FREE BETS	ODDS	RETURNS	BET
	-	-
	-	-

Portugal v Croatia : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 3rd Jul, 00:00 BST, BMO Field, Toronto

Portugal are in World Cup action on Friday morning, as Roberto Martínez Montoliú looks to get one over on Zlatko Dalić and his Croatia side at the BMO Field. You'll see stats supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with World Cup performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Portugal and Croatia combined during a standard 90 mins. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this prediction, and we're suggest there's a 76% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Portugal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Portugal 55%	3/4 3%	-
Draw 24%	5/2 3%	-
Croatia 20%	4/1	-
Portugal 1-0 13%	6/1 8%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1 8%	-
Portugal 2-0 11%	7/1	-
Portugal 2-1 10%	8/1	-
Draw 0-0 8%	8/1 6%	-
Croatia 1-0 7%	12/1	-
Portugal 3-0 6%	14/1	-
Portugal 3-1 5%	16/1	-
Croatia 2-1 5%	16/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	-
Croatia 2-0 3%	25/1	-
Portugal 4-0 2%	28/1 15%	-
Portugal 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Portugal 4-1 2%	33/1	-
Croatia 3-1 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	11/10	-
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	8/11	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/7 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	7/4	-
No 1st Goal 5%	8/1 6%	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	19/20	-
BTTS - No 52%	4/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	3/1 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 9%	9/1	-
Home/draw 80%	1/6	-
Away/draw 45%	1/1 3%	-
Home/away 76%	2/7 1%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	1/3	-
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	12/5	-
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	11/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	2/7	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	6/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	14/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/14	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	8/1	-
Home DNB 72%	1/4 3%	-
Away DNB 37%	11/4 7%	-
Portugal win to nil 33%	7/4	-
Croatia win to nil 11%	7/1	-
Portugal / Portugal 30%	7/4	-
Portugal / Croatia 2%	40/1	-
Portugal / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Portugal 18%	7/2	-
Draw / Croatia 8%	9/1 5%	-
Draw / Draw 16%	4/1	-
Croatia / Portugal 4%	22/1	-
Croatia / Croatia 10%	15/2 6%	-
Croatia / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Portugal	0 - 0	Colombia
H	Portugal	5 - 0	Uzbekistan
H	Portugal	1 - 1	Congo DR
H	Portugal	2 - 1	Nigeria
H	Portugal	2 - 1	Chile
A	Portugal	2 - 0	USA
A	Portugal	0 - 0	Mexico
H	Portugal	9 - 1	Armenia
A	Portugal	0 - 2	Ireland
H	Portugal	2 - 2	Hungary
H	Portugal	1 - 0	Ireland
A	Portugal	3 - 2	Hungary
A	Portugal	5 - 0	Armenia
H	Portugal	2 - 2	Spain
A	Portugal	2 - 1	Germany
H	Portugal	3 - 2	Denmark
A	Portugal	0 - 1	Denmark
A	Portugal	1 - 1	Croatia
H	Portugal	5 - 1	Poland
A	Portugal	0 - 0	Scotland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Croatia	2 - 1	Ghana
A	Croatia	1 - 0	Panama
A	Croatia	2 - 4	England
H	Croatia	2 - 1	Slovenia
H	Croatia	0 - 2	Belgium
A	Croatia	1 - 3	Brazil
A	Croatia	2 - 1	Colombia
A	Croatia	3 - 2	Montenegro
H	Croatia	3 - 1	Faroes
H	Croatia	3 - 0	Gibraltar
A	Croatia	0 - 0	Czech Rep
H	Croatia	4 - 0	Montenegro
A	Croatia	1 - 0	Faroes
H	Croatia	5 - 1	Czech Rep
A	Croatia	7 - 0	Gibraltar
A	Croatia	0 - 2	France
H	Croatia	2 - 0	France
H	Croatia	1 - 1	Portugal
A	Croatia	0 - 1	Scotland
A	Croatia	3 - 3	Poland

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Portugal

Croatia

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 2

Clean sheets

0 / 2

POR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portugal
Portugal		2 - 1
Portugal		4 - 1

Croatia

Portugal

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

2 / 4

POR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Croatia
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	2 - 3	Portugal
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 3	Portugal

Goal Statistics

Portugal's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday morning, not least because Croatia have conceded in each of their last 6 World Cup outings. A PG of 1.7 for R. Martínez Montoliú's side suggests that run should continue.

