Croatia vs Scotland Prediction & Betting Tips (12 October)

While it is one of the teams accustomed to going far in various international competitions, Croatia completely missed the point last June during the Euro. The Vatreni in fact took the door in the first round with 2 small points taken in 3 matches following their defeat against Spain 3-0 and the draws conceded against Albania 2-2 and Italy 1-1 . Shaken by this failure, the Croatians were unable to react for their debut in this League of Nations by logically losing to Portugal 2-1. But they were finally able to get their minds back in place by winning against Poland 1-0 to open their account in this competition. Like Croatia, Scotland did not show themselves in their best light during the European Championship at the end of last season.

Heavily beaten from the start by Germany 5-1, the British were then able to take their only point of the competition by holding off Switzerland 1-1 before losing at the very end of the match against Hungary 0-1. The Tartan Army has so far been unable to raise its head since this poor performance since in September, it experienced 2 new affronts for its debut in this League of Nations. Beaten at home by Poland 2-3, Scotland was then unable to recover on the ground of Portugal 2-1.

Some important elements of this Croatian team are not there for this gathering. The experienced Vida (105 sel) and Brozovic (99 sel) hung up after the Euro while the precious Stanisic (Bayern Munich), Juranovic (Union Berlin) and Majer (Wolfsburg) are injured. On the other hand, the emblematic Modric (Real Madrid, 180 caps, 27 goals) is still there. This is also the case of the indispensable Kovacic (Manchester City, 106 sel), Gvardiol (Manchester Cityà and Pasalic (Atalanta, 68 sel) and the attackers Perisic (PSV Eindhoven, 136 sel, 33 goals), Kramaric (Hoffenheim, 98 sel , 29 goals) and Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb, 41 sel, 11 goals) Also note the presence of Lyon defender Caleta-Car. Scotland also deplores several absences since the very important McKenna (Las Palmas, 39 sel) and McGinn.

(Aston Villa, 71 sel, 18 sel), who is the top scorer of this selection, are injured In addition to that, Tierney (Arsenal) and Hendry (Al-Ettifaq) are also missing. the starting goalkeeper Gordon (Heart, 75 sel) makes his return compared to the last gathering We will also find in this group captain Robertson (Liverpool, 76 sel), midfielders Christie (Bournemouth, 56 sel), McTominay (Naples, 54). sel, 11 goals), McLean (Norwich, 44 sel), Forrest (Celtic) and Gilmour (Naples), Dykes (Birmingham, 38 sel, 9 goals) and Adams (Torino, 33 sel, 6 goals) should start.