Spain vs Croatia Prediction | UEFA EURO 2024 | Group Stage
Jun 15, 2024 published
KICK-OFF: Saturday 15th June, 2024 - Nigeria – 17:00 / UK – 17:00
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PREDICTED LINE-UPS
SPAIN
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Unai Simon; Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Le Normand, Alex Grimaldo; Pedri, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz; Lamine Yamal, Alvaro Morata, Nico Williams
UNAVAILABLE: Laporte (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Dani Olmo (Injured)
CROATIA
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Livakovic; Stanisic, Sutalo, Pongracic, Gvardiol; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Majer, Budimir, Kramaric
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Perisic (Injured)
MATCH PREDICTION
The three-time European champions Spain head into this tournament with a slight tweak to their style after Luis de la Fuente replaced Luis Enrique post-the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The former Spain U21 coach plays a slightly more direct 4-3-3 with crosses into the box and captain Alvaro Morata absolutely crucial. Croatia are as familiar as ever under Zlatko Dalic and will be as resilient as ever with their experienced midfield the dominant part of the team. Neither of these sides tend to give the ball away that easily so it may not be a thriller for the neutral with the possibility of them cancelling each other out to a result that has fewer than three or four goals quite likely.