With all due respect to Russia, it is the worst team left in the 2018 World Cup but sometimes being the host country is a huge advantage and pushes a team to be better than they actually are. However, the Russians are solid soccer underdogs at MyBookie Sportsbook for their quarterfinal match against Croatia. The winner gets either England or Sweden.
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Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic has undergone an MRI scan to determine the severity of the shoulder injury he sustained against Denmark. Kovacic was hurt late in the second half when he was tripped up and fell onto his right side with his right arm extended. His shoulder took the brunt of the fall, but he remained in the match. Kovacic entered in the 71st minute replacing Marcelo Brozovic. Kovacic has appeared in every match at the World Cup and started in the victory over Iceland.
The two nations have met three times previously, with Russia never victorious. They met twice during qualification for Euro 2008, both games ended as a draw, while their most recent clash saw Croatia saw three times in the final half an hour to run out 3-1 wins in 2015 friendly.
Croatia is aiming to match their best-ever showing when they made the semi-finals in 1994 in their first World Cup since gaining independence. Since then, it has been three group stage exits. Croatia has no suspended players or current fitness issues.
In their brief FIFA World Cup history, Croatia has faced the host nation on two previous occasions: in the semi-final of France 1998, they went ahead against the eventual champions but eventually lost 2-1, while they went down 3-1 to Brazil in the opening match of the 2014 tournament.
Russia vs Croatia 2018 World Cup Quarterfinals Betting Prediction
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- When: Saturday, 2 PM ET
- Where: Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia
- TV/Stream: Fox/Fox Sports Go
- 2018 World Cup Quarterfinals Betting Odds: Croatia +122 / Russia +245 / Draw +205 (Total at 2 goals)
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Why Bet on Russia?
- Confederation: UEFA
- Head coach: Stanislav Cherchesov
- Captain: Igor Akinfeev
- FIFA Ranking: 70
- World Cup Appearances: 11
Projected Line-Up
- 1-I. Akinfeev
- 4-S. Ignashevich
- 2-M. Fernandes
- 3-I. Kutepov
- 18-Y. Zhirkov
- 19-A. Samedov
- 9-A. Dzagoev
- 8-Y. Gazinskiy
- 11-R. Zobnin
- 17-A. Golovin
- 10-F. Smolov
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Why Bet on Croatia?
- Confederation: UEFA
- Head coach: Zlatko Dalić
- Captain: Luka Modric
- FIFA Ranking: 20
- World Cup Appearances: 5

Projected Line-Up
- 23-D. Subašić
- 21-D. Vida
- 3-I. Strinić
- 6-D. Lovren
- 2-Š. Vrsaljko
- 10-L. Modrić
- 7-I. Rakitić
- 4-I. Perišić
- 11-M. Brozović
- 17-M. Mandžukić
- 18-A. Rebić