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Czech Republic v Croatia : World Cup Qualifying Europe match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 9th Oct, 19:45 BST, Eden Arena, Prague

Thursday evening at the Eden Arena, and it’s a World Cup Qualifying Europe showdown between Czech Republic and Croatia. Ivan Juric and Zlatko Dalić going all-out to ensure victory. World Cup Qualifying Europe stats are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head records included too. It's all on this page, with graphics and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for seventeen major betting markets using the tabs.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We predict there's very little chance of a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Czech Rep and Croatia will score at least a couple of between them during 90 minutes. This is based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 75%. The bookmakers have it at 1.44.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 41% chance of Croatia coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Czech Rep
34%
-3.00
3%
Draw
26%
-3.20
6%
Croatia
41%
-2.45
9%
Draw 1-1
12%
-6.00
Croatia 1-0
10%
-6.50
Croatia 2-1
9%
-9.00
6%
Czech Rep 1-0
9%
-7.00
7%
Czech Rep 2-1
8%
-10.00
Croatia 2-0
7%
-9.50
6%
Draw 0-0
7%
-7.00
13%
Draw 2-2
6%
-15.00
15%
Czech Rep 2-0
5%
-12.00
Croatia 3-1
4%
-17.00
13%
Czech Rep 3-1
3%
-21.00
Croatia 3-0
3%
-19.00
12%
Croatia 3-2
3%
-26.00
13%
Czech Rep 3-2
2%
-29.00
12%
Czech Rep 3-0
2%
-23.00
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
-2.30
10%
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
-1.57
6%
Home 1st Goal
47%
-2.20
Away 1st Goal
49%
-1.95
5%
No 1st Goal
4%
-7.00
13%
BTTS - Yes
55%
-2.00
5%
BTTS - No
45%
-1.73
4%
BTTS - Home Win
16%
-6.00
BTTS - Draw
19%
-4.50
2%
BTTS - Away Win
19%
-5.25
9%
Home/draw
59%
-1.53
6%
Away/draw
66%
-1.40
3%
Home/away
74%
-1.33
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
-1.44
6%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
-2.62
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
-4.20
11%
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
-1.20
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
-8.50
13%
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
-1.06
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
-17.00
13%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
-1.00
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
-1.08
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
-7.00
13%
Home DNB
52%
-2.05
5%
Away DNB
59%
-1.70
5%
Czech Rep win to nil
17%
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Croatia win to nil
21%
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Czech Rep / Czech Rep
16%
-4.80
4%
Czech Rep / Croatia
3%
-23.00
10%
Czech Rep / Draw
6%
-13.00
Draw / Czech Rep
13%
-6.00
8%
Draw / Croatia
15%
-5.25
Draw / Draw
18%
-4.20
9%
Croatia / Czech Rep
3%
-26.00
Croatia / Croatia
20%
-3.90
11%
Croatia / Draw
6%
-13.00
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Group L table
Won
Draw
Lost
Czech Rep
Croatia
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS Date Date
1
Croatia44001612 
Oct 9
-
2
Czech Rep5401512 
-
w
 
5-1F
3
Montenegro5203-56 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
4-0F
4
Faroes 5203-16 
w
 
