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Portugal Croatia betting prediction


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This is a match between two powerful teams on the European continent, as Portugal are European champions and Croatia are runner-up in the world cup. By playing at home, the Portuguese should dominate and hold the best chances to score, but the Croatians, who have great offensive quality, will also have a good chance to score. In this way, it’s very interesting to risk in favor of the market '' over 1.5 goals ''.
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Preview
Portugal and Croatia meet at Estádio Do Algarve, for a friendly match. This will be the 6th friendly match of the year for Portugal, after the ones against Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, Netherlands and Egypt. As for Croatia, this is the 5th friendly match of the year, after havinf played friendly matches against Senegal, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. The only recent head‑to‑head between these two teams was played on 25‑06‑2016, and ended in a (0‑1) win by Portugal, after extended time. Croatia registers significant differences between home and away results, so special attention is due to the home/away factor.

Analysis Portugal

The home team plays its 6th friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Portugal (3‑0) Algeria, Belgium (0‑0) Portugal, Portugal (2‑2) Tunisia, Portugal (0‑3) Netherlands and Portugal (2‑1) Egypt. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 25 goals scored and 10 conceded; against 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 31 goals scored and 17 conceded. They come to this match after a away loss against Uruguay by (2‑1). Portugal registers 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 home matches for the Friendlies. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 16 of the last 18 have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 13 out of 18 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

The Portuguese national team comes for this match after a defeat against Uruguay, by 2-1, which culminated in the elimination of the 2018 World Cup: the only goal of the team was initialed by Pepe. In this match against Croatia, the coach Fernando Santos should play in the usual 4-4-2 privileging the ball possession and the organized attacks, however, in some moments of the match should lower the block and act only in the counterattack: Bernardo Silva and Gonçalo Guedes are very competent players in the offensive transition. For this match, the coach didn’t choose Cristiano Ronaldo.

Confirmed Lineup: Rui Patrício, João Cancelo, Mário Rui, Pepe, Rúben Dias, William Carvalho, Bernardo Silva, Pizzi, Rúben Neves, Bruma, André Silva.
Coach: F. Fernandes da Costa Santos.

Analysis Croatia

The away team plays its 5th friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Croatia (2‑1) Senegal, Brazil (2‑0) Croatia, Mexico (0‑1) Croatia and Peru (2‑0) Croatia. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 10 wins and 5 draws at their stadium, with 31 goals scored and 7 conceded. In their last match, for the World Cup, they got an away loss against France by (4‑2). In the last 10 away matches Croatia has won 5, tied 1 and lost 4. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 7 times but have turned the score around in 4. In the last 16 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Croatia comes for the next matches after having finished the 2018 World Cup in second place, losing in the final against France by 4-2: the goals were signed by Perisic and Mandzukic. In this match on Portuguese soil the coach Zlatko Dalic should play in 4-3-3, however, with a very defensive strategy since the opponent acts with the support of the fans. Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric will be the team's most offensive reference. It’s important to emphasize that the visiting team has enormous offensive and defensive qualities. It seems that the coach won’t count on the usual Mario Mandzukic.

Confirmed Lineup: Lovre Kalinić, Sime Vrsaljko, Borna Barišić, Matej Mitrović, Domagoj Vida, Mateo Kovačić, Milan Badelj, Luka Modrić, Ivan Perišić, Marko Pjaca, Marko Livaja.
Coach: Z. Dalić.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Portugal vs Croatia match, on 6 September 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy Kenya, goes to: Over 1,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Portugal vs Croatia on 6 September 2018 will be played at São João da Venda, Estádio Do Algarve.

 

Friendlies - 2018

  • 94% 390 / 414 Games

  • Home team wins 44.87%
  • Draws 28.72%
  • Away team wins 26.41%
  • Over 1.5 65.64%
  • Over 2.5 41.28%
  • Over 3.5 23.85%
  • Goals 918
  • Goals /match 2.35
  • Goals /match home 1.4
  • Goals /match away 0.96
  • Both teams score 39.23%
  • Goals after 80' 11.98%
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