	Portugal	Croatia
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Portugal will score 1 or more goals	0 41% 1 37% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Croatia scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away games

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

better

POR

CRO

view stats

Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

POR

CRO

view stats

Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between Portugal v Croatia will show here when available.

Portugal World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	2	1	1
D Costa	C Ronaldo	J Cancelo	R Veiga

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Costa GLK	3			-
R Veiga DEF	3			1 -
J Cancelo DEF	3		1	-
N Mendes DEF	3	1		-
Vitinha MID	3			-
B Fernandes MID	3		1	-
J Neves MID	3	1		-
R Leão FWD	3	1		-
C Ronaldo FWD	3	2		-
P Neto FWD	3		1	-
R Dias DEF	2			-
N Semedo DEF	2			1 -
B Silva MID	2			1 -
J Félix FWD	2			-
F Conceição FWD	2			-
T Araújo DEF	1			1 -
D Dalot DEF	1			-
M Nunes DEF	1			-
F Trincão MID	1			-
R Neves MID	1			-
S Costa MID	1			-
G Ramos FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	1	2
C Ronaldo	C Ronaldo	J Cancelo	J Cancelo

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Ronaldo FWD	2	6
N Mendes DEF	1	1		1
J Neves MID	1	1
R Leão FWD	1	1
J Cancelo DEF			1	2
Vitinha MID				1
B Fernandes MID		2	1	2
P Neto FWD			1
J Félix FWD		1
F Conceição FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
280	7	19
Vitinha	B Fernandes	N Mendes

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Vitinha MID	280		5
R Veiga DEF	216	3	10
B Fernandes MID	194	7	18
J Neves MID	169	4	8
N Mendes DEF	167	3	19
R Dias DEF	117	2	11
J Cancelo DEF	104	2	7
T Araújo DEF	104		1
P Neto FWD	95	1	6
C Ronaldo FWD	67	1	7
D Costa GLK	63		2
N Semedo DEF	57		1
F Conceição FWD	56	3	6
B Silva MID	37	1	1
J Félix FWD	36	4	10
D Dalot DEF	24	1	3
R Leão FWD	19		7
R Neves MID	17
F Trincão MID	15	1	1
S Costa MID	12	1	2
G Ramos FWD	2
M Nunes DEF	1

Croatia World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	1	1	1
D Livakovic	P. Sučić	J Stanisic	P. Sučić

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Livakovic GLK	3			-
J Sutalo DEF	3			-
J Gvardiol DEF	3			-
J Stanisic DEF	3		1	-
M Pasalic MID	3			-
L Modric MID	3		1	-
P. Sučić MID	3	1	1	1 -
M Kovacic MID	3		1	-
M Baturina MID	3	1		-
I Perisic FWD	3		1	1 -
M Pašalić FWD	3			-
M Pongracic DEF	2			-
A Kramaric MID	2			-
N Vlasic MID	2	1		-
P Musa FWD	2	1		-
I Matanovic FWD	2			-
A Budimir FWD	2	1		-
L. Vušković DEF	1			-
L Sučić MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	1
P. Sučić	M Baturina	J Stanisic	J Stanisic

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P. Sučić MID	1	1	1
M Baturina MID	1	2
N Vlasic MID	1	1
P Musa FWD	1	1
A Budimir FWD	1	1
J Stanisic DEF			1	1
M Pasalic MID		1
L Modric MID			1	1
M Kovacic MID		1	1
I Perisic FWD		1	1	1
M Pašalić FWD		2
I Matanovic FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
234	6	29
J Sutalo	I Perisic	M Baturina

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Sutalo DEF	234	3	12
L Modric MID	195	4	8
M Kovacic MID	153	4	6
M Pongracic DEF	147	4	6
I Perisic FWD	117	6	12
J Stanisic DEF	102	3	11
P. Sučić MID	89	2	9
M Baturina MID	83	3	29
D Livakovic GLK	80	1	3
J Gvardiol DEF	79	3	8
L. Vušković DEF	42		2
M Pasalic MID	41	1	2
M Pašalić FWD	34	3	10
N Vlasic MID	25	1	2
A Kramaric MID	18	1	1
P Musa FWD	15	3	8
A Budimir FWD	13	1	10
I Matanovic FWD	7		7
L Sučić MID	4	1	1