Based on last 50 matches across all tournaments, up to 10/15/2023
To build a prediction for the Wales - Croatia match, scheduled for 15 October 2023, several key factors could influence the outcome. These sides last met on 24 March 2023 at Croatia's ground, where the match ended in a draw.
Croatia need a win and will already be guaranteed to secure 2nd place in this qualifying stage. Yes, a difficult away trip for the visitors, but after Turkey's unfortunate home defeat, they need to make amends, especially against Wales, who are already without motivation.
The match between Wales and Croatia is, personally for me, the most ambiguous and unpredictable. But I will still take the risk and bet on both teams to score, since both teams scored in exactly 4 of the last head-to-head meetings between today's opponents.
Croatia is expected to finish first in their group without any surprises, thrashing their opponents. What can be said about Wales? They beat Latvia in the last match and lost to Turkey, which is not entirely encouraging. On the positive side, there was a draw with Croatia, but Wales were more fortun... Show more
Pre-Match Facts
Motivation
Wales - 2/10
Status in the current match - clear underdog
Wales4.78
Draw3.384
Croatia1.9
Next match - in 34 days, against a slight underdog
Armenia4.385
Draw3.68
Wales1.85
Croatia - 2.5/10
Status in the current match - clear favourite
Wales4.78
Draw3.384
Croatia1.9
Next match - in 34 days, against a clear underdog
Latvia22
Draw8.2
Croatia1.145
Referee statistics
The referee for this match is Давиде Масса (Italy). Over the last 100 matches, he has shown 491 yellow cards (averaging 4.9 per match) and 23 red cards (averaging 0.2 per match), which marks him as a fairly strict referee. He has awarded a penalty in 28% of matches (28 out of 100).