With a great game against Brazil, Croatia is an absolute favourite here. Japan was lucky to score first against Australia, but they didn't show much. Croatian team is technical and dangerous in the attack. N. Kovac, the captain that was injured against Brazil will be back and start the game. There is a secret to Brazil's win over Croatia - Kovac is the main force in the middle and helps a lot at the defence and his ball to the strikers are valuable. 3 minutes after Kovac was out, Brazil scored and that was it. Leko is good but not so defensive and experienced as N. Kovac. Never mind that, Croatia must win over Japan to proceed behind the group stage. And I expect it to be like that - with odds of 1.70 at Pinnacle and around 1.65 with Gamebookers (the best offer from EU bookies), this is a winning bet. Croatia to win.