Welcome to the Who Cares Guide to Argentina v Croatia World Cup Action. The Gurgler’s quick and easy guide for the opening Group D match for the second round of games, and looms are a crucial tie for Group D.
If you have visited us before, you’ll know for all of the Group Stage matches we have gone to the minimal of effort, so you can go to even less to keep up to date. We hope that has worked out for you.
With the next round of Group stage matches kicking off, why would we change the format.
We throw in some barely interesting stats that you impress the many people in your life at work, home, or in sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time..
So time to get into the second round of fixtures with a look forward to the Argentina v Croatia World Cup Action.
A WHO CARES ARGENTINA v CROATIA WORLD CUP PREVIEW
Head to Head Record
Argentina 2 Draws 1 Croatia 1
Last Meeting
2014 Friendly – Argentina 2 Croatia 1
When is it? (AEST)
Friday July 22 at 4am
How Should I Watch It?
Should I Stay Up? (Must watch and Stay Up),
Get Up? (Gotta watch live with pre sleep),
Wake Up? (Record and Wake up Normal Time), or
Catch Up? (Check the Score and the Group table and move on)
Get Up – this is a crucial game for the group, and to see who will Australia in the next round, we hope.
The story…
Argentina were surprised last time out against Iceland, who did very well to hold onto a 1-1, a missed penalty from Messi hurting more than we would imagine. It’s not panic stations yet, with Nigeria looking a very winnable fixture, but a loss would be crisis mode and draw worrying. Croatia meanwhile can just about book a passage to the knockout phase with an unlikely win.
| Group D | PL | W | D | L | GF – GA | PTS |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 – 2 | 0 |
Argentina 1 Iceland 1
Croatia 2 Nigeria 0
Argentina v Croatia
Iceland v NIgeria
Argentina v Nigeria
Iceland v Croatia
Players to Watch
Messi – of course but needs to atone for his penalty miss and lead Argentina to victory.
Modric or Rakitic for Croatia
Our Bold Prediction…what we think will happen….
Draw 1-1
What will probably happen….
Argentina and Messi will blow away the Croatians and win 4-1.
World Cup Preview HAIKU
Messi time to shine
Argentina need a win
Croatia surprise.
Bluff your way to World Cup expertise
If Argentina lose here they are in anger of missing our on the knockout stages for the first time since 2002. The last time Iceland drew 1-1 in the opening game of a tournament, their opponents went onto win the Championship (Portugal Euro 2016). Not a bad omen for Argentina.
IF the teams were cars they’d be….
Argentina – Aston Martin
Croatia – Mitsubishi Lancer
Odds
Argentina $2.05 Croatia $4.00
Draw $3.30 0-0 $8.00
1-1 $6.50
Courtesy of Neds Bet
Best Bet
HT/FT Double – Draw/Draw @ $4.40
Who Will Win based on a bunch of Stats of varying use.
BEST KIT – Argentina
BEST BADGE – Argentina
BEST HEAD TO HEAD – Argentina
BEST MOST RECENT RESULT – Argentina v Croatia
BEST BETS – Argentina
BEST NICKNAME – Y Dreigiau (The Dragions (wide) >
UNDERDOGS CHOICE – Croatia
MUTTSTRADAMUS THE DOG SELECTS – Argentina
AGAINST a 2YO / 5YO CHILD (Combined Effort) – Croatia
From our previous discussion on how to pick World Cup winners.
STATS WINNING SELECTION – Argentina
