Matchday 1 in Group B of Euro 2024. Spain vs Croatia. The game kicks off on June 15 at 17:00 (BST) at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Spain – Croatia: Prediction and betting odds, statistics for the Euro 2024 match.
Potential line-ups for Spain vs Croatia
Spain (4-2-3-1): Unai Simón – Aymeric Laporte, Robin Le Normand, Marc Cucurella, Dani Carvajal – Rodri, Fabián Ruiz – Nico Williams, Pedri, Lamine Yamal – Álvaro Morata.
Croatia (4-2-3-1): Dominik Livaković – Borna Sosa, Martin Erlić, Domagoj Vida, Josip Juranović – Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovačić – Marko Pjaca, Andrej Kramarić, Lovro Majer – Ante Budimir.
Spain
Three-time European champions qualified for the tournament on the 8th consecutive occasion. Spain have improved after Luis de la Fuente became their head coach. They topped their qualifying group, with 7 wins in their 8 games. Spain won the UEFA Nations League, beating Croatia on penalties. Only Germany and Spain have won Euro on 3 occasions. Spain won the title twice in the previous 4 editions of the tournament, finishing in the semi-finals in 2021. Spain have confidently beaten their opponents in the recent friendly games: Andorra (5:0) and Northern Ireland (5:1).
- Spain have scored at least 2 goals in 5 out of their last 6 Euro 2024 qualifying games. Spain Over 1.5 –
2.10
- Spain have won their last 6 official games in regular time. Spain to win –
1.90
- Spain have scored the first goal in their last 6 Euro 2024 qualifying games. Spain to score the first goal –
1.65
Croatia
This is the 6th consecutive occasion that Croatia participate in Euro. They finished second in their qualifying group, conceding only 4 goals in their 8 games (only France and Portugal conceded less). Despite their success in the last two World Cups (runner-up and 3rd place), Croatia have never reached semi-finals of the European Championship. They were eliminated in the Round of 16 in the last two editions of the tournament. Croatia have won both of their recent friendly games against the following opponents: North Macedonia (3:0) and Portugal (2:1).
- The side have participated in the European Championships on 6 occasions, with a maximum of 1 goal has been scored in 5 of their first games in the tournament. Under 1.5 –
3.00
- The opponents of Croatia have never had an over 1-goal lead in the last 11 official games Croatia have played. Croatia +1 –
1.40
- Croatia have scored in 6 out of their last 8 European Championship games. Croatia to score –
1.50
Spain – Croatia Prediction
Group B is probably the strongest in this tournament. Only Albania seem to be the outsiders. We’re unlikely to see some easy wins in the games between the three remaining teams. Spain, Italy and Croatia are equal sides in rankings and strengths. The games between them can be tied. By the way, the last two head-to-head games between Spain and Croatia ended exactly like this in regular time. Spain beat Croatia in extra time in the last Euro and won on penalties in the UEFA Nations League final a year ago
Spain demonstrated quite disappointing results In the last big tournaments. They played 10 games in the last World Cup and Euro, with 7 of them being tied in regular time (2 wins, 1 defeat). Croatia performed almost in the same way in the same tournaments, with 6 draws in regular time in their 11 games (3 wins, 2 defeats).
Our prediction is a Draw at
3.50
.
