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Spain vs Croatia Prediction & Betting tips
On 11.09.2018 Spain and Croatia meet in the UEFA Nations League. While Spain have already scored the first three in England, Croatia is only now entering the tournament. The trio consists of Spain, Croatia and England. It’s hard to make a real favorite here. Firstly, of course, the vice-world champion Croatia catches the eye. On the other hand, we have an ex-world champion with Spain, who has a lot to make up for after a messed-up World Cup. England also played a decent World Cup, finishing in fourth place.
The kick-off is at 19:45 at the Manuel Martinez Valero Stadium in Elche.
Spain:
Spain started with a win after a messed-up World Cup match against England. 2: 1 they separated at the end in London Wembley Stadium. However, the match was always exciting and a draw would have earned the “Three Lions”. The balance even fell, but was quickly withdrawn. Here was the “The goalkeeper is in his own 5-meter room inviolable” rule a bit too accurate. In our eyes, the hit should have counted. So it was in the end 2: 1 for the “La Furia Roja”.
All this was overshadowed by the 47th minute when England international Luke Shaw collided with Spain’s Daniel Carvajal in an aerial duel and then crashed his head hard on the grass, lying motionless. Shaw was treated for a long time and then had to be replaced. “Just Shaw” you can only say. Like no other, he had to struggle with long periods of injury in his career. About three years ago, hard as it may sound, he nearly lost his left leg after a double shin fracture.
Luis Enriques Elf had a relatively early deficit. In the eleventh minute, Rashford finished after a great pass from Shaw to 1-0. Not 90 seconds later, the Spaniards equalized. After preliminary work by Rodrigo Saul shot in the turmoil of the English box the ball into the gate of Pickford. In the 32nd minute Rodrigo came free after a beautiful free kick by Thiago to the shot and scored the 2: 1 final score. All in all, a successful debut for Luis Enrique, but the result is a bit misleading in our view that Spain is not yet where it once was. The initiated renewal process, however, seemed to at least bear fruit.
The bookmakers reward the performance and the result in England. A Spain – Croatia tip is with a quota of only 1.7 for the guest a decent announcement about the suspected balance of power. Whether betting on the former world champion Spain against Croatia is worthwhile despite the somewhat smaller odds, we will analyze in the conclusion.
Croatia:
Croatia is Vice World Champion. Accordingly, the expectation is great. Like every big tournament, Croatia will not be spared a wave of resignation. So ended z. As Mario Mandzukic and Danijel Subasic their career in the national team. It is no secret that the so-called “golden generation” is approaching the footballing zenith. All the more gratifying was the news that Luka Modric (33) does not end his cooperation for the time being. Also Ivan Rakitic (30) remains the “fiery” for the time being. So a certain basic structure for coach Zlatko Dalic remains.
In the first test match after the World Cup was the opponent Portugal. After a rather meager performance stood at the end of a 1-1. A draw against European champions Portugal does not look bad at all. But whether the game Spain – Croatia allows a comparison here, is rather questionable. For one thing, Portugal did not play Ronaldo, who claimed to be sparing his club Juventus Turin. Second, the game was basically determined by Portugal. Croatia was never really in the game and was at the end of the 1-1 rather well served. The scoring statistics of 5:19 from the point of view of the Croats underlines this. In the end it was thanks to the efficiency that the match was not lost.
We share the opinion of the bookmakers that in the Spain Croatia match they assign the role of favorite to the Spaniards. Nevertheless, sports betting always remains a matter of quota. Maybe it pays to bet on the outsider because of the high odds.
Spain vs Croatia head to head matches
21.06.16 EUR Croatia Spain 2 : 1
18.06.12 EUR Croatia Spain 0 : 1
07.06.06 FI Croatia Spain 1 : 2
22.02.00 FI Croatia Spain 0 : 0
04.05.99 FI Spain Croatia 3 : 1