Croatia vs Italy prediction and betting tips

Tournament:European Championship

Game time:25 jun 2024, 03:00

A match between the national teams of Croatia and Italy will take place in the 3rd round of the Euro 2024 on June 24, 2024. Modrić and the company just need a win. A draw may well be enough for Spalletti’s wards to advance to the play-offs.

Croatia vs Italy: key statistics and trends

• Croatia had got 4 wins and a draw before the misfire with Spain.
• Italy has won 5 out of 8 previous matches.
• Croatia wins the first half in 54% of matches, Italy wins 54% of games.

Croatia – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Checkered Ones” have confirmed their status as a strong national team in recent years. They not only managed to qualify for the Euro once again in 2023, but also made it to the final of the Nations League, where they lost only to Spain on penalties. Speaking about this calendar year, there were a draw in the struggle with Tunisia and 3 victories, including over Portugal, in control matches.

The more surprising was the failure in Germany. Through the efforts of Ruiz (a goal and an assist), Spain scored twice with an interval of 3 minutes in the middle of the first half, and then Carvajal’s goal into the locker room brought the final 3-0 result. This could not be answered even with a penalty. Moreover, the team was disappointed with Albania: it conceded first, and, having taken the lead thanks to an own goal, did not maintain the advantage, allowing the underdog to equalize in the very end of the game.

Italy – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Squadra Azzurra”, which did not qualify for the World Cup, did not impress in 2023 either. It is reasonable to mention only 3rd place in the Nations League, defeats made by the British in both European qualifying matches. Ukraine (with equal points) was overcome there only due to additional indicators. However, the team failed to score only in the confrontation with Turkey – 0-0.

The Euro began with an anti-record – having caught Dimarco’s mistake during a throw-in in the first minute of the game, Bajrami opened the score. Having improved the performance, Spalletti’s wards were able to take a strong 2-1 victory, but in the second half they already played pragmatically according to the score, not without chances that Albania did not convert. As for the battle against Spain, the Italians themselves were a clear outsider on the field; they fought back, but ultimately conceded after another own goal.

Croatia: team news

It was possible to gather all the strongest - except that Levi chose to end his international career. True, there are questions about Vlasic

Italy: team news

Scalvini had been injured on the eve of training camp, joining other defenders from the squad – Acerbi, Toloi and Calabria.

Croatia vs Italy: possible starting line-ups

Croatia (possible line-up): Livaković – Gvardiol, Vida, Sutalo, Stanisic – Kovačić, Brozovic, Modrić – Pasalic, Kramaric, Budimir.

Italy (possible line-up): Donnarumma – Dimarco, Calafiori, Bastoni, Di Lorenzo – Barella, Jorginho, Fagioli – Pellegrini, Retegui, El Shaarawy.

Previous head-to-head matches: Croatia vs Italy

Incredibly, “the Checkered Ones” have not lost to “the Squadra Azzurra”: 3 wins and 5 draws. Moreover, they have already played a 1-1 draw 3 times.

Free prediction for the match

Modrić and the company understand that they need to demonstrate a 120% performance and win, but they are unconvincing in defence. We are expecting spectacular football and the final “total: over 2.5 goals” (odd: 1.93).