Czechia vs Croatia, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE
Overview
Match Preview
Czechia vs Croatia — European Championship .
Match Details
- Referee Simon Beck
- Referee Andre Marriner
- Referee Tasos Sidiropoulos
- Referee Mark Clattenburg
- Referee Jake Collin
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetings
Recent Form
Key Stats
75%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
H2H (4 games)
50%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
0%
Clean Sheets
Czechia this season
Czechia this season
0%
Clean Sheets
Croatia this season
Croatia this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
Czechia
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
2/–
76+
–/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Croatia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/–
76+
–/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Czechia
| Lukas Provod | 1 G |
Croatia
| Andrej Kramaric | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' What a night it is going to be! Czechia welcome Croatia for this crunch clash at .
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 14' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Milan Badelj.
- 19' Croatia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
- 24' has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
- 29' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 34' David Lafata is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Croatia tonight.
- 37' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ivan Perisic makes it 0-1.
- 42' Czechia are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Croatia backline.
- 47' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
- 52' The travelling Croatia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 57' It looks surprising Czechia does not make any changes. Domagoj Vida has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 59' Ivan Rakitic is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
- 61' Mateo Kovacic gets the nod from Croatia. He replaces Luka Modric and will look to change the dynamic.
- 66' Milan Skoda is replacing David Lafata for the Czech Republic side.
- 67' Another substitution for Czech Republic to replace Jiri Skalak by Josef Sural on 67 minute.
- 72' Czech Republic player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 74' Marcelo Brozovic is having his name booked by the referee on 74.
- 76' Milan Skoda has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 76 minutes.
- 81' Czechia currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
- 86' Czech Republic ring the changes. Jaroslav Plasil has done his job and it is now time for Tomas Necid to step up.
- 90' What composure from Tomas Necid! The Czech Republic international strokes it home. 0-4.
- 90' Domagoj Vida picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
- 90' The whistle greets Ivan Rakitic as he departs to be replaced by Gordon Schildenfeld.
- It finishes all square. Czechia and Croatia share the spoils 2-2.
Lineups
Czechia Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
-
20
Jiri Skalak ↓ Josef Sural 67'
-
13
Jaroslav Plasil ↓ Tomas Necid 86'
- 2
- 22
- 19
- 8
- 5
- 10
- 6
-
21
David Lafata ↓ Milan Skoda 66'
Bench
- 4
- 11
-
7
Tomas Necid ↑ 86'
- 23
- 16
- 9
- 17
- 14
-
12
Milan Skoda ↑ 66'
- 3
- 12
-
18
Josef Sural ↑ 67'
Coach
Pavel Vrba
Croatia Lineups
Starting XI
- 23
- 7
-
10
Luka Modric ↓ Mateo Kovacic 61'
- 17
- 11
-
3
Ivan Strinic ↓ Sime Vrsaljko 90'
- 14
- 4
- 19
- 21
- 5
Bench
-
8
Mateo Kovacic ↑ 61'
- 6
- 9
- 16
- 15
- 18
-
2
Sime Vrsaljko ↑ 90'
- 20
- 22
- 12
-
13
Gordon Schildenfeld ↑ 90'
- 1
Coach
Ante Cacic
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ivan Perisic | 3 |
| Ivan Perisic | 1 |
| Tomas Necid | 1 |
| Milan Skoda | 1 |
| Patrik Schick | 1 |
| Ivan Rakitic | 1 |
| Tomas Necid | 1 |
| Milan Skoda | 1 |
Head to Head
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.57
Czechia xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.39
Croatia xG
I would bet for:
Czechia or Croatia 73% + Both teams to score 60%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw
Both Teams to Score
✓ Correct
Avg goals/match: 2.96
Actual: Yes — both scored
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 93% |
|
7% |
| ± 1.5 | 80% |
|
20% |
| ± 2.5 | 56% |
|
44% |
| ± 3.5 | 34% |
|
66% |
| ± 4.5 | 18% |
|
82% |
Double Chance
Czechia or Draw
68%
Draw or Croatia
59%
Czechia or Croatia
73%
Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Croatia win at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.2%
2 – 1
8.5%
1 – 2
7.6%
1 – 0
7.2%
0 – 0
6.9%
0 – 1
6.3%
2 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
4.5%
1 – 3
3.5%
3 – 0
3.2%
Asian Handicap — Czechia
| Handicap | Czechia covers | Push | Croatia covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 8% | — | 92% |
| -2 | 8% | 12% | 79% |
| -1.5 | 21% | — | 79% |
| -1 | 21% | 20% | 60% |
| -0.5 | 40% | — | 60% |
| +0.5 | 67% | — | 33% |
| +1 | 67% | 17% | 15% |
| +1.5 | 85% | — | 15% |
| +2 | 85% | 10% | 6% |
| +2.5 | 94% | — | 6% |
Clean Sheet
Czechia keeps clean sheet
26%
✓
Croatia keeps clean sheet
22%
✓
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.