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This forthcoming WC tie sees Portugal facing off with Croatia on Thursday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Portugal v Croatia can be seen below - plus the latest betting odds.
Portugal enter this game after a 0-0 WC drawn result vs Colombia.
In that match, Portugal had 45% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Colombia got 24 shots at goal with 6 on target.
Their most recent results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Portugal backline. Portugal have been stingy, seeing the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their last six clashes standing at 3.
Croatia will go into the encounter following on from a 2-1 WC win against Ghana in their most recent game.
In that match, Croatia had 53% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Croatia, goals were scored by Petar Sučić (31') and Nikola Vlašić (83'). On the other side, Ghana had 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Derrick Luckassen (73') was the scorer for Ghana.
The stats don’t lie, and Croatia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. At the back, Croatia can certainly do much better. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern will be sustained here in this game.
Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/09/2018 shows that Portugal have won 3 of these and Croatia 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.
20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 12 for A Selecção and 8 being from Vatreni. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.
The last league match between the two was Nations League match day 6 on 18/11/2024 when it finished Croatia 1-1 Portugal.
On that day, Croatia managed 43% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The scorer was Joško Gvardiol (65').
At the other end, Portugal got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Félix (33') scored.
The match was refereed by Davide Massa.
Our assessment is that Croatia will likely create enough chances to find the net against this Portugal team, however that isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.
Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Portugal at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.
Checking the betting prices for this game on the 90 minute result market, victory for Portugal is best priced at 1.8, a bet on the draw is 3.4 & taking a punt on victory for Croatia will get you 5. Those are the best of the returns available right now.
Lucas Pereira, 14:00 28/06/2026
⚽️ Team Focus:
Portugal
Formed: 1914
Stadium: Estádio Nacional (37,593)
Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo
Chairman: Pedro Proença
Manager: Roberto Martínez
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