Croatia vs Czechia, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Croatia vs Czechia — European Championship at Hampden Park.
Match Details
- Referee Marco Di Bello
- Referee Juan Martinez
- Referee Sandro Scharer
- Referee Carlos del Cerro
- Referee Juan Carlos Yuste
- Referee Roberto Alonso
17 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/gameHead-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season0% Clean Sheets
Czechia this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Croatia0-15–/116-30–/131-45–/246-601/–61-751/–76+–/2■ Scored ■ ConcededCzechia0-15–/–16-30–/–31-45–/146-601/161-752/–76+–/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
CroatiaAndrej Kramaric 1 G CzechiaLukas Provod 1 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Hampden Park that hosts another battle between Croatia and Czechia.
- 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 10' It looks surprising Croatia does not make any changes. Josip Brekalo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' The travelling Czechia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Dejan Lovren needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Josko Gvardiol, as he is very good at scoring at Hampden Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 35' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Dejan Lovren.
- 37' Goal! Patrik Schick scores his 75 goal in 514 matches.
- 42' Lukas Masopust has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 46' Croatia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luka Ivanusec is hanging Josip Brekalo on the field on 46 minute.
- 47' What an equalizer from Ivan Perisic!
- 48' Ivan Perisic puts Croatia on the lead.
- 50' Lukas Masopust is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 60' Czechia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 62' Another substitution for Croatia to replace Andrej Kramaric by Nikola Vlasic on 62 minute.
- 63' It is a substitution in Czech Republic team. Lukas Masopust is replaced by Adam Hlozek on 63 minute.
- 68' Czechia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 68.
- 73' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Czechia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Petr Sevcik. He replaces Jakub Jankto on 74 minute.
- 79' It’s high time Jaroslav Silhavy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 82' Czech Republic receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 82.
- 87' Marcelo Brozovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mateo Kovacic on 87 minute.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Adam Hlozek.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Croatia Lineups
Starting XI
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- 8
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7
Josip Brekalo ↓ Luka Ivanusec 46'
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9
Andrej Kramaric ↓ Nikola Vlasic 62'
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17
Ante Rebic ↓ Bruno Petkovic 46'
- 10
- 2
- 4
- 21
- 1
- 25
Bench
- 5
- 15
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11
Marcelo Brozovic ↑ 87'
- 19
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20
Bruno Petkovic ↑ 46'
- 18
- 12
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Nikola Vlasic ↑ 62'
- 23
- 22
- 24
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26
Luka Ivanusec ↑ 46'
Coach Zlatko DalicCzechia Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 3
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8
Vladimir Darida ↓ Antonin Barak 87'
- 1
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10
Patrik Schick ↓ Michal Krmencik 74'
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14
Jakub Jankto ↓ Petr Sevcik 74'
- 18
- 15
- 5
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12
Lukas Masopust ↓ Adam Hlozek 63'
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9
Tomas Holes ↓ Alex Kral 63'
Bench
- 20
- 23
- 2
- 24
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7
Antonin Barak ↑ 87'
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11
Michal Krmencik ↑ 74'
- 16
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19
Adam Hlozek ↑ 63'
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21
Alex Kral ↑ 63'
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13
Petr Sevcik ↑ 74'
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Coach Jaroslav Silhavy -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ivan Perisic 3 Tomas Necid 1 Milan Skoda 1 Ivan Rakitic 1 Ivan Perisic 1 Tomas Necid 1 Milan Skoda 1 Patrik Schick 1 Head to Head
Croatia Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.29 Croatia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.15 Czechia xGI would bet for: Croatia or Czechia 70% + Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.44Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Croatia or Draw 68%Draw or Czechia 61%Croatia or Czechia 70%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Czechia win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.8%1 – 0 10.1%0 – 1 8.9%2 – 1 8%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 0 7%0 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 4.7%3 – 1 3.5%3 – 0 3%1 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Croatia
Handicap Croatia covers Push Czechia covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 21% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 18% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Croatia keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Czechia keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.