Croatia under pressure in the Quarterfinals against Brazil, the statistics of the past meetings of these two teams at a glance

 Brazil and Croatia are set to meet on Friday in the first quarter-final of the World Cup. This match is an acid test for Russia's World Cup runners-up Croatia. Although Croatia has performed well in recent times, Luka Modric's team is lagging behind Brazil. The two sides have met a total of four times in the past, including international friendlies and the World Cup, with Brazil winning three matches and drawing one.

Croatia v Brazil, 17 August 2005, Friendly:

Brazil and Croatia First time Brazil and Croatia met. It was an international friendly match. Croatia scored first in this match. Croatia took the lead in the 31st minute of the match by Niko Kranjkar. In 42 minutes, Brazil equalized. The match ended 1-1 despite Brazil's attack in the second half.

Brazil vs Croatia, 14 June 2006, World Cup: 

The two teams met for the first time in a World Cup in Germany at the 2006 World Cup. Brazil won the match 1-0. Kaka scored the only goal. The goal was scored from a pass by captain Kafur, one of Brazil's greatest attacking midfielders of all time. Luka Modric, the current captain of the Croatia team, was on the reserve bench in this match.

Brazil vs Croatia, 13 June 2014, World Cup:

This was the last match between these two teams in the World Cup. Brazil defeated Croatia 3-1 in the World Cup at home. Marcelo's suicide goal in the 11th minute of the match gave Croatia the lead. In the 29th minute, Brazil equalized with Neymar's goal from Oscar's pass. At the end of the first half the result was 1-1. After 71 minutes, Neymar gave Brazil a 2-1 lead by scoring from the penalty spot. Oscar scored the third goal of the match for Brazil from the pass of Nama Ramirez instead of Neymar in the extra time of the match 90+1 minutes.

Brazil vs Croatia, 3 June 2018, Friendly:

Brazil and Croatia face each other in an international friendly in preparation for the World Cup in Russia. In this match, Brazil defeated Croatia, who became runners-up in the World Cup in Russia, 2-0. The result of the match was 0-0 in the first half of the match. Both goals of the match came in the second half. In the 69th minute, Brazil went ahead with Neymar's goal from Philippe Courtinho's pass. Roberto Firmino, substituted for Gabriel Jesus, scored the second goal for Brazil in the 90+4th minute of extra time of the match from Casemiro's pass.