Brazil and Croatia go head to head in a Pre World Cup friendly
Kick-off : 3:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Anfield, Liverpool
Brazil qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with ease and were the first team to qualify for the tournament. Brazil is the only team in the world to have played in every FIFA World Cup till date.
The Selecao will now play a couple of friendlies to warm them up ahead of the world cup in Russia. Brazil plays Croatia on the 3rd of June after which they play Austria on the 10th of June. Brazil are in Group E in the world cup along with Costa Rica, Serbia and Switzerland.
On the other hand, Croatia qualified for the world cup after a bit of a struggle. They finished second in their qualifying group behind brilliant Iceland and had to edge Greece in the second round to make it to Russia.
Croatia are in Group D in the world cup along with Argentina, Nigeria and Iceland.
So far Croatia and Brazil have played each other on three occasions. Out of which Brazil have won twice while drawing once.
Team news and possible line-ups
Croatian manager might wanna rest Luka Modric and Dejan Lovren for the weekend fixture as they played in last weekend’s Champions League final.
As for Brazil, Neymar and Renato Augusto are both doubtful for the Croatia game.
Croatia XI : Kalinic, Vrsaljko, Lovren, Corluka, Pivaric, I. Rakitic, L. Modric, Pjaca, Brozovic, Kovacic, Mandzukic.
Brazil XI : Alisson, Danilo, T. Silva, Miranda, Marcelo, Casemiro, Willian, Paulinho, Fernandinho, Coutinho, G. Jesus.
Prediction
I expect this game to end in a 1-1 draw.
