Turkey vs Croatia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th March 2023
Turkey take on Croatia at Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye Stadyumu, where an exciting match should be on the cards. Played out this coming Tuesday, it is one of many qualifying matches in round two of the qualifying stage to the European Championship. It was an enormously entertaining 3-3 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well this coming Tuesday.
Concluding the first round of matches in this group, Turkey have positioned themselves as number one on three points. Meanwhile, Croatia earned one point, placing them as number three. Turkey bid welcome to Croatia as number 44 in the FIFA world ranking, while the latter rank as number seven.
Turkey managed to squeeze out a tight 2-1 win in the first round. Getting away with three points from the first away group game in the European Championship will have them wanting for more in their first match on home soil. It was a nice and quiet opening to the European Championship group stages Croatia delivered. A 1-1 draw at home is perhaps slightly under par but still enough to try to build on.
Turkey are in with a good shot at topping their group, as it looks like a two-way battle for top spot in this group. At the very least, second place is there for the taking. The bookmakers have heavily favoured Croatia to win their group. It would be shocking if they fail to qualify with ease, thus not meeting expectations.
Turkey vs Croatia Prediction
Turkey Form
Turkey are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 2-1 win against Scotland. They went on to beat Czech Republic by 2-1, before also getting the better of Armenia in a 1-2 victory. Turkey managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six internationals, where they also drew one and lost one. They scored 15 goals and conceded eight times.
Croatia Form
Croatia have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Argentina, they came out empty-handed in a 3-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 2-1 win against Morocco. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Wales. Croatia won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering one defeat. They scored nine while also conceding six times.
One could argue the pros and cons for a while in this encounter, but we find the value list with visitors Croatia. Having considered form, strength in squad and history of the two teams, they get the call here.
Turkey managed to score at least once in their previous 19 matches.
Turkey vs Croatia Stats
- Turkey have scored in the last 19 matches in a row
- In 12 of the last 14 Turkey matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 5 matches in a row Turkey played, both teams scored
- Turkey have won 7 of the last 9 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Turkey have lost the last 3 matches in a row and both teams scored at the same time
- Croatia have not lost 22 of the last 24 matches
- Croatia have not lost 10 of the last 11 away matches
- Croatia have won 8 of the last 10 away matches
- In 4 of the last 5 matches Croatia played, both teams scored
- Croatia have scored in 8 of the last 10 away matches
Turkey vs Croatia Team News
Turkey just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Croatia at Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye Stadyumu.
Sidelined with an injury, Turkey can't field Ozan Kabak this coming Tuesday against Croatia.
Croatia face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Tuesday against Turkey.
Andrej Kramaric, Borna Sosa and Marcelo Brozovic all face a spell on the sidelines for Croatia due to various injuries.
Turkey vs Croatia H2H
The last time the two nations squared up against each other, on 11 november 2020, both came away unscathed following a 3-3 draw. Croatia look back on two wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Turkey. The home side has a 25% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 2-4-2. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Turkey vs Croatia Results
Both teams found the back of the net four times in the past eight matches between home side Turkey and Croatia. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 5/6.
Turkey vs Croatia Betting Tips
As the new European Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Turkey and Croatia this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Turkey won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing two as well. Croatia won eight from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost one in this run. Turkey won five of their last 10 European Championship matches, while Croatia managed four wins in their previous 10.
In the last eight encounters between Turkey and Croatia over 2.5 goals came out four times, as Turkey averaged 1.39 goals a game. Croatia scored an average of 1.52 goals in these, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Turkey, who scored an average of 2.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Croatia, who managed to score two times in those matches.
