Match Preview of Croatia vs Portugal in Nations League:
What we have covered here:
- Match Preview of CRO vs POR
- Team News of CRO vs POR
- Player Stats of CRO vs POR
- Last Five Games of Croatia
- Last Five Games of Portugal
- Head To Head Records
- Playing 11 of CRO
- Playing 11 of POR
- Best Dream11 Team of CRO vs POR
Match: CRO vs POR Dream11 Team Prediction, Team News, Playing 11 | Croatia vs Portugal
Venue: Stadion Poljud (Split)
Time: 18th November 2020, 1:15 AM
League: Nations League
Match Preview of CRO vs POR:
In Nations League, Croatia play against Portugal at Stadion Poljud (Split), which is the home ground of Croatia.
Croatia lost their previous match against Sweden by 1-2 scoreline. Marcus Danielson scored own goal in this match.
Portugal lost their previous match against France by 0-1 scoreline.
Team News of CRO vs POR:
Croatia:
- Ex-Liverpool centre-back Dejan Lovren returns from suspension to replace Marseille’s Duje Caleta-Car, who now serves a one-match ban of his own.
- Croatia have some important players like Domagoj Vida, Marcelo Brozovic, Andrej Kramaric and Bruno Petkovic missing for Tuesday.
- Atalanta’s Mario Pasalic is an option for the starting XI here in a switch that may see Ivan Perisic move up front.
Portugal:
- With nothing left to play for, Portugal may freshen things up for the trip to Croatia.
- Premier League duo Diogo Jota and Joao Moutinho will push for recalls here.
- Anthony Lopes may rotate in goal in place of Wolves’ Rui Patricio on Tuesday.
Player Stats of CRO vs POR:
Croatia:
- Nikola Vlasic scored 2 goals in 5 matches.
- Josip Brekalo scored 1 goal and give 2 assists in 5 matches.
- Bruno Petkovic scored 1 goal in 4 matches.
- Mateo Kovacic give 1 assist in 5 matches.
- Ivan Perisic give 1 assist in 5 matches.
- Player to watch: Nikola Vlasic
Portugal:
- Diogo Jota scored 3 goals and give 1 assist in 5 matches.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored 2 goals in 3 matches.
- Joao Felix scored 1 goal and give 1 assist in 5 matches.
- Bernardo Silva give 1 assist in 5 matches.
- Player to watch: Diogo Jota
My prediction for this game: Croatia 1-2 Portugal
Last Five Games of Croatia:
Sweden 2 : 1 Croatia
Turkey 3 : 3 Croatia
Croatia 1 : 2 France
Croatia 2 : 1 Sweden
Switzerland 1 : 2 Croatia
Last Five Games of Portugal:
Portugal 0 : 1 France
Portugal 7 : 0 Andorra
Portugal 3 : 0 Sweden
France 0 : 0 Portugal
Portugal 0 : 0 Spain
Head To Head Records:
Portugal 4 : 1 Croatia
Portugal 1 : 1 Croatia
Croatia 0 : 1 Portugal
Croatia 0 : 1 Portugal
Portugal 2 : 0 Croatia
Playing 11 (probable) of CRO:
Livakovic (GK), Barisic, Lovren, Pongracic, Uremovic, Kovacic, Modric, Brekalo, Vlasic, Pasalic, Perisic
Playing 11 (probable) of POR:
Lopes (GK), Cancelo, Fonte, Dias, Guerreiro, Fernandes, Pereira, Moutinho, Jota, Felix, Ronaldo