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Croatia national football team
Euro Champ Qualifying | Group Stage
Sep 8, 2023 at 7.45pm UK
Education City Stadium
Latvia national football team

Croatia
5 - 0
Latvia

Petkovic (3', 44'), Ivanusec (13'), Kramaric (68'), Pasalic (78')
FT(HT: 3-0)

Cigaņiks (81')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Euro Champ Qualifying clash between Croatia and Latvia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
Euro Champ Qualifying
Last Game: Croatia 0-0 Spain (4-5 pen.)
Sunday, June 18 at 7.45pm in Nations League
Current Group D Standings P GD PTS
1Turkey429
2Armenia326
3Croatia224
4Wales4-34
5Latvia3-30
All competitions
Euro Champ Qualifying
Last Game: Armenia 2-1 Latvia
Monday, June 19 at 5pm in Euro Champ Qualifying
Current Group D Standings P GD PTS
1Turkey429
2Armenia326
3Croatia224
4Wales4-34
5Latvia3-30

We said: Croatia 3-1 Latvia

Given that Latvia have scored three goals across their last two qualifiers, we can see the visitors finding the back of the net on Friday, but Croatia are expected to outscore the Group D minnows without any problems. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Croatia win with a probability of 51.69%. A draw had a probability of 26.7% and a win for Latvia had a probability of 21.63%.

The most likely scoreline for a Croatia win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.69%) and 2-1 (8.96%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.3%), while for a Latvia win it was 0-1 (8.44%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 0.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Croatia would win this match.

Result
CroatiaDrawLatvia
51.69% (-0.113 -0.11) 26.68% (0.033999999999999 0.03) 21.63% (0.078000000000003 0.08)
Both teams to score 43.54% (0.0060000000000002 0.01)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
40.28% (-0.041999999999994 -0.04)59.72% (0.040999999999997 0.04)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
19.98% (-0.032 -0.03)80.02% (0.031000000000006 0.03)
Croatia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
76.71% (-0.067999999999998 -0.07)23.29% (0.068000000000001 0.07)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
42.78% (-0.099000000000004 -0.1)57.22% (0.097999999999999 0.1)
Latvia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
56.76% (0.057000000000002 0.06)43.24% (-0.058999999999997 -0.06)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
20.51% (0.049000000000003 0.05)79.49% (-0.048999999999992 -0.05)
Score Analysis
    Croatia 51.69%
    Latvia 21.63%
    Draw 26.68%
CroatiaDrawLatvia
1-0 @ 14.67% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
2-0 @ 10.69% (-0.020000000000001 -0.02)
2-1 @ 8.96% (-0.0069999999999997 -0.01)
3-0 @ 5.19% (-0.023 -0.02)
3-1 @ 4.35% (-0.013 -0.01)
4-0 @ 1.89% (-0.012 -0.01)
3-2 @ 1.83% (-0.002 -0)
4-1 @ 1.59% (-0.008 -0.01)
Other @ 2.51%
Total : 51.69%
1-1 @ 12.3% (0.020000000000001 0.02)
0-0 @ 10.07% (0.02 0.02)
2-2 @ 3.76% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Other @ 0.55%
Total : 26.68%
0-1 @ 8.44% (0.026 0.03)
1-2 @ 5.16% (0.014 0.01)
0-2 @ 3.54% (0.017 0.02)
1-3 @ 1.44% (0.006 0.01)
2-3 @ 1.05% (0.002 0)
0-3 @ 0.99% (0.006 0.01)
Other @ 1.01%
Total : 21.63%

How you voted: Croatia vs Latvia

Croatia
86.8%
Draw
8.8%
Latvia
4.4%
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