Croatia vs. Wales: preview and betting tips

Wales are starting a post-Gareth Bale era that has certainly been very successful. The Croatian national team, meanwhile, still has the old farts. Now they will measure their strength in the Euro 2024 qualifiers and the points from the duel will certainly have a major impact on the further development in the group, where Turkey awaits both teams.

Coach Robert Page still has some interesting names grinding away on the Premier League turf. However, this is no longer the team that could win big games, as was proven at the World Cup in Qatar, where after an opening draw with the USA they lost both of their remaining two matches.

The key match was against Iran, who beat Wales 2-0, and the subsequent defeat against England was only a farewell to Bale, who then said goodbye to his national career.

Now both teams will try to push on to Euro 2024 in competition with Turkey, and Wales are certainly not the favourites. So every point will count.

But the island team has not won 8 matches, only a point for a draw in the aforementioned duel with the USA and last June against Belgium. In the last 4 matches, they have scored one single goal, which was scored by Bale and from a penalty.

Croatians are quite different. At the World Cup in Qatar, they made it to the semi-finals, where they reached the semi-finals over Belgium or Brazil.

The only team they failed to beat was the victorious Argentina. They then beat Morocco in the battle for third place and won the bronze medal.

In addition, the Croatians are doing great against Wales, having beaten them four times out of 6 duels between them and twice the match ended in a draw. Based on all these facts, the aforementioned odds are still an interesting opportunity.

Sources: Whoscored, FIFA