Croatia vs Wales Prediction, Tips & Odds – Mar. 25, 2023
Croatia vs Wales Prediction 25.03.2023. In the first round of qualification for EURO 2024, Croatia will welcome Wales. The match is on schedule on Saturday from 20:45 at the Poljud stadium in Split.
Apart from these two national teams, the group will consist of Turkey, Armenia, and Latvia.
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Croatia vs Wales Odds
Croatia vs Wales 1×2: 1.61/4.00/5.66
Total goals over/under (2.5):2.05/1.70
Double chance 1x/12/x2: 1.15/1.25/2.16
Both teams to score YES/NO: 2.10/1.66
Odds via Rabona Sportsbook.
Croatia Team News
The Croatian national team played its last competitive match at the World Cup in Qatar, in the match for third place, in which it defeated Morocco 2:1. Already in the seventh minute, Joško Guardiol shook the opponent’s net with an assist from Ivan Perišić, and the equalizer followed just two minutes later. Towards the end of the first half, Croatia took a new lead, and Mislav Oršić was accurate. This time, Marko Livaja recorded an assist, and the score remained unchanged until the end of the match.
In the A League of Nations, they finished the competition in first place with 13 points ahead of Denmark, France, and Austria. They started the group stage a bit weaker, losing at home against Austria with as much as 0:3 and drawing with France 1:1, but then they took first place with four consecutive victories.
Dejan Lovren has finished his national team career, so Josip Šutalo should start at center-back alongside Joško Guardiola. Also, it is expected that Nikola Vlašić will have an advantage over Mario Pašalić on the right flank. However, likely, most of the starters from the semi-final match at the World Cup against Argentina will also start in the upcoming match against Wales.
Wales Team News
The players of Wales finished the competition at the World Cup in the group stage as the last place behind England, the USA, and Iran with only one point won and a goal difference of 1:6.
In the A League of Nations, they were also fourth and also won only one point. The Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland were ahead of them on the ladder. In the last eight competitive matches, they did not register a single victory, with two draws and as many as six defeats.
We will see how Wales will deal with the fact that they will not have captain Gareth Bale available in the coming period after he announced at the beginning of this calendar year that he is ending his career.
Wayne Hennessey and Ben Davies will not be available for this duel, and their replacements should be Danny Ward and Ben Cabango. As the back midfielder, Ethan Ampadu is likely to be found, with captain Aaron Ramsey in front of him. In the attack, Brennan Johnson will probably get the advantage over Daniel James, and the other attacker will be Kieffer Moore, but we will have to see.
Croatia vs Wales H2H
The last two duels between these teams were played in 2019 in the EURO qualifiers. Croatia won the first match with a score of 2:1, and in the second it was tied 1:1.
Expected Lineups
Croatia (4-3-3): Livakovic; Juranovic, Sutalo, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Vlasic, Kramaric, Perisic
Wales (3-5-2): Ward; Mepham, Rodon, Cabango; Roberts, Ramsey, Ampadu, Wilson, Williams; Johnson, Moore
Croatia vs Wales Prediction
According to many segments, Croatia is the clear favorite in this duel, and anything but a victory for the hosts would be a real surprise. Therefore, we believe that they will triumph in this match and that the total number of goals in the match will be less than 4.5.
Kick-off Time: Saturday, 25.03.2023, 20:45 CET
Prediction: Croatia & under 4.5
Odds: 1.75
Sportsbook: Rabona
