Argentina is going head against Croatia in The FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final at Lusail stadium.
It’s 1st semifinal of the FIFA World Cup 2022.
In this article, we will discuss about Argentina and Croatia team lineups, stats, and head-to-head.
Argentina national football team vs Croatia national football team lineups
Argentina team
GK: Emi Martinez (Aston Villa)
GK: Franco Armani (River Plate)
GK: Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)
DF: Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)
DF: Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
DF: Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United)
DF: Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon)
DF: Cristian Romero (Tottenham)
DF: Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica)
DF: Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
DF: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla)
DF: German Pezzella (Real Betis)
MF: Angel Di Maria (Juventus)
MF: Leandro Paredes (Juventus)
MF: Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
MF: Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
MF: Enzo Fernandez (Benfica)
MF: Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
MF: Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis)
FW: Lionel Messi (PSG)
FW: Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
FW: Paulo Dybala (Roma)
FW: Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
FW: Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
FW: Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)
FW: Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla)
Croatia team
GK: Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
GK: Ivica Ivusic (Osijek)
GK: Ivo Grbic (Atletico Madrid)
DF: Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens)
DF: Dejan Lovren (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
DF: Borna Barisic (Rangers)
DF: Josip Juranovic (Celtic)
DF: Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
DF: Borna Sosa (Stuttgart)
DF: Josip Stanisic (Bayern Munich)
DF: Martin Erlic (Sassuolo)
DF: Josip Sutalo (Dinamo Zagreb)
MF: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
MF: Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea)
MF: Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan)
MF: Mario Pasalaic (Atalanta)
MF: Nikola Vlasic (Torino)
MF: Lovro Majer (Rennes)
MF: Kristijan Jakic (Eintracht Frankfurt)
MF: Luka Sucic (Red Bull Salzburg)
FW: Ivan Perisic (Tottenham)
FW: Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim)
FW: Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
FW: Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb)
FW: Ante Budimir (Osasuna)
FW: Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)
Argentina national football team vs Croatia national football team confirmed starting lineups
Argentina starting lineup
Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; Paredes, De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Mac Allister; Messi, Álvarez.
Croatia’s starting lineup
Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric; Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.
Argentina national football team vs Croatia national football team stats
- Argentina has never lost a World Cup semifinal. They’ve made it to the final every time they’ve done the last four
- Argentina plays its sixth World Cup semifinal
- Croatia plays its third semifinal of the World Cup
- The last time Argentina was in the final was in the 2014 edition when they lost to Germany
- The last time Croatia was in the final was in the last edition of 2018 when they lost to France
- Argentina last won the World Cup title in 1986, with Diego Maradona as captain.
- Croatia has never won the World Cup title
- Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic has 19 saves so far and ranks second on the list of most saves in Qatar 2022
- Lionel Messi is second (together with Olivier Giroud) in the race for the Golden Boot, with 4 goals so far
- Croatia is unbeaten in 11 matches
- So far, only three European teams have reached consecutive World Cup finals: Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
- The Argentine full-backs Marcos Acuña and Gonzala Montiel have sanctioned for the semifinal against Croatia thanks to the cards they collected in the quarterfinal clash against the Netherlands
- Argentina has only 1 win in the last 7 matches against European rivals in the World Cup
- Lionel Messi has scored in 4 of Argentina’s 5 games so far in Qatar 2022
- Argentina lost their first match of the group stage in this edition against Saudi Arabia
Argentina vs Croatia: some key stats and analysis
Argentina
Shots per game for Argentina: 12.75
Shooting accuracy and target shooting: 38% and 4.87
Croatia Shots conceded per game: 11.00
Croatia Shots conceded on target: 3.18
The save percentage of Croatia’s goalkeepers is 78%, and the number of expected goals per game is in line with the actual goals.
Croatia
Shots per game for Croatia: 9.71
Shooting and Target Shooting Accuracy: 40%, 3.53
Argentina Shots conceded per game: 6
Argentina Shots conceded on target: 2
The percentage of saves by the Argentine goalkeeper is 70%, they have conceded more goals than xG
Head to Head (Overall)
Matches Played: 5
Argentina win: 2
Croatia win: 2
Draw: 1
Head to Head (FIFA WC)
Matches played: 2
Argentina win: 1
Croatia win: 1
Last meeting: Croatia beat Argentina 3-0 in the last game in June 2018.
Key Stats this fixture:
The Fixture has seen 2.40 goals per game.
Argentina scored 1 goal per game against Croatia.
Croatia scored 1.40 goals per game against Argentina.
Argentina vs Croatia Prediction and final analysis
We predict this is going to be a very tense 90 minutes between these two quality teams. There are many differences between both sides in a variety of facets, depending on the tactics of both coaches.
Argentina has not faced a possession-based team like Croatia with a quality midfield, that includes the likes of Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic. However, Argentina has been relentless in scoring shots on goal. Unlike Brazil, Argentina scores every other shot on a goal that can hurt Croatia. That is what can separate both sides and how Messi is going to perform in this game.
We predict a very tense 90 minutes between these two teams, but Argentina will get past Croatia narrowly by 1 goal, so we predict the scoreline to be: Argentina 2-1 Croatia.
