Croatia vs Turkey Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th October 2023
With the end of the qualifying group phase for the European Championship rapidly approaching, Croatia and Turkey battle it out in a on Thursday match at Opus Arena. Both teams are still vying for a spot ticket ot the upcoming tournament.
The last time the pair played each other, Croatia came out the other side as 0-2 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result.
Before the sixth round of this group, Croatia rank as number one with ten points, while Turkey, having collected ten points rank as number two. Turkey travel to this game against Croatia as number 42 in the FIFA world ranking, with the home side sitting as number 6.
It was widely predicted that Croatia would finish first in their group with little difficulty. This has proved slightly more troublesome as expected, but top spot in still theirs to lose. Turkey rank as their closest rival on the same number of points in a tight group and the Turks arrive with a new coach, having given Stefan Kuntz the boot.
Croatia vs Turkey Prediction
Croatia Form
Their last three matches saw Croatia drawing 0-0 with Spain, before taking out Latvia by 5-0, and Armenia by 0-1. Croatia managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six internationals, where they also drew one and lost one. They scored 17 goals and conceded eight times.
Turkey Form
Turkey are difficult to read after taking four points in their last three matches, which kicked off with a 2-0 win against Wales. A 1-1 draw with Armenia followed, before a 4-2 defeat against Japan. Turkey won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten while also conceding ten times.
Croatia are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when Turkey arrive at Opus Arena, and we believe the home side will prevail.
Croatia, are on a streak of seven successive games in which they scored at least once. Turkey managed to score at least once in their last four consecutive matches.
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Croatia vs Turkey Stats
- Croatia have scored in 30 of the last 32 home matches
- Croatia have not lost 17 of the last 19 matches
- Croatia have not lost 13 of the last 15 home matches
- In 7 of the last 9 home matches Croatia played, both teams scored
- Croatia have scored in 9 of the last 10 matches
- Turkey have scored in 23 of the last 24 matches
- In 12 of the last 13 Turkey away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Turkey have scored in the last 13 away matches in a row
- In 8 of the last 10 matches Turkey played, both teams scored
- In 8 of the last 10 away matches Turkey played, both teams scored
Croatia vs Turkey Team News
Croatia will have almost all of their team present for their match against Turkey at Opus Arena, with only one player in doubt.
Due to an injury, Croatia are unable to field Mateo Kovacic in the line-up for the this coming Thursday against Turkey.
Turkey seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Opus Arena to face Croatia.
Caglar Soyuncu won't be travelling with Turkey this time, as he nurses an injury.
Croatia vs Turkey H2H
When these two nations last faced off against each other, Croatia ended up taking all three points in a 0-2 victory. Croatia claimed three wins, while Turkey picked up two wins in the previous nine matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.
Croatia vs Turkey Results
In the previous nine matches between Croatia and Turkey, both teams found the back of the net four times.
Croatia vs Turkey Betting Tips
If you are looking for a player who is currently in good form, then Andrej Kramaric looks like your best bet. He scored four times recently for Croatia in the European Championship, while Bertug Yildirim registered two goals in the last six matches for Turkey in the same tournament. Both of them are looking for more goals in the upcoming games.
Of their 10 most recent games at Opus Arena across all tournaments, Croatia won four times, drew five and lost one. Turkey won six of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing zero and losing four. Croatia are looking at five wins from a possible 10 European Championship matches. Their visitors on Thursday claimed all three points four times in their previous 10 league matches.
In the past nine encounters between Croatia and Turkey over 2.5 goals came out four times, with Croatia scoring an average of 1.54 goals per game. Turkey averaged 1.21 goals, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Croatia’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Turkey, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.8 times goals per game.