Croatia vs Portugal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th November 2024

The spotlight is on Croatia and Portugal when they go toe-to-toe at Stadion Poljud, for an exciting match on Monday. It is one of the many matches in the conclusive round of the Nations League A group phase with all the final pieces falling into place. Croatia took a hit when Portugal handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-1 win.

Whereas hosts Croatia sit as number 12 in the FIFA world ranking, visitors Portugal arrive this coming Monday as number 7.

Before the final round of group games Croatia are looking at seven points as number two, while Portugal stares at 13 points as number one.

Croatia step into their next home match on Monday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing 11 goals against. That is an average of 1.1 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet three times in those matches.

Portugal show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.2 times on average per game. They scored 22 goals and conceded six, an average of 0.6 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in four of these.

Croatia vs Portugal Prediction

Croatia Form

In their last three matches, Croatia beat Scotland 2-1, drew 3-3 with Poland, before losing 1-0 against Scotland. Croatia managed to win two of their past six internationals. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded eight goals.

Portugal Form

Portugal are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Poland by 1-3. This was followed by a 0-0 with Scotland and a 5-1 win against Poland. Portugal recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six internationals, in which they banged in 15 goals, whilst conceding five. They also drew one and lost one.

Form looks slightly more in favour of Portugal than odds suggests. We believe the bookmakers have placed a little too much faith in Croatia and we like the prices on offer for the away win.

Portugal remained without defeat in 5 games on the bounce.

Croatia vs Portugal Team News

Croatia vs Portugal H2H

Croatia were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Portugal, but did win the reverse match 2-1, though. In last eight encounters between the clubs, Portugal have been the dominant force winning six matches against Croatia. The bookies have Portugal to win this match at best price odds of 29/22.

Croatia vs Portugal Results

Both teams to score paid out five times in the previous eight matches between home side Croatia and Portugal. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2/3.

Croatia vs Portugal Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Luka Modric, who is performing well for Croatia. He found the back of the net two times in his most recent national team outings. He'll be out to add more goals for his country against Portugal. The visitors will be looking up to Cristiano Ronaldo to find the net once again, after managing five goals for Portugal in his last six matches.

Croatia won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Stadion Poljud. They drew four and lost one as well, while Portugal won seven of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost two. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at Stadion Poljud on Monday? Croatia scored the opening goal seven times in 10 home games, while Portugal did it in seven of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past eight encounters between Croatia and Portugal, with Croatia scoring 0.89 goals on average per game. Portugal averaged 1.9 goals, while both teams scored five times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Croatia’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Portugal, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.7 times goals per game.