Euro 2012 Croatia v Spain Betting Preview from the Gdansk Arena, Monday 18th June 2012.
The whole game can be seen Live on BBC Three High Definition with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Thanks for stopping by to read our Euro 2012 Croatia v Spain Betting Preview where we have also provided you with the latest Team News, Head to Head Statistics, Lineups, Predictions, Tips, Odds, Free Bets and Money Back Specials associated with the match.
Spain can progress through to the quarter final stage as group winners with a draw as long as Italy don’t score more than four goals past Republic of Ireland which would be good news for England fans as they would be facing the runners of this group if they managed to beat Ukraine on Monday evening and win the group.
Croatia could make it through to the quarter finals with a draw, but having only a plus two goal difference over Italy who are expected to beat Republic of Ireland they would really need to win this game to absoloutely guarantee their place and that is obviously going to be extremely difficult indeed against the current European and World Champions.
Croatia v Spain Team News
Croatia Team News
Coach Slaven Bilic is unlikely to make changes to the side that drew 1-1 against Italy, and the only change that would be made is if Nikica Jelavic who missed training with the team Saturday due to illness didn’t recover in time.
Probable Lineup : Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Vukojevic, Rakitic, Mandzukic, Modric, Perisic, Jelavic.
Spain Team News
Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres are all on yellow cards and would miss the quarter finals match if they received another yellow card during this game, although coach Vicente del Bosque will probably start with the same team that beat Republic of Ireland 4-0 last time out and make changes as required.
Probable Lineup : Casillas, Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Alba, Busquets, Alonso, Silva, Xavi, Iniesta, Torres.
Croatia v Spain Head to Head Statistics
Monday night’s game will become just the 5th meeting between the two countries over the years and all the results of those previous matches can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- Croatia Victories : 1
- Draws : 1
- Spain Victories : 2
The last meeting between the two sides came back in a 2006 friendly at the Stade de Genève, Switzerland where Spain came away 2-1 winners with an injury time goal by Fernando Torres securing the victory.
