Euro 2024: Spain VS Croatia - Prediction

The UEFA Euro 2024 starts tonight with the match between Scotland and the host Germany. The second day of this tournament will feature a highly anticipated match as Spain will take on Croatia at Olympiastadion Berlin. This match is from Group B, Which is considered the Group of Death. As a result, this first match will be important for both teams as every single point is Important to qualify for the next round from the Group of Death. Croatia have been very consistent in major tournaments. They played the World Cup final in 2018 and the Nations League final in 2023 but failed to get a trophy! On the other hand, Spain are one of the favorites In this competition. They have some interesting young players, such as Lamine Yamal and Pedri, who can change the game at any time.

Stats&Facts

• Spain and Croatia faced off against each other in the previous three consecutive events of the Euro. This will be the fourth successive time they play against each other. Spain won two of those three meetings, while Croatia won The remaining one .
• The last meeting between Spain and Croatia was in the Euro 2021, where this match witnessed an eight-goal thriller at Parken Stadium in Denmark. It has become the highest-scoring match of the century in the history of the UEFA Euro.
• Apart from penalty shoot-out, Spain have lost only two of their last 22 Matches in the Euro. However, one of those two defeats was against Croatia in 2016.
• Spain have scored ten goals in total in their Last two matches, while they conceded only one.

Team News

Spain defender Aymeric Laporte missed training on Monday due to a muscular injury. If he misses this match, Real Madrid's Nacho should be ready to start the Match against Croatia. Barcelona's wonder kid Lamine Yamal is all set to make history as he is going to be the youngest player ever to play in the European competition. As for Croatia, their powerhouse is their midfield. Built with Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, and Marcelo Brozovic, the Croats will try to take control of the match. However, Ivan Perisic has not fully recovered yet and Is likely to start from the bench. Possible Lineup for Spain: Simon; Carvajal, Le Normand, Nacho, Grimaldo; Ruiz, Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Morata, Williams Possible Lineup for Croatia: Livakovic; Stanisic, Sutalo, Pongracic, Gvardiol; Brozovic, Kovacic, Modric; Majer, Budimir, Kramaric

Prediction: Spain 2-2 Croatia

Although Spain Have some interesting fresh talents, Croatia's main strength is their experienced players. It will be Really interesting to see how Spain's new faces will handle Croatia's experienced squad. In recent meetings, we witnessed some crazy matches between the two teams. We expect tomorrow's match will also be high-voltage, but it will end with a draw.

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Spain: 1.95 Draw: 3.42 Croatia: 4.32 Visit 96ex To get real-time Betfair Odds and a flat 5% commission on winning bets!