Betting tips for Croatia vs Spain 15.11.2018

Croatia and Spain meet face-off on Thursday at the Stadion Maksimir, a challenge to be played in Group 4 of the League of Nations. Croatia is in danger of falling to League B if they can not , at least to score against Spain, a game where he will seek revenge on the thrashing he suffered in the first round of the event. On the other side comes a Spain that has the chance to qualify for the semi-finals with a win in this match.

Croatia ranked third with 1 point, 1 draw and 1 defeat, with 6 goals conceded and no goals scored. The Croatians were thrashed in the first challenge they played in Spain (6-0), and then did not get better than a draw at the England reception (0-0), arriving here in bad conditions. The Vatreni need to score here and then win England, or win here and draw even, or there will be no solution other than the downfall for League B. Sime Vrsaljko, Lovre Kalinic and Marcelo Brozovic were all 3 underweight in the games previous in this competition, being that all were injured, but now that they are back again they provide another quality to the team within the four lines.

The Croatians beat Jordan (2-1) in a friendly on 15 October, the last game of the Croatian national team. The team has a squad with very talented players, especially at the midfield level, such as Rakitic, Brozovic and Modric, and advanced players like Perisic and Rebic, and they will do everything to steal points to Spain, where they will seek to take the bitter taste of the 6-0 defeat in the first round of the competition.

Spain, for its part, is in 1st place with 6 points, the result of 2 wins and 1 defeat, with 10 goals scored and 4 goals conceded. The Spaniards entered the competition well after winning the first two matches, first in England (1-2) and then in the reception to Croatia (6-0), losing in the last encounter with the reception to England (2-3), the first defeat of Luis Enrique as Spanish coach. Since Euro 2016 Spain have not suffered two consecutive defeats, when one of those two defeats has been at the hands of Croatia (2-1), and Fury will do everything to return to good results here.

As a reward for the good games they are playing in La Liga, Brais Méndez and Mario Hermoso won the first call to the main team, with Hermoso able to play next to Ramos, having to compete with Llorente for the position. Jordi Alba also returned to the squad for the first time since the 2018 World Cup, but Luis Enrique will have to make some changes to the usual eleven, with Nacho and Carvajal both out for injury. The options for the midfield are vast, and all of them of extreme quality, but Ñíguez, Busquets and Isco should keep their places safe. If he wins here, La Roja will automatically be placed in the semi-finals of the competition.


Spain come here with great players at their disposal and with the opportunity to clear up the group accounts already in this game, while Croatia need to score to keep alive the chance to remain in League A. It is to be expected a more open, given the need to score from Croatia, which could lead to the occurrence of some goals for both sides of the field. However, it is Spain who should be able to come out winning.

Croatia vs Spain Prediction: X/2 5.50

Croatia vs Spain Betting Tip: Over 3.5 Goals @ 2.00

Croatia vs Spain  Score Recommendations: 1-3 15.00