2-1F
Nov 14
5
Gibraltar5005-150 
Nov 17
Oct 12
Win / draw / win form
4
Croatia have won 4 consecutive games
Czech Rep
2022 WC Quals.
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
10
Conceded
4
Games: Scored
6 / 6
Conceded
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
Failed to score
0 / 6
Won
4
Draw
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Czech Rep2 - 0Montenegro
Czech Rep2 - 1Faroes
Czech Rep2 - 0Estonia
Czech Rep2 - 2Wales
Czech Rep1 - 0Belarus
Czech Rep1 - 1Belgium
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
11 / 14
Conceded
8 / 14
Clean sheets
6 / 14
Failed to score
3 / 14
Won
8
Draw
3
Lost
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACzech Rep2 - 0Montenegro
ACzech Rep1 - 5Croatia
HCzech Rep2 - 0Montenegro
ACzech Rep4 - 0Gibraltar
HCzech Rep2 - 1Faroes
ACzech Rep0 - 0Sweden
HCzech Rep2 - 0Estonia
ACzech Rep2 - 0Belarus
HCzech Rep2 - 2Wales
ACzech Rep0 - 3Belgium
HCzech Rep1 - 0Belarus
ACzech Rep0 - 1Wales
HCzech Rep1 - 1Belgium
ACzech Rep6 - 2Estonia
Croatia
2022 WC Quals.
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
2
Games: Scored
5 / 7
Conceded
2 / 7
Clean sheets
5 / 7
Failed to score
2 / 7
Won
5
D
1
L
1
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Faroes 0 - 1Croatia
Gibraltar0 - 7Croatia
Malta1 - 7Croatia
Cyprus0 - 3Croatia
Slovakia0 - 1Croatia
Russia0 - 0Croatia
Slovenia1 - 0Croatia
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
5
Games: Scored
12 / 14
Conceded
4 / 14
Clean sheets
10 / 14
Failed to score
2 / 14
Won
11
D
2
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCroatia4 - 0Montenegro
ACroatia1 - 0Faroes
HCroatia5 - 1Czech Rep
ACroatia7 - 0Gibraltar
HCroatia1 - 0Russia
ACroatia7 - 1Malta
HCroatia2 - 2Slovakia
ACroatia3 - 0Cyprus
HCroatia3 - 0Slovenia
ACroatia1 - 0Slovakia
ACroatia0 - 0Russia
HCroatia3 - 0Malta
HCroatia1 - 0Cyprus
ACroatia0 - 1Slovenia
Goal Statistics

Croatia's defensive record is very strong, Z. Dalić's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive World Cup Qualifying Europe outings. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Czech Republic makes sense in this context.

Czech Rep Croatia
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Czech Rep will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Croatia will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
6 home / away league games
=0
Czech Rep’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Croatia’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
2.7
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
0.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
Czech Rep
PG (predicted goals)
Croatia
1.3
1.4
Attack rating
15%
better
CZH
CRO
view stats
Games scored19
16
Failed to score1
4
Scored first12
10
Goals scored40
40
Avg. goals scored2
2
Avg. shots per game13
13
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for1.9
2.2
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
CZH
CRO
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
12
Clean sheets6
8
Conceded first7
9
Goals conceded24
20
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+11%

The line-ups for the World Cup Qualifying Europe match between Czech Rep v Croatia will show here when available.

Czech Rep World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5222
J ZelenyV CernyV CernyV Coufal
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Zeleny DEF51
1
-
L Krejci  DEF51
1
-
L Provod MID51
-
P Sulc MID511
-
T Soucek MID511
-
V Cerny FWD522
-
M Kovář GLK4
-
V Coufal DEF4
2
-
A Kral MID4
-
M Sadilek MID4
-
L Červ MID412
-
T Chory FWD4
1
-
V Kusej FWD3
-
D Zima DEF2
-
J Stanek GLK1
-
R Hranáč DEF1
-
D Jurásek DEF1
-
Croatia World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4621
D LivakovicA KramaricL ModricD Caleta-Car
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Livakovic GLK4
-
D Caleta-Car DEF4
1
-
A Kramaric MID461
-
M Pasalic MID411
-
L Modric MID412
-
F Ivanovic FWD421
1
-
I Perisic FWD432
-
A Budimir FWD421
-
J Stanisic DEF31
-
K Jakic MID31
-
M Baturina MID3
-
M Pašalić FWD31
-
M Pongracic  DEF2
1
-
J Sutalo DEF2
-
T Fruk MID2
-
P. Sučić MID2
-
L Majer MID22
-
N Moro MID2
-
L. Vušković DEF1
-
J Gvardiol DEF11
-
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