croatia may be the clear favorite against Denmark, but in fact there is a match here that can be judged much more differentiated. Because: So far, the Kockasti had indeed won in a heavily occupied group, but never had to show that they bring the necessary patience and ultimately punch to crack a well-defensive can. And because that’s exactly what has broken the neck of the Croats, who have not been so heavily occupied since the World Cup, it is very difficult to follow the alleged favorite tip. In our forecast for Croatia versus Denmark we find that the extension is the result with the best possible expectation. We therefore recommend Tip X on the draw after the regular 90 minutes of play.