Croatia vs Austria Predictions

• Croatia haven’t lost a game within 90 minutes across their last 12 outings (W7, D5).
• Austria lost three of their last four away internationals.
• Croatia won all five of the historical H2H meetings with Austria.

Croatia are on a roll

Since losing on penalties to Spain in EURO 2020, Croatia have enjoyed a rich vein of form which has seen them go unbeaten in all games across a run that helped book their ticket to the World Cup.

The importance that Croatia place on this tournament could be questioned though, as the hosts lost five of their six games in the previous Nations League campaign, albeit in a group containing the only winners of this competition to date, France and Portugal.

Croatia’s last two home defeats came in this competition against both of those nations, but they seem to have turned a corner with a five-game unbeaten run at home since their exit from last year’s Euros.

Stick with the history books

Austria won’t be heading to the World Cup in November, so this tournament may take on new meaning for the visitors. After being promoted from League B in the last campaign, Austria may find it hard to deal with the step up in class after surpassing the likes of Northern Ireland and Romania last time around.

That is not to mention their 100% losing record in historical H2Hs with Croatia (L5), with Austria conceding nine goals in comparison to their paltry two-goal haul. As such, we are sticking with Croatia to win this game at a value price, with a smaller stakes selection on a 2-0 home win.