2022 World Cup expert picks, odds for Brazil vs. Croatia quarterfinal

Brazil is the favorite to win this World Cup. Brazil hasn't made a final since winning the tournament in 2002. Croatia is an underdog despite making a World cup final.

Brazil vs. Croatia is a quarterfinal match on Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

Brazil and Croatia are meeting in the World Cup quarterfinals. Brazil is more talented and rested. Croatia barely got out of its group and needed a penalty shootout to beat Japan. Argentina and the Netherlands are playing in Friday's other quarterfinal. Luka Modric is 37. Croatia has lost three of the last four World Cups in this round. They have won twice in World cups as an independent nation. The last two World Championships they won were in 2006 and 2014.