Croatia vs Scotland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th October 2024
Croatia take on Scotland at Stadion Maksimir, where an thrilling match is hopefully on the cards on Saturday. It is one of the many matches in round three of the group stage in the Nations League A this season. Croatia last faced Scotland on 22 June 2021 at Hampden Park, when Croatia scored a 3-1 win.
Croatia arrive at this match placed as number 12 in the FIFA world ranking, while Scotland lack behind as number 52 in the world.
After the second round of the group stage Croatia are number two on three, while Scotland have zero as number four. Having earned three points before their third Nations League A group contest, Croatia will be eager to remain undefeated in this round. With the advantage of playing at home, they need points to their account.
Croatia are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents ten goals, or an average of one a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.
It has so far been a disappointing Nations League A with two defeats in the group for Scotland. If they wish to play even second fiddle in the Nations League A this season, a third defeat in out of the question.
Scotland scored three goals, conceded five and managed zero clean sheets in their previous two matches.
Croatia vs Scotland Prediction
Croatia Form
Their last three matches saw Croatia drawing 1-1 with Italy, losing 2-1 against Portugal before beating Poland by 1-0. Croatia managed to win two of their past six internationals. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored seven and conceded nine goals.
Scotland Form
Scotland were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 0-1 by Hungary. Next up, Poland won 2-3, before losing 2-1 against Portugal. Scotland didn't manage a single win in their last six internationals, but managed two draws, while suffering four defeats. They conceded 14 and scored seven goals themselves.
We expect Croatia to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low scoring home win. We expect the guests from Scotland to put up a decent fight.
Scotland conceded a goal in their last 6 matches.
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Croatia vs Scotland Stats
- In 7 of the last 9 Croatia matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Croatia home matches in the Nations League A, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Croatia matches in the Nations League A, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Croatia matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Croatia home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Scotland away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Scotland have lost 5 of the last 7 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Scotland have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Scotland matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Croatia vs Scotland Team News
Croatia vs Scotland H2H
Croatia last faced Scotland on 22 June 2021 at Hampden Park, when Croatia scored a 3-1 win. Croatia go into their upcoming match against Scotland with a 17% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 1-3-2 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Croatia vs Scotland Results
In the last six matches between Croatia and Scotland, both teams to score came up three times.
Croatia vs Scotland Betting Tips
Scott McTominay shows decent form right now for Scotland, as he has scored two goals in his last six games. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Croatia, who are strong favourites this coming Saturday. Siding with Luka Modric also looks like a nice prospect as he has scored three goals in his last six matches for his country.
In their last 10 matches at Stadion Maksimir across all tournaments Croatia won five times, drew four and lost one times. Scotland claimed three wins, one draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Croatia kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Scotland have been able to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games away from home.
Over 2.5 goals happened one time in the past six encounters between Croatia and Scotland, with Croatia scoring 0.84 goals on average per game. Scotland averaged 1.01 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Croatia, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Scotland, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.2 times goals per game.