Argentina as well as Croatia will battle to be at the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
Both teams secured their spot in the semifinals by winning the penalty shootout victory in the last game in the final against Netherlands and Brazil and Brazil, respectively.
The two teams aren’t novices to deep runs during World Cups with Croatia looking to reach consecutive finals and Argentina played the final match in 2014.
Only one nation will be able to make it to the next round but with both teams boasting an equal and intriguing record against the other.
Argentina Vs. Croatia time and history
Argentina along with Croatia have played one another in the two prior World Cups in 1998 and 2018.
Both of those games were played in the group stage, however, the next game set to be the most important game between them.
The fixture has been played 5 times with a comparatively high number of 12 goals scored in the five games up to now.
Argentina against Croatia head-to-head
Based on the past performance There is no way to separate the two teams on paper.
They both have taken home two games after playing their first match to a 0-0 draw in 1994.
In the five matches, Croatia have managed to score more goals than Argentina with seven goals compared to five.
Significantly, Lionel Messi has scored in all three of his games against Croatia and enters this semifinal with four goals from five matches in Qatar.
Argentina vs Croatia: Last five meetings
Date Competition Result Scorers
June 21, 2018 World Cup
(Group Stages) Croatia 3
Argentina 0 Rebic (53′), Modric (80′), Rakitic (90′)
November 12, 2014 Friendly Argentina 2
Croatia 1 Ansaldi (49′), Messi (57′); Sharbini (11′)
March 1, 2006 Friendly Croatia 3
Argentina 2 Klasnic (3′), Srna (52′), Simic (90′);
Tevez (4′), Messi (6′)
The last Argentina match between Argentina and Croatia match
Argentina hopes to avoid repeating the results they had the last time they played Croatia.
At the 2017 World Cup in Russia, they were crushed by 3-0 in the group stage by Croatia that ultimately ended up finishing second in Group D.
This resulted in Argentina defeating eventual winners France during the round of 16 and Croatia received a more relaxed knockout phase as they advanced to the final.
Argentina played with a little advantage last time they played Croatia but struggled with the ball, which they cannot afford to do in 2022.
Argentina vs Croatia World Cup betting odds
Despite their similar experience, Argentina will come into their next game as clear favourites for the bookmakers.
Croatia are considered to be an outsider, but they have been given the backing to make this an intense, low-scoring, tight contest.
Odds via BetMGM (USA), Sports Interaction (Canada), SkyBet (UK), and Ladbrokes (Australia).
BetMGM Sports
Interaction SkyBet Ladbrokes
Argentina win -110 1.77 3/4 4/5
Draw +240 3.25 12/5 9/4
Croatia win +375 4.80 17/4 4/1
Both teams
to score Y/N +125 or to score Y / N +125 / 2.20 1.53 11/8, 8/15 5/4 1.53 11/8 8/15 5/4 3/5
Over / Under
2.5 goals +145 / -210 2.46 / 1.49 13/8, 4/9 6/4, 1/2
Argentina -0.5 -135 1.77 — —
Croatia +0.5 -110 1.99 — —
Argentina advance of -275 1.36 1/3 4/11
Croatia Advance (+185 2.90 9/4 2/1
