Croatia will be back in action this week when they host Austria at Stadion Gradski vrt in their first UEFA Nations League fixture. Match day schedules for June 3, 2022 at 21:45 EAT.
The Croats struggled in the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, picking up just three points from their six matches to finish bottom of League A Group 3 and they will look to better their impression this time round. The National team is now unbeaten in the last nine matches in which five of the matches ended with clean sheets for them. Looking at their last ten matches, the team has got six wins against one loss and three draws.
Croatia will be looking for another win following 2-1 International Friendlies to beat Bulgaria in their most recent fixture. In that game, Croatia had 64% possession, 21 shots with 10 of them on target and goals scored by Luka Modric 76’P and Andrej Kramaric 80’. Bulgaria got 12 shots with three of them on target and a goal by Kiril Despodov 69’.
The opponents Austria finished on top of Group 1 of League B in the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, which allowed them to earn promotion to Group A, but they are in a very tough group this time around. The visiting side is has been inconsistent in their recent matches; from the last ten matches,have picked up four wins against five loses and a draw. The team seems to have some problems with keeping their form constant, resulting in the team getting cold streaks in the matches.
Austria will be hoping for better results following 2-2 international Friendllies tie with Scotland in their last encounter. In that match, Austria had 61% possession, 27 shots with 12 of them on target and goals scored by Michael Gregoritsch 75’ and Alessandro Schopf 82’. Scotland got 11 shots with four of them on target and goals by Jack Handry 28’ and John McGinn 56’.
Croatia vs Austria head to head
Croatia has an excellent record against this opponent having won in all the three head to head encounters since 2006 while Austria is yet to record their first victory.
- Austria 0-1 Croatia 19/05/10
- Austria 0-1 Croatia 08/06/08
- Austria 1-4 Croatia 23/05/06
Home
- Croatia 2-1 Bulgaria
- Croatia 1-1 Slovenia
- Croatia 1-0 Russia
- Malta 1-7 Croatia
- Croatia 2-2 Slovakia
Away
- Austria 2-2 Scotland
- Wales 2-1 Austria
- Austria 4-1 Moldova
- Austria 4-2 Israel
- Denmark 1–0 Austria
Croatia team news
Boss Dalic has not confirmed any absentees ahead of this fixture.
Austria team news
Austria also has a fully-fit squad at their disposal.
Prediction and odds
The host is unbeaten in the last nine matches and has lost only once in the last ten matches while Austria lost consecutively on the last two road trips and has secured only three wins from the last ten away matches.
- Croatia Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
