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Belgium’s Golden Generation seem overrated now as they look set to end their World Cup campaigns without winning the competition, having come closest to victory at Russia 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They reached the semifinal of that edition and won their third-place match, but they are on the brink of an early exit from Qatar 2022, which would be the case if they lose to Croatia in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Croats took their chances and beat Canada in their last game to sit atop their group table before this final match.
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They need a draw to qualify for the next round but will want a win to finish as group winners and avoid a tough draw in the last 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much is at stake and both countries know Morocco could beat Canada to top their group, so we expect this game to be the most important in the careers of several players from both clubs.
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The best bet prediction for this game is BTTS.
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For similar prediction, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Belgium’s Golden Generation seem overrated now as they look set to end their World Cup campaigns without winning the competition, having come closest to victory at Russia 2018. They reached the semifinal of that edition and won their third-place match, but they are on the brink of an early exit from Qatar 2022, which would be the case if they lose to Croatia in this game. The Croats took their chances and beat Canada in their last game to sit atop their group table before this final match. They need a draw to qualify for the next round but will want a win to finish as group winners and avoid a tough draw in the last 16. So much is at stake and both countries know Morocco could beat Canada to top their group, so we expect this game to be the most important in the careers of several players from both clubs. The best bet prediction for this game is BTTS. For similar prediction, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-match-preview","category-qatar-2022"],"yoast_head":"\nCroatia vs Belgium Match Preview - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/croatia-vs-belgium-match-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Croatia vs Belgium Match Preview - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Belgium’s Golden Generation seem overrated now as they look set to end their World Cup campaigns without winning the competition, having come closest to victory at Russia 2018. 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