Croatia vs Poland prediction and betting tips on September 8, 2024
Game Prediction
A match between the national teams of Croatia and Poland will take place in the 2nd round of the Nations League on September 8, 2024. Lewandowski and the company have already won on the away field this week, and now they will try to take maximum points again.
Croatia vs Poland: key statistics and trends
- * Croatia has not won at the Euro – a defeat and a couple of draws.
- * Poland has lost twice in 3 matches at the summer championship.
- * Poland has conceded in each of its 5 previous games.
- * Poland has scored at least once in its 5 previous matches.
- * Croatia wins the first half in 41% of meetings, Poland – in 50% of confrontations.
Our prediction for the match Croatia vs Poland
“The Checkered Ones”, like “the Kadra”, failed at the recent tournament in Germany. This was more expected from the Poles, who had a tough qualification and appeared at the Euro at the very last moment, winning in the post-match penalties against Wales in the spring play-offs. Speaking about the championship itself, Lewandowski and the company started with the defeats to the national teams of the Netherlands and Austria, and the match with an unmotivated opponent, France, was drawn only at the very end (1-1). The Croatians, it seems, were unlucky. They, losing heavily in the 1st round, failed only in the struggle with Spain. Still, then they were left without victories against Albania and Italy due to goals in the last not even minutes, but seconds of the confrontations.
Probierz kept his position. The mentor knew from the beginning that Szczęsny would leave – the player eventually left football. Grosicki will not continue to perform, and Milik is still injured. Still, the team also left Salomon, Skoras, Szymanski and Romanczuk off the list, although there are a minimum of debutants. Dalić initially knew that Vida and Brozovic would no longer play. Still, it is remarkable that the squad had to be redrawn due to an epidemic of injuries. For instance, Vlasic, Juranovic and Stanisic are in the infirmary.
The Croatians started the tournament with Portugal. And they lost with a 1-2 score, with all the goals scored before the break. The Poles competed with the Scots on the away field, and were able to achieve success, snatching the victory in the very end of the game by means of a penalty.
Croatia vs Poland: possible starting line-ups
Croatia (possible line-up): Livaković – Gvardiol, Pongračić, Sutalo – Sosa, Baturina, Kovačić, Modrić, Jakic – Pašalić, Kramaric.
Poland (possible line-up): Bulka – Kiwior, Dawidowicz, Bednarek – Zalewski, Urbanski, Zielinski, Szymanski, Frankowski – Lewandowski, Piatek.
Previous head-to-head matches: Croatia vs Poland
There were 3 matches in total. The only goal was scored by “The Kadra” in the friendlies, in 2003 and 2006. And “the Checkered Ones” beat the opponent at the Euro 2008 (with the same 1-0 score).
Free prediction for the match Croatia vs Poland
The teams played spectacularly against each other in the last round. Now it should not be boring either, we bet on “total: over 2.5” (odd: 1.84).