Croatia vs Slovakia Match Analysis and Prediction

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In the FIFA World Cup Qualifying this week will be another set of mouthwatering fixture as Slovakia takes a trip to Poljud Stadium for a battle with Croatia. Kickoff is scheduled for October 11^th 2021 at 21:45 EAT.

Croatia prepares for this match coming off a 0-3 World Cup Qualifiers – Europe win over Cyprus. In that game, they dominated with 74% possession, 27 shots with 11 on target and goals scored by Ivan Perišić (45′), Joško Gvardiol (80′) and Marko Livaja (90′). Cyprus got 7 shots with only one of them on target.

On the opposite side of the pitch will be Slovakia looking bounce back from 0-1 defeat to Russia in their previous World Cup Qualifiers match. In that match, they performed well with 74% ball possession, 27 shots with five of them on target. The only goal to be scored in that match was an own goal by Milan Škriniar (24′). Russia got nine shots with only one of them on target.

Croatia expects to remain top the table by the end of this campaign and will not find it hard to get Slovakia out of their way, they haven’t had problems in their recent matches losing in only one out of their previous five matches played. The visitors are winless in four of the last five games and standing against the Croats feels like suicide.

Croatia vs Slovakia head to head

Croatia has an excellent record against Slovakia and is unbeaten in each of their last five encounters. The hosts have picked up four wins, and one game ended in draw.