Czech Republic vs Croatia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th October 2025
League-leaders Croatia hope to open an even bigger gap on their closest rivals in the World Cup Qualification this coming Thursday. This requires a win, when they visit runners-up Czech Republic at Fortuna Arena. Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 5-1 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Thursday.
Czech Republic are placed twoth with 12 points after five matches. Croatia occupy a position as oneth in the league on 12 points.
When it comes to goal-scoring Czech Republic could be more prolific, scoring 17 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.7 goals per game in which, they conceded 12 times. This is an average of 1.2 a game, achieving a clean sheet in five games.
Czech Republic vs Croatia Prediction
Czech Republic Form
In their last three matches, Czech Republic lost 5-1 against Croatia, won 0-2 against Montenegro, before drawing 1-1 against Saudi Arabia. Czech Republic won four of their past six matches on home soil in the World Cup Qualification, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored 12 goals and conceded four times.
Croatia Form
Croatia are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Czech Republic got left behind in a 5-1 win, before Faroe Islands got hammered in a 0-1 victory. Montenegro was the most recent victim in a 4-0 win for Croatia. Croatia picked up five wins from a possible six on their recent travels in the World Cup Qualification, while scoring 19 and conceding one goals. They also drew once but remained without defeat.
More often than not, either Czech Republic or Croatia pull off a clean sheet in meetings with each other. Thus, the value here seem to lie with at least one team being unable to score on Thursday.
Czech Republic won three matches, scored seven goals and conceded six in their last four games against teams from the top half of the World Cup Qualification table. This earned them nine points.
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Czech Republic vs Croatia Stats
- Czech Republic have won 9 of the last 11 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 13 of the last 15 Czech Republic home matches in the World Cup Qualification, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Czech Republic home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Czech Republic have won the last 3 home matches in a row in the World Cup Qualification while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- Czech Republic have won 6 of the last 8 matches in the World Cup Qualification while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 10 of the last 12 Croatia away matches in the World Cup Qualification, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Croatia away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Croatia matches in the World Cup Qualification, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Croatia have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring more than 3.5 goals
- Croatia have won 3 of the last 4 matches in the World Cup Qualification while scoring more than 3.5 goals
Czech Republic vs Croatia Team News
Czech Republic vs Croatia H2H
Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Czech Republic played against Croatia. It finished 5-1 in a great match between the pair. Czech Republic enter the match against Croatia with a 0-2-2 record in their previous four encounters. A win rate of 0%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Czech Republic vs Croatia Results
In the past four matches between home side Czech Republic and Croatia both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 4/5.
Czech Republic vs Croatia Betting Tips
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Vaclav Cerny, who is performing well for Czech Republic. 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 Croatia. The visitors will be looking up to Andrej Kramaric to find the net once again, after managing six goals for Croatia in his last six matches.
In their last 10 matches at Fortuna Arena across all tournaments Czech Republic won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Croatia claimed four wins, two draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Czech Republic on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Croatia in their last 10 league games away from home.
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last four encounters between these two teams. Czech Republic managed an average of 1.5 goals, with Croatia averaging three goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Czech Republic’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Croatia played across all tournaments. They scored 2.5 times on average in the process.