Mayra Madrigal
The 32 teams that will be in action at the Qatar World Cup 2022 are getting ready to perform at the highest level, so they will try to make the most of their final preparatory matches.
Saudi Arabia vs Croatia, the match that we’ll talk about today, promises to be a very unfriendly duel ahead of Qatar. Both teams will be in the World Cup: Saudi Arabia will share Group C with Argentina, Poland and Mexico, while Croatia will be in Group F with Belgium, Canada and Morocco.
Here, at JefeBet, we have the Saudi Arabia vs Croatia preview along with information on both squads, predictions, possible lineups and betting odds.
Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Saudi Arabia vs Croatia International Friendly on November 16, 2022
- Where: King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- When: Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 5:00 AM E.T.
- BetMGM Moneyline: Saudi Arabia (+525) / Draw (+310) / Croatia (-210)
- Unibet Asian Handicap: Saudi Arabia (AH +1, -120) / Croatia (AH -1, -107)
- Over/Under (2.5): Over (-110), Under (-130)
- Both teams score: Yes (+110) / No (-160)
Odds provided by BetMGM and Unibet.
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Saudi Arabia Preview
Saudi Arabia has had a good second half of the year 2022, and comes into this match on a seven-game unbeaten streak, with two wins and five draws. In those seven games, they have recorded five clean sheets, which tells us that they’re doing a good job defensively. As for their offense, they have scored only four goals in the aforementioned streak.
This will be the third game played in November in preparation for the World Cup, and they defeated Iceland by 0-1 and drew 1-1 with Panama in the most recent match.
Absences: Not reported.
Possible lineup (4-3-3): Mohammed Al-Owais; Saud Abdulhamid, Hassan Tambakti, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Yasir Al-Shahrani; Sami Al-Najei, Mohamed Kanno, Abdulelah Al-Malki; Haitham Asiri, Firas Al-Brikan, Salem Al-Dawsari
Betting on Croatia
Croatia are the reigning World Cup runners-up and are ready to try to settle the score left over from Russia 2018. This will be their final warm-up game before embarking on their journey in Qatar 2022, and they enter in high spirits, having gone five games unbeaten, including four straight victories.
In total, they have played eight matches in 2022 and have only lost one of them, against Austria by a score of 0-3. Precisely that match is the only one in which they remained scoreless, which could tell us that a Croatian goal is possible regardless of the final result.
Absences: Not reported.
Possible lineup: (4-3-3) Dominik Livakovic, Josip Stanisic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Barisic, Lovro Majer, Marcelo Brozovic, Mario Pasalic, Nikola Vlasic, Andrej Kramaric, Ivan Perisic.
JefeBet Prediction
Saudi Arabia has focused on its defensive work, while Croatia doesn’t seem to struggle to score goals. However, both teams may choose to rest their stars in order to avoid injury in the days leading up to the World Cup opener, which could destabilize the lineup. On paper, Croatia is the better team and a win for them in this match would not be a surprise.
Prediction: Croatia wins by a score of 0-2.
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