Cameroon Vs Croatia at Arena Amazonia, Manaus
Manager
Volker Finke(Cameroon)
Niko Kovac (Croatia)
Match Facts
Head-to-head
- This is the first meeting of these two nations.
- Croatia are unbeaten in three previous meetings against African opposition, which were all friendlies). They beat Mali 2-1 last month in a World Cup warm-up match.
- Cameroon's Stephane M'Bia and Ivan Rakitic of Croatia are team-mates at Sevilla.
- Cameroon have lost their last five World Cup matches - the longest ever losing streak by an African country. They have only won one of their last 14 (D4, L9).
- They have not made it past the group stage in their last four World Cup appearances since reaching the quarter-finals in 1990.
- The Indomitable Lions have gone 12 consecutive World Cup matches without scoring more than one goal since a 2-2 draw with Sweden in 1994. The only longer such streak in World Cup history is 18 by Uruguay, set between 1970 and 2002.
- Samuel Eto'o has scored Cameroon's last three World Cup goals.
- Croatia have failed to win any of their last five World Cup matches. Defeat against Cameroon would represent the longest winless streak by a European nation at the World Cup.
- They suffered their first defeat in six matches under Niko Kovac against Brazil last Thursday.
- Mario Mandzukic was Croatia's four-goal top scorer in World Cup qualifying. He has scored 10 goals in his last 27 caps.
Goal Scorers - Ivica Olic(11),Ivan Perisic(48) and Mandzukic(61&73)
Squads
Cameroon
- 16 Itandje
- 17 Mbia
- 02 Assou-Ekotto
- 21 Matip
- 03 N'Koulou
- 14 Chedjou (Nounkeu - 45' )
- 08 Moukandjo
- 06 Song Dismissed
- 10 Aboubakar (Webó - 70' )
- 18 Enoh
- 13 Choupo-Moting (Salli - 75' )
Croatia
- 01 Pletikosa
- 11 Srna
- 03 Pranjic
- 07 Rakitic
- 05 Corluka
- 06 Lovren
- 04 Perisic (Rebic - 78' )
- 10 Modric
- 17 Mandzukic
- 19 Cruz Campos (Kovacic - 72' )
- 18 Olic (Eduardo - 69' Booked )
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