UEFA Nations League 2022/23 – Croatia vs France, match preview, predicted lineups
France take on hosts Croatia in UEFA Nations League 2022/23 second game as the tournament moves ahead. Both teams will be looking for a win here.
Kick-off : 8:45 PM (Local)
Venue : Stadion Poljud, Split
France the defending world champions were shocked at home by the Danes at the past weekend 1-2 as they now look to return to normal in Croatia. They will have to play their brand of soccer.
Les Bleus are currently 3rd in League A Group 1 with 0 points after 1 game. They have to play Croatia twice this month. Karim Benzema opened the scoring for France against Denmark but Andreas Cornelius scored twice to beat the French.
The French manager will likely deploy a 3-4-1-2 formation in Croatia with solid defence and rapid goal scoring.
On the other hand, Croatians were too outplayed by the Austrians this past weekend as they lost their opening Nations League encounter at home. They will look to bounce back in a game again at home.
The Checkered Ones are at the bottom of their League A Group with a -3 goal difference after one game with 0 points. Croatia conceded three unanswered goals by Arnautovic, Gregoritsch & Sabitzer asking questions from defence.
Manager Zlatko Dalic might use a 4-2-3-1 system against France with quality defending and hitting on the counter.
Team news and possible lineups
Raphael Varane and Kylian Mbappe are both doubtful for France for the Croatia game.
As for The Checkered Ones, Ivan Perisic is a doubt.
France XI : Maignan, Kimpembe, L. Hernandez, Kounde, Clauss, Tchouameni, Rabiot, T. Hernandez, Griezmann, Benzema, Nkunku.
Croatia XI : Livakovic, Juranovic, Vida, Caleta-Car, Barisic, Modric, Kovacic, Vlasic, Pasalic, Orsic, Kramaric.
Prediction
I expect France to be the favourites for this game and they might win 1-0.
