Croatia vs Czechia Prediction & Betting Tips - Euro

Prediction published on 15/06/2021, 13:46  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 15/06/2021 at 13:49 in Euro Predictions

An opening loss to England left Croatia on a back foot in Group D and they will be looking to pick themselves up when they face Czech Republic in the teams’ second outings at Hampden Park in Glasgow. There is a lot at stake for both teams, after their opening results; Croatia must win to keep alive their hopes and there’s a lot of focus on them, having reached the World Cup final in 2018. They haven’t posted very encouraging results lately, winning none of their last three matches and their massively experienced squad should offer the needed impact going to the second game. In the last 10 matches, Croatia have two wins only and have lost six of those, while producing a very unimpressive defensive run, managing two clean sheets in 10 matches.

Czech Republic had their shaky moments against Scotland but they held their own and were clinical when they needed to be. Patrik Schick served the moments of magic with two well taken goals and at very crucial moments of the game. A 2-0 win over Scotland in Glasgow provided a dream start to the competition and they will be looking to get their first ever win over Croatia here. In the previous three meetings, Croatia have one win while two ended in draws, but both sides scored in each of these matches. Their only competitive meeting was in Euro 2016, which ended 2-2. Czech Republic did keep a first clean sheet in six matches in their win over Scotland; they however had nervy moments in that game and will need to be at their best to contain a Croatia side with Ivan Perisic in it.