Spain vs Crotia Prediction: The Group B of the UEFA EURO 2024 is set to open with a fascinating first match between Spain and Croatia at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Saturday 15th of June, 2024 at 09:30 PM IST.
Spain’s quest for a historic fourth UEFA EURO title commences with a challenging matchup against Croatia, a team they edged out in a penalty shootout to claim the Nations League victory last year.
SPN vs CRO Match Info
- Date: Saturday 15th June, 2024
- Kick-off time: 09:30 PM IST
- Location: Olympiastadion, Berlin
- Last meeting: SPN 5- 4 CRO (Penalties)
Spain vs Croatia Prediction
Luis de La Fuente has mentored the squad to comfortably qualify for the Euro championship, topping the points table of their group. The team had a rather easy win over Northern Ireland with the scorecard reaching to a commendable 5-1 score by the end of the match. They would surely like to continue the same form coming in the Group stages of the championship.
On the other hand, with a stunning victory over Portugal by 2-1 to qualify, Croatia will be rather optimistic, if not confident in their venture in this year’s Euro championship. They finished on the second position of the points table in their group.
- ✅ More than 2 goals – Spain to score first.
- ✅ Lamine Yamal to score for Spain.
- ✅ Yellow cards – under 2.5
- ✅ Spain to win the match.
Spain vs Croatia Previews
Spain Team Preview
Spain are three-times champions of the Euro, a prestige only shared by two teams i.e. Spain and Germany.They also managed to make it into the semi-finals of Euro 2020 but fell a little short to make it to the final.
- Lamine Yamal is all set to make history for the nation as he will be the youngest player ever to play in the squad this Saturday being just 16 years and 338 days old.
- Out of the ten matches played between the two, Spain have won in 6 fixtures while as their rivals have managed to achieve only 3 victorious bouts.
- Currently, there are several uncertainties surrounding the Spain squad, as head coach De la Fuente has been discreet about his selections.
Croatia Team Preview
Zlatko Dalić’s Croatia will once again be led by the illustrious Luka Modric, who is set to make his fifth EURO appearance. The team also features Manchester City duo Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic, bringing additional winning mentality. Following an impressive warm-up victory over Portugal last week, Vatreni fans have reason to be confident.
- Croatia last defeated Spain in the UEFA Nations League in November 2018. In their most recent encounter, during the last-16 stage of Euro 2020, Spain emerged victorious with a 5-3 win after extra time.
- Being on a six game winning streak and securing each win efficiently across all competitions , Croatia will surely enter this match brimming with confidence. .
SPN vs CRO Team News
Apart from Lamine Yamal, Mikel Merino and Dani Olmo are potential starters for Spain, though they might begin on the bench, with Fabian Ruiz and Nico Williams likely to start. Aymeric Laporte was expected to play, but a muscular issue kept him out of training on Thursday, paving the way for Nacho to start in central defense.
Croatia will once again rely on their experienced midfield trio of Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, and Luka Modric. Ivan Perisic, who recently recovered from an ACL injury and returned to action with Hajduk Split, may not yet be fully fit for the tournament.
SPN vs CRO Last Five Head-to-Head:
- Spain: 2 Games won
- Croatia: 2 Games won
- Draw: 1 Game draw
SPN vs CRO Possible Lineups:
Spain Possible Playing XI: Simon; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Grimaldo; Rodri, Ruiz; Olmo, Yamal, Williams, Morata
Switzerland Possible Playing XI: Livakovic; Stanisic, Vida, Gvardiol, Sosa; Brozovic, Kovacic, Modric, Kramaric, Petkovic, Perisic
SPN vs CRO Win Probability:
- Spain : 50%
- DRAW: 27%
- Croatia : 33%
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