Croatia will face Belgium on Thursday afternoon at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, in a meeting between two medalists from the 2018 World Cup.

Belgium will head into this game on the back of a terrible run of games. They are certainly not having the campaign that they had imagined as nothing seems to be working out for them. Their plays are sloppy and they give away too many chances, this was very evident in their last game against Morocco as those loop holes were fully exploited, resulting in a humiliating 2-0 defeat. In thier last 5 games, Belgium have been terrible as they have had 3 huge losses, conceding a whooping 6 goals in that time period. This defensive frailty and lack of goalscoring and fluidity in plays will be a major concern for the Belgians going into this game.

Croatia on the other hand will go into this game on the back of a 4 game unbeaten streak, out of which has resulted in 3 huge wins. They stand in a better position to advance to the knockout stage and they will be looking to capitalize on that. Croatia gave a 4-1 thrashing to Canada in their last game and will be hoping to build on that momentum. They sit atop their group and with 4 points so far, Croatia will only need to avoid a defeat here to secure passage to the knockout stages. On the attack, Croatia has shown a ruthlessness as they have scored a whooping total of 8 goals in their last 4 games while keeping the goals conceded to a minimum of 2.

Records has shown that Croatia has the upper hand going into this game. With a series of inconsistent performances and defensive weakness, this World Cup is just maybe not for the Belgian side as they seem to be struggling greatly. We are backing Croatia to do enough here to avoid a defeat by earning a hard fought draw or by taking all three points by the end of the game.

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克罗地亚将于周四下午在艾哈迈德·本·阿里体育场(Ahmed bin Ali Stadium)迎战比利时队，两支2018年世界杯奖牌得主将在这里相遇。

比利时在经历了一连串糟糕的比赛后，将会进入这场比赛。他们肯定没有进行他们想象中的竞选，因为似乎没有什么对他们有用。他们的打法很马虎，错失了太多的机会，这一点在上一场对阵摩洛哥的比赛中表现得非常明显，他们充分利用了这些漏洞，最终以0比2惨败。在过去的5场比赛中，比利时表现糟糕，他们3场惨败，丢了6球。这种防守的脆弱，进球的缺乏和比赛的流动性将是比利时人在这场比赛中的主要担忧。

另一方面，克罗地亚将带着4场不败的战绩进入这场比赛，其中3场取得了巨大的胜利。他们在进入淘汰赛阶段时处于一个更好的位置，他们将会寻求利用这一点。克罗地亚在上一场比赛中以4-1大胜加拿大，他们希望能再接再厉。克罗地亚目前积4分，排在小组第一，只要不输一场就能确保进入淘汰赛。在进攻方面，克罗地亚表现出了无情，他们在最近4场比赛中总共打进8球，同时将失球控制在2球以内。

记录显示克罗地亚队在这场比赛中占了上风。由于一系列不稳定的表现和防守的薄弱，这届世界杯可能不适合比利时队，因为他们似乎非常挣扎。我们支持克罗地亚在这场比赛中做出足够的努力，通过一场艰难的平局或在比赛结束前拿到全部三分来避免失败。