Argentina vs Croatia World Cup time, live stream, TV channel, lineups, odds for World Cup 2022 semifinal

Argentina and Croatia are just one game away from the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.

Many expected this semfinal to be an all-South American showdown, but Croatia edged Brazil on penalties in the quarterfinals to send the world No.1 packing from Qatar. 

The Netherlands also gave Argentina an almighty scare in their quarterfinal, with the Dutch coming from two goals down before losing 4-3 in the penalty shootout. 

Lionel Messi's impressive form in Qatar continued against the Netherlands as he scored, claimed an assist and converted his team's first spot kick in the shootout. 

Croatia will know they'll need to stop some of Messi's magic in this semifinal if they are to progress to consecutive World Cup finals. 

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Argentina vs Croatia live stream, TV channel

This semifinal clash will be played at the Lusail Stadium. Here's how you can watch all the action in some of the major global territories.

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Argentina vs Croatia lineups

Argentina will be without both Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel for this match through suspension after the duo picked up their second yellow cards of the tournament against the Netherlands. Acuna had started the last four matches and will likely be replaced by Nicolas Tagliafico at left-back. 

Angel Di María came on in extra time against the Netherlands having picked up a thigh injury in Argentina's final group match against Poland and could return to the starting side to face Croatia.

Lionel Scaloni deployed a 5-3-2 formation against the Dutch but had previously favoured a 4-3-3, with that extra man in midfield likely needed against Croatia. 

Argentina projected lineup (4-3-3): 23. Martinez (GK) — 26. Molina, 13. Romero, 19. Otamendi, 3. Tagliafico — 7. De Paul, 24. Fernandez, 20. Mac Allister — 9. Alvarez, 10. Messi, 17. Gomez

Unlike Argentina, Croatia didn't pick up any suspensions from their quarterfinal win against Brazil. 

There are no known injuries to speak of either as yet, with how the starting side recover likely to influence any possible lineup changes. 

Substitute Bruno Petkovic scored the equaliser against Brazil and will be hoping for more minutes in the semifinal. 

Croatia projected lineup (4-3-3): 1. Livaković (GK) — 22. Juranović, 6. Lovren, 20. Gvardiol, 19. Sosa — 10. Modrić, 11. Brozović, 8. Kovačić — 15. Pašalić, 9. Kramarić, 4. Perišić

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Argentina vs Croatia odds, prediction

Argentina will come into this semifinal expected to win, with the presence of Lionel Messi no doubt helping their odds. 

After Croatia's upset of Brazil last time out, they shouldn't be written off and look capable of frustrating Argentina and making this match a relatively low-scoring one. 

Argentina have, however, scored in all five of their 2022 World Cup games to date and will prove to hard to stop completely in the final third. 

Odds via BetMGM (USA), Sports Interaction (Canada), SkyBet (UK), and Ladbrokes (Australia).

Note: Odds above for 90 minutes of regulation except "to advance."

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