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England-Croatia FIFA World Cup Semi-finals Top FREE Predictions

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ENGLAND

              VS

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CROATIA

                                                           11th July 2018  Luzhniki Stadium

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ENGLAND

England won the World Cup in 1966 and have reached the semi-final once since that success.  They lost to Germany on penalties in the 1990 World Cup semi-final and will be hoping to avoid that fate in this game. This English team is different, they already managed to win on penalties(against Colombia) and in the quarter-final match against Sweden, they showed amazing defence and tactical game by winning 2-0. Their strength in the air is phenomenal and now they are one of the favourites to win the cup. Gareth Southgate's "Three Lions" are now undefeated in 15 of their last 16 fixtures and they are very effective at set-pieces, with 8 of their goals coming from dead-ball situationsEngland has scored at least 2 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches against Croatia in all competitions. Kyle Walker, Dele Alli and Ashely Young recovered from minor injuries, Jordan Henderson has a slight hamstring injury but England are confident he will recover in time to feature.

 

CROATIA

Croatia continues to deliver on the world stage after knocking out the host nation Russia in the quarter-finals. After conceding just one goal in the group stages where they swept aside Argentina, Nigeria and Iceland, the "Blazers" then had to go through the lottery of the penalties kicks TWICE to reach the Semi-Finals. Against the tough defence of Denmark and Russia, Croatia showed that they can always find a way to the goal and will never give up. 20 years ago in France, they made the Semi-final for the first time in their history, now is time for them to prove they are capable of going even furtherCroatia has scored 10 goals and conceded 4 and, they are undefeated in their last 9 matches. The "Blazers" has seen over 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches against England in all competitions. The big missing name in the team will be Sime Vrsaljko who is out for the rest of the tournament because of an injury. Subasic and Lovren both missed training at the start of the week but are expected to recover in time to face England

 

PREDICTION

England will have the advantage in the game, they are the younger and the faster team. Their main goal will be not to let Croatia go into the box and shoot, their defence looks way better than the "Blazers". Pickford showed that he is a world-class goalkeeper and he can save his team at any time. The strong play in the air from Kane, Maguire, Stones and the rest of the team will be the key to win this match. Croatia has more experienced players in the middle- Modric and Rakitic showed they are the best duo in the tournament. Perisic and Rebic will need to find as many empty spaces as they can on the wings so they can help Mandzukic with the attack. Subasic has become a national hero after the saves he made in the extra in the 2 previous games. How will Croatia perform against England? Will they have any strength left after the two games against Denmark and Russia where they had to play 120 minutes? How will they stop Englands killing crosses? We are about to see another very tactical game and we hope to see some goals as well.

 

England to win (3 points at 2.3)

Higest scoring half -Second (2 points at 2.2)

Over 9.5 corners (2 points at 2.0)

Over 4 cards in the game (2 points at 2.0)

First Goal Scorer- Harry Kane (1 point at 4.2)

Man of the match -Harry Kane (1 point at 3.25)

 

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