The round of 16 match is set to kick off at 04:00am this morning AEST.

"The Head of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, welcomed at the airport, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who arrived in Nizhny Novgorod to attend the round of 16 match of the FIFA World Cup," said a regional official.

Nizhny Novgorod has already hosted four group stage matches and is set to hold one round of 16 game and a quarter-final.