Saturday , 14 November 2026

Turkey vs Croatia, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2016
Turkey
0 – 1
Full Time
Croatia
Sun 12 Jun 2016 · 13:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Cenk Tosun 31' Y
Hakan Balta 48' Y
Y 80' Ivan Strinic
Volkan Sen 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Turkey vs Croatia — European Championship .

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

Match Details

  • Referee William Collum
  • Referee Jonas Eriksson
  • Referee Mathias Klasenius
  • Referee Daniel Warnmark
  • Referee Stefan Johannesson
  • Referee Markus Strombergsson

Head-to-Head

2
1
4
Turkey 7 games · Avg 2.6 goals Croatia
Last 5 meetings
2016-06-12 Turkey 0–1 Croatia 2016-04-23 Turkey 1–0 Croatia 2015-11-27 Croatia 0–4 Turkey

Recent Form

Turkey
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Jun Croatia H 0–1 L
08 May Romania H 3–0 W
30 Apr Juventus FC A 2–2 D
23 Apr Croatia H 1–0 W
19 Apr FC Porto A 1–1 D
16 Apr FC Schalke 04 H 0–1 L
Croatia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Jun Turkey A 1–0 W
08 May Paris Saint-Germain FC A 0–2 L
30 Apr FC Schalke 04 H 3–0 W
23 Apr Turkey A 0–1 L
19 Apr Club Atlético de Madrid H 1–1 D
16 Apr FC Red Bull Salzburg H 0–3 L

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Turkey this season
0% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Turkey
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
1/3
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)

Turkey
Merih Demiral 2 G
Arda Guler 1 G 2 A
Mert Muldur 1 G
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu 1 G
Croatia
Andrej Kramaric 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Turkey and Croatia.
  • 5' Turkey are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Croatia's shape.
  • 10' Turkey international Oguzhan Ozyakup has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 15' Gokhan Gonul, a Turkey , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Turkey needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 30' Croatia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 31' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Cenk Tosun.
  • 36' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 41' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Luka Modric makes it 0-1.
  • 46' Another substitution for Turkey to replace Oguzhan Ozyakup by Volkan Sen on 46 minute.
  • 48' Hakan Balta is having his name booked by the referee on 48.
  • 53' Croatia is showing some good football. However, Croatia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 58' A quiet spell here at . Turkey seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 63' 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.
  • 65' Another change for Turkey made on 65 minute. Arda Turan leaves to be changed by Burak Yilmaz.
  • 69' Emre Mor is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cenk Tosun at the 69 minute mark.
  • 74' Croatia come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 79' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 79 minutes.
  • 80' The referee has no hesitation. Ivan Strinic is booked for Croatia — Yellow card on 80.
  • 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Hakan Balta, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 87' Croatia ring the changes. Ivan Perisic has done his job and it is now time for Andrej Kramaric to step up.
  • 90' The referee calls foul for Volkan Sen. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 90' A tactical swap from Croatia — Gordon Schildenfeld on, Ivan Rakitic off on 90 minutes.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Turkey.

Lineups

Turkey Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Fatih Terim

Croatia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ante Cacic

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.31 Turkey xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.74 Croatia xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 67% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Turkey47% Draw30% Croatia23%
Actual: Croatia win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes39% 0% No61%
Avg goals/match: 2.05
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 33%
67%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Turkey or Draw
78%
Draw or Croatia
53%
Turkey or Croatia
70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Turkey32% Draw53% Croatia15%
Actual: Croatia win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
15.7%
0 – 0
15.3%
1 – 1
13.3%
2 – 0
10.6%
0 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8%
3 – 0
4.5%
1 – 2
4.4%
3 – 1
3.6%
0 – 2
3.3%
2 – 2
3.1%
4 – 0
1.5%

Asian Handicap — Turkey

Handicap Turkey covers Push Croatia covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 15% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 25% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 14% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Turkey keeps clean sheet
48% ✓
Croatia keeps clean sheet
28% ✗

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