Croatia vs Slovenia Match Analysis and Prediction

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Croatia and Slovenia will square off at Education City Stadium in a thrilling international friendly on Saturday evening with kickoff at 17:00.

Croatia had an excellent World Cup qualifying run with the side beating Russia in the final Group H match to finish a point above the Russians at the summit of the group. They have now qualified to the World Cup finals in for a third time in a row.

They now prepare to take on Slovenia and Bulgaria in their two international friendlies in this break. They head into the Saturday’s clash in a good form having gone unbeaten in their last seven matches, claiming seven victories and two draws in the run.

They will be look to pick up where they left off as they use the two matches as preparations for the upcoming UEFA Nations League in June.

Slovenia, meanwhile did not manage to qualify or get themselves in the qualification playoffs as they finished fourth in Group H with 14 points from 10 matches, nine points behind their Saturday opponents, Croatia.

They ended their two-game winless run with a 2-1 victory against Cyprus last time out and will to build on that result as they aim at gaining confidence ahead of the UEFA Nations League in June.

However, they have a poor record against Croatia having won just one in their last seven meetings across all competitions, losing five times in the run including the 3-0 in September in the World Cup qualifiers.

Croatia vs Slovenia head to head

Both sides have met in seven encounters since 1995 with Croatia claiming five victories, while Slovenia have claimed one win and there have been one draw.