Betting tips for Croatia vs Nigeria 16.06.2018

Group D completes its first day with the clash between one of the two favorites to be first, along with a Nigeria that has a great team after a decade of poor results. Croatia complicated life in an unthinkable way and needed to reach the repechage to get their ticket to Russia. Before Cacic was dismissed in his post after the ridiculous draw at home against Finland, that nothing was played. Only in this game, Croatia and his rival scored in the same game, making it clear that when they fit a goal, they have not been able to overcome.

Since the start it has been seen that this qualifying phase was not going to be easy for Modric and his teammates, who made their debut with a draw at home against Turkey (1-1). The win in Kosovo (0-6) and consecutive victories against Finland (0-1), Iceland (2-0) and Ukraine (1-0) put them in a privileged position, which the Balkan team has insisted on to lose. First, it fell in Iceland (1-0), winning by miracle to Kosovo at home (1-0), before falling in Turkey (2-0) days later, at the beginning of last September. The draw with Finland left them with 2 points less than the Icelanders before the last day, in which the Croatians managed to win in Kiev by 0-2.



World 2018 Russia Nigeria will have very little pressure in this group in which they match Argentina, Croatia and Iceland as rivals, undoubtedly one of the most attractive and open groups in the World Cup. The Super Eagles fell in the final of the African Nations Cup against Morocco (4-0), after suffering on the way to that final, eliminating Angola in the quarterfinals and Sudan (0-1) in extra time. semifinals

The team coached by veteran Gernot Rohr, a former Bayern Munich defender who won all three European Cups in a row, was the first African team to enter the World Cup after beating Zambia 1-0 in the qualifiers. October 2017

Once past the African Cup of Nations last February, Nigeria has played three friendlies, defeating Poland (0-1), losing in Serbia (2-1) and drawing with Congo (1-1).



With Argentina as a favorite in this group, the two teams know the importance of adding the three points in this start to have real options to get into the qualifying rounds.

It will be the first match between the two countries in an international match. The Croats come from winning two of the last 3 games (only lost to Brazil), while the Africans have not won in the last 4 games. The forecast is that Croatia, better technically, will suffer as it did in their match against Senegal (2-1 in their last friendly) but will end up being imposed on a Nigeria that at Wembley, against England, gave a great impression despite falling to the British , but maybe it's not enough against Modric, Mandzukic and company.

Croatia vs Nigeria Prediction: X/1 5.50

Croatia vs Nigeria Betting Tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Croatia vs Nigeria Score Recommendations: 2-1 10.00