Sunday , 16 August 2026

Croatia vs Albania, European Championship 2024 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2024
Croatia
2 – 2
Full Time
Albania
Wed 19 Jun 2024 · 13:00 UTC Volksparkstadion 46,784 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 11' Qazim Laci
Andrej Kramaric 74' 1–1
Klaus Gjasula og 76' 2–1
2–2 90+5' Klaus Gjasula
Y 77' Elseid Hysaj
Ivica Ivusic 87' Y
Y 90' Mirlind Daku
Y 90' Klaus Gjasula

Overview

Match Preview

Croatia vs Albania — European Championship at Volksparkstadion.

  • Croatia 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Albania 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Francois Letexier
  • Assistant 1 Cyril Mugnier
  • Assistant 2 Mehdi Rahmouni
19 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Head-to-Head

1
1
1
Croatia 3 games · Avg 4.0 goals Albania
Last 5 meetings
2024-06-19 Croatia 2–2 Albania 2017-02-11 Albania 3–1 Croatia 2016-09-17 Croatia 3–1 Albania

Recent Form

Croatia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Jun Albania H 2–2 D
15 Jun Spain A 0–3 L
17 Dec Morocco H 2–1 W
13 Dec Argentina A 0–3 L
09 Dec Brazil H 5–3 W
05 Dec Japan A 4–2 W
Albania
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Jun Croatia A 2–2 D
15 Jun Italy A 1–2 L
05 May AS Roma H 2–2 D
28 Apr FC Porto A 0–1 L
21 Apr Valencia CF H 2–0 W
14 Apr FC Schalke 04 A 3–2 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season
0% Clean Sheets
Albania this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Croatia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/–
76+
–/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Albania
0-15
2/2
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/1
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Croatia
Andrej Kramaric 1 G
Albania
Qazim Laci 1 G
Klaus Gjasula 1 G
Nedim Bajrami 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Croatia and Albania get this one started.
  • 5' The 31-year-old Bruno Petkovic has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 10' The travelling Albania supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 11' GOAL! Qazim Laci fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 16' Josip Juranovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 15 goals in his last 8 appearances.
  • 21' Albania has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 26' Mirlind Daku is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Albania tonight.
  • 31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 36' Klaus Gjasula has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
  • 41' Berat Djimsiti is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Albania so far.
  • 46' The Croatia bench stirs into life. Lovro Majer is withdrawn and Luka Sucic gets his opportunity.
  • 51' It looks like no one’s ball. Albania is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Albania winning 0% of all matches.
  • 61' Taulant Seferi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 64' Time for substitution for Albania. Jasir Asani is replaced by Taulant Seferi.
  • 69' The crowd applauds Bruno Petkovic as he leaves the pitch. Ante Budimir steps in for Croatia.
  • 72' Another substitution for Albania to replace Qazim Laci by Klaus Gjasula on 72 minute.
  • 74' Andrej Kramaric has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 74 minutes.
  • 76' Goal! Klaus Gjasula scores his 4 goal in 316 matches.
  • 77' The referee calls foul for Elseid Hysaj. He receives a card.
  • 82' It looks surprising Albania does not make any changes. Ylber Ramadani has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 84' Borna Sosa is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ivan Perisic at the 84 minute mark.
  • 85' Albania ring the changes. Ylber Ramadani has done his job and it is now time for Arber Hoxha to step up.
  • 87' It’s gonna be a card for Ivica Ivusic.
  • 90' Controversy at the stadium! Mirlind Daku argues furiously but the card stands.
  • The points are shared — Croatia 2-2 Albania. Honours even.

Lineups

Croatia Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Zlatko Dalić

Albania Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sylvinho

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.77 Croatia xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 Albania xG
I would bet for: Croatia or Albania 75% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Croatia44% Draw25% Albania31%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.23
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 62%
38%
± 3.5 40%
60%
± 4.5 23%
77%

Double Chance

Croatia or Draw
70%
Draw or Albania
56%
Croatia or Albania
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Croatia33% Draw42% Albania25%
Actual: Albania win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.1%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
6.3%
2 – 0
6.1%
0 – 0
5.5%
3 – 1
5.1%
0 – 1
5%
0 – 2
4.2%
3 – 2
3.8%
3 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Croatia

Handicap Croatia covers Push Albania covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 13% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 20% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 16% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Croatia keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Albania keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.