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Republic of Ireland vs Croatia, 2017

League Two 2017/18 · 2017
Sat 21 Oct 2017 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Republic of Ireland vs Croatia — Premier League .

Match Details

Closing Odds (1X2)

Republic of Ireland 1.80
Draw 4.00
Croatia 4.50

Head-to-Head

2
Republic of Ireland 2 games · Avg 4.0 goals Croatia

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Oct Croatia H 2–1 W
17 Oct Austria H 2–1 W
14 Oct England A 0–0 D
07 Oct Slovakia H 1–3 L
30 Sep Turkey A 0–2 L
26 Sep Sweden H 3–0 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Oct Republic of Ireland A 1–2 L
17 Oct Penistone Church FC A 2–0 W
14 Oct Hungary H 0–2 L
07 Oct England A 1–2 L
30 Sep Portugal H 0–2 L
26 Sep Austria H 2–3 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Republic of Ireland Lineups

Croatia Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.57 Republic of Ireland xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.15 Croatia xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Republic of Ireland50% Draw26% Croatia24%
Actual: Republic of Ireland win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.72
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Republic of Ireland or Draw
76%
Draw or Croatia
50%
Republic of Ireland or Croatia
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Republic of Ireland33% Draw46% Croatia21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.8%
1 – 0
9.4%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.6%
2 – 0
8%
0 – 1
6.6%
1 – 2
6.6%
2 – 2
5.2%
3 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.3%
3 – 0
4.1%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Republic of Ireland

Handicap Republic of Ireland covers Push Croatia covers
-2.5 10% 90%
-2 10% 14% 76%
-1.5 24% 76%
-1 24% 22% 54%
-0.5 46% 54%
+0.5 73% 27%
+1 73% 16% 11%
+1.5 89% 11%
+2 89% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% 3%

Clean Sheet

Republic of Ireland keeps clean sheet
32%
Croatia keeps clean sheet
22%

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