Portugal will face Croatia in the opening match day of Nations League

The 2016 Euro Cup winners Portugal and 2018 WC runners Croatia will meet on matchday 1 of the Nations League A 2024/2025 Group 1. The match between Portugal and Croatia at the Estadio da Luz (Lisbon) is scheduled to kick off on Friday, September 6, 2024, at 12:15 AM IST. Portugal and Croatia's last match was at Euro 2024. Portugal was stopped in the quarter-finals, while Croatia was eliminated in the group stage.

In the quarter-finals of Euro 2024, Ronaldo-led POR was eliminated by France, drawing 0-0 until extra time, the 39-year-old Portugese ace striker Ronaldo and his teammate then lost on penalties 3-5.

Meanwhile, in their last match in the Euro 2024 group stage, Croatia drew 1-1 with Italy. Captain Luka Modric had brought Croatia ahead in the 55th minute, but Italy was able to reply dramatically through Mattia Zaccagni's goal in the 90+8 minute.

In the head-to-head contest between these two sides, POR is way ahead of CRO, thrashing Croatia six times while the Modric side won only one match in 8 matches, and their one match ended in a draw. However, it will be interesting to see who will win this time when two old friends meet each other on the International stage.

Match Details

Match: Portugal vs Croatia (Nations League)

Date: Friday, 06th September 2024

Time: 12:15 AM IST

Venue: Estádio da Luz

Recent Forms: POR vs CRO

Portugal form (all competitions):

W W W L W L

Croatia form (all competitions):

W W W L D D

Portugal vs Croatia Head-to-Head and Score Prediction

- Portugal 1-2 Croatia (Friendly)

- Croatia 2-3 Portugal (UEFA Nations League)

- Portugal 4-1 Croatia (UEFA Nations League)

- Portugal 1-1 Croatia (Friendly)

- Croatia 0-1 E Portugal (Euro).

Last 5 matches of Portugal:

- Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic (Euro)

- Turkey 0-3 Portugal (Euro)

- Georgia 2-0 Portugal (Euro)

- Portugal 0-0 Slovenia (Euro) - won on penalties

- Portugal 0-0 France (Euro) - lost on penalties.

Last 5 matches of Croatia:

- Croatia 3-0 North Macedonia (Friendly)

- Portugal 1-2 Croatia (Friendly)

- Spain 3-0 Croatia (Euro)

- Croatia 2-2 Albania (Euro)

- Croatia 1-1 Italy (Euro).

Head-to-Head: Portugal vs Croatia

Total Matches - 08

Portugal - 06

Croatia - 01

Draw - 01

Portugal vs Croatia Predicted Starting XI

Portugal (4-3-3): Costa; Mendes, Dias, Inacio, Dalot; Vitinha, Neves, Fernandes; Leao, Ronaldo, Jota.

Coach: Roberto Martinez.

Croatia (4-3-3): Livakovic; Gvardiol, Caleta-Car, Sutalo, Stanisic; Kovacic, Modric, Pasalic; Perisic, Petkovic, Sucic.

Coach: Zlatko Dalic.

Match Prediction

We back Portugal to win this match against Croatia by 2-0.

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