Croatia is looking to take the top spot of their group as they go against Armenia to increase their chances to qualify for the 2024 Euro. These two teams is under the Group D, and having the same points from their matches. Croatia is at the second spot of the group standings, having seven points from their two wins, and one draw. On the other hand, Armenia is at the third of the league table, with seven points, as they won twice, lost to twice and won once. However, when it comes to games, Armenia played one more game than Croatia. Moreover, when it comes to meetings, these two teams only had one meetings, but it is not a competitive match. It was a friendly match in 2021, where the match ended in a 1-1 draw. The meeting between these two teams is on September 12, 2023, at 12:00 AM (GMT+8), with Armenia as hosts.
Croatia
Croatia remains to be unbeaten in their three matches in the qualifiers, including a dominating 5-0 win against Latvia. Bruno Pekovic is the one who opened the scoring for Croatia, along with Ivan Perisic, who had a couple of assists. In fact, in their last nine games in the European qualifiers, Croatia are unbeaten, proving their dominance in the contest. However, when it comes to matches on the road, Croatia are not doing well, as they suffered nine losses on the road. Croatia are fortunate to have a 5-0 win against Latvia, despite their defeat in the Nations League final. Coming into this match, Croatia are looking to keep their momentum going, to increase their chances for 2024 Euro. Additionally, they also want to retain their record of going unbeaten in the qualifiers, which would bring them good momentum in their campaign.
Croatia are with a strong line-up coming into this match, which will work well for them. They will be under the leadership of Luka Modric, who is also the captain of their squad.
Armenia
Armenia on the other hand is also unbeaten in their last three matches in the contest, as they had a 1-1 draw against Turkey on their last meeting. It was Artak Dashyan who scored for Armenia during the 49th minute of the contest. It is just unfortunate that they were not able to extend their lead, which could have bring them another win. Turkey was able to equalize the game late in the match, during the 88th minute of the game. However, in their last five games at home, they are not doing well, having only one win, and suffered three losses. Fortunately, Armenia now have a good momentum coming into this game, as they are unbeaten in their last four games. In three of those four games, they scored at least two goals, but conceded at least two goals as well.
Just like Croatia, Armenia is also with a healthy line-up coming into this match, which will surely work for their advantage.
Prediction:
Croatia (1.5)
Odds: -0.85
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