Yesterday’s Results for Croatia vs Japan

Sean's EARLY JAP-CRO WORLD CUP O/U ROUT!

Analysis: My selection is on the 'under' between Japan and Croatia at 10 am et on Monday. With little separating these two squads and both proving able to keep their opponents' on their back foot in this tournament, I'm expecting goals to come at a premium in their knockout stage fixture on Monday. Japan has gone its last four matches without recording a clean sheet but it didn't give up more than a single goal on any occasion over that stretch. The fact that it held Germany and Spain each to a goal in the group stage of the tournament was certainly encouraging. Croatia reached the final at World Cup 2018 and a similar path isn't out of the question here following an undefeated run through the group stage. However, it's not always pretty (it was held off the scoresheet in two of three group stage matches) and I believe it will have a difficult time breaking through against Japan as well. Even if it does, it has the capability and interest in parking the bus from there. I believe a 0-0 or 1-0 scoreline through 90 minutes is well within the realm of possibility here. Take the under (8*).