Wales vs Croatia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th October 2023

Wales and Croatia settled for a point in a 1-1 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5.

We have reached the final round of the group stage qualifying where Wales rank as number four. They achieved seven points, while Croatia are number two with ten points. Wales bid welcome to Croatia as number 33 in the FIFA world ranking, while the latter rank as number 6.

It may be a stretch to expect Wales to finish first in their group; however, it would be equally unexpected to see them they fail in advancing out of the group stage The bookmakers are strongly backing Croatia to come out on top of their group. It would certainly be unexpected should they fail to meet expectations and comfortably finish as group winner.

Wales vs Croatia Prediction

Wales Form

Their last three matches saw Wales drawing 0-0 with South Korea, before taking out Latvia by 0-2, and Gibraltar by 4-0. Wales won three of their previous six internationals. They drew one and lost two, scoring nine goals to six against.

Croatia Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Croatia. They first took out Latvia by 5-0 before downing Armenia by 0-1. The winning streak came to an end against Turkey, who ran out 0-1 winners. Croatia recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six internationals, in which they banged in 16 goals, whilst conceding seven. They also drew zero and lost two.

You don't look for Wales or Croatia, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals on Sunday.

Wales are on a streak of 3 games on the bounce without defeat.

Wales vs Croatia Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Wales, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Ben Cabango and Chris Mepham nurses various injuries and won't take part for Wales against Croatia at Cardiff City Stadium.

At the time of writing, Croatia just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday.

Names like Andrej Kramaric and Mateo Kovacic most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Wales.

Wales vs Croatia H2H

The last time the two nations squared up against each other both came away unscathed following a 1-1 draw. Wales enter the match against Croatia with a 0-3-4 record in their previous seven 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.

Wales vs Croatia Results

In the last seven matches between Wales and Croatia, both teams to score came up four times.

Wales vs Croatia Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Andrej Kramaric has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up at Cardiff City Stadium on 15th October at 20:45, it is because Croatia bank on him to build on these numbers against Wales. The latter relies on Kieffer Moore, who found the target three times in six games.

Wales claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Croatia won seven of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost one of the games in this run. Both teams scored in five of the last 10 home matches for Wales and in four of the previous 10 away games for Croatia.

Over 2.5 goals came up one time in the previous seven encounters between Wales and Croatia, as Wales scored 0.56 goals on average per game and Croatia averaging 1.58 goals. Both teams scored in four times of these matches. In Wales's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in three of them. They managed to average 1.1 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Croatia, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.