Football: Factbox-Soccer-Japan v Croatia World Cup 2022: kickoff time, venue, stats and odds

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Football: Factbox-Soccer-Japan v Croatia World Cup 2022: kickoff time, venue, stats and odds

Japan play Croatia in the last 16 at the World Cup in Al Wakrah on Monday, Dec. 5, 1800 local (1500 GMT/1000 ET). The match will be played at Al Janoub Stadium.

Croatia are undefeated in nine of their last 10 World Cup matches. Japan finished runners-up in Group F with five points from three games. Kou Itakura is suspended for the match. They have played Croatia three times since 1997, two of them at the World Cups. Croatia beat Romania 1-0 in 1998 and Denmark on penalties in their previous visits to this stage of the tournament.


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