Croatia VS Cyprus Match Prediction

The teams have met on only one previous occasion, in a friendly in September 2014. Croatia won the game 2-0 with a brace from Mario Mandzukic. Dejan Lovren, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Andrej Kramaric all started for Croatia in that match and will expect to be in the starting line-up six and a half years on.

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Croatia vs Cyprus Prediction

In spite of their defeat to Slovenia earlier in the week, we expect Croatia to return to winning ways with an easy victory over Cyprus. Don’t be surprised if the winning margin is comfortable by the end of 90 minutes.

Correct Score Prediction: Croatia 3-0 Cyprus

Croatia Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-3-3
 

Cyprus Predicted Starting Line-Up

Expected Line-up:3-4-3

It will be a tough ask for Croatia to finish in the top two of Group H with both Russia and Slovenia already leading the way on three points. For Cyprus, finishing in fourth would be a notable achievement. However, Zlatko Dalic’s Croatia reached the World Cup Final in Russia in 2018 and certainly shouldn’t be written off at this early stage. Dalic has been in charge since 2017 but has recently faced calls for his resignation after a poor Nations League campaign.

Croatia have qualified for every World Cup from 1998 onwards except for the 2010 tournament in South Africa