Argentina vs Croatia Prediction 13 December 2022

On Tuesday, Lusail will host the first semi-final of the 2022 World Cup, in which Argentina will test the strength of Croatia.

At the group stage, Argentina scored six points in duels against Saudi Arabia (1-2), Mexico (2-0) and Poland (2-0), thanks to which they qualified for the playoffs with some problems. And there, La Albiceleste took turns dealing with Australia (2-1) and the Netherlands (2-2 and 4-3 on penalties), showing their intentions to take the trophy.

The current vice-world champions, Croatia are again close to taking medals at the World Cup in Qatar. They twice won the post-match lotteries with Japan (1-1, on penalties 3-1) and Brazil (1-1, on penalties 4-2), while in the main round of the competition, the Checkered finished second in the company with Morocco, Belgium and Canada.

We think that Croatia will try to drag Argentina into the abyss of extra time, which are very pragmatic at this World Cup. In such scenarios, we do not expect scoring extravaganza from the regular time of this match.