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CRO

UEFA · Group L

🇭🇷 Croatia

Managed by Zlatko Dalić · FIFA #10 · ELO 1955 · Power rank #14

Form
LWW

Win title

0.0%

Reach final

0.0%

Reach SF

0.0%

Win group

0.0%

Power

36.9

#14

Momentum

-8

Tournament Outlook

Monte Carlo · n=8,000

Qualify (R32)
100%
Round of 16
0%
Quarter-final
0%
Semi-final
0%
Final
0%
Champions
0%

Underperforming the pre-tournament market by -2.0%.

Group Position

Group L

2nd· 6 ptsQualified

W-D-L

2-0-1

Goals

5:5

xG

0.0

Qualification probability100.0%

Tactical Identity

Derived playing style · over played matches

High pressWin it back fastShape4-2-3-1

Croatia press aggressively to win the ball back high up the pitch (press index 63/100), playing 50% possession.

Possession
50%
Press intensity
63
Field tilt
51%
Directness
31
87%
Pass accuracy
9.3
Shots / game
0.0
Counters / game

Manager

Head coach

Zlatko Dalić
Age 59

Coaching career

  • 2017–2026Croatia

Line-up & changes

Last XI · vs Ghana · 4-2-3-1

Changes from the PAN game

▲ inNikola Vlašić (MF)
▲ inPetar Sučić (MF)
▲ inAnte Budimir (FW)
▼ outJosko Gvardiol (DF)
▼ outMarco Pašalić (MF)
▼ outPetar Musa (FW)

Squad

26 players

#PlayerPosAgeOVRMinGAxG
23Dominik KotarskiGK25810000.0
12Ivor PandurGK25810000.0
1Dominik LivakovićGK3169360000.0
5Duje Ćaleta-CarCB29810000.0
25Martin ErlićCB27810000.0
14Ivan PerišićCB3670360110.0
3Marin PongračićCB2868270000.0
6Josip ŠutaloCB2568360000.0
4Joško GvardiolCB2362162000.0
22Luka VuškovićCB186266000.0
19Toni FrukCM24810000.0
18Kristijan JakićCM28810000.0
7Nikola MoroCM27810000.0
10Luka ModrićCM4071319010.0
2Josip StanišićCM2569360010.0
8Mateo KovačićCM3169271010.0
13Nikola VlašićCM2868189100.0
24Marco PasalicCM2568106000.0
15Mario PasalicCM3066121000.0
9Andrej KramarićCM346670000.0
21Luka SučićCM236418000.0
16Martin BaturinaST2273324100.0
11Ante BudimirST3470156100.0
17Petar SučićST2269288110.0
26Petar MusaST2769111100.0
20Igor MatanovićST226793000.0