Cameroon and Croatia will both be looking to recover from initial defeats in their Group A matches when the two sides meet in Manaus on Wednesday night. Croatia were defeated by hosts Brazil on the first day of the tournament, but the 3-1 success for the home side was quite controversial due to a debatable penalty kick decision by the referee. Cameroon were defeated by a stronger Mexico side on Friday, with Oribe Peralta scoring the decisive goal.
Croatia will be able to count on star midfielder Luka Modric after he picked up a foot injury in the opening match while Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandzukic will return from suspension. Cameroon will be without striker Samuel Eto'o due to a knee problem and his most likely replacement is Pierre Webo.
Here are the probable starting line-ups:
Cameroon: Itandje; Djeugoue, N'Koulou, Matip, Bedimo; M'Bia, Song, Enoh; Moukandjo, Choupo-Moting, Eto'o
Croatia: Pletikosa; Srna, Corluka, Lovren, Vrsaljko; Modric, Rakitic, Perisic, Kovacic; Olic, Jelavic
My prediction: Croatia to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Cameroon win - 11/2
Draw - 16/5
Croatia win - 4/7
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