Croatia – Poland. Lewandowski and Modric will prefer to take risks
Maxim Ermakov September 7, 2024, 18:15 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
These teams have all their hopes pinned on veterans.
Watching national teams perform at international tournaments is always interesting. On September 8, in the second round of the Nations League group stage, Croatia will play Poland at the Opus Arena. The match starts at 21:45 Moscow time.
Bookmakers’ odds for the Croatia – Poland match on September 8, 2024
Bookmakers consider the ladies to be the favourites and offer to bet on their victory at odds of 1.75. The Poles’ chances were estimated at 4.90. The probability of a draw has a rate of 3.85.
According to experts, the meeting is unlikely to be productive. You can bet on a total of over 2.5 goals for 1.90, and a total under 2.5 goals is valued at 1.90. Bets on “both will score” are accepted with a rate of 1.90.
Analysis and prediction for the 2nd round of the Nations League match Croatia – Poland (09/08/2024)
In the last Nations League, Croatia reached the final but lost to Spain on penalties. Silver is also nice. It’s just that enough time has passed since then for the game of checkers to change, not for the better.
The Croatians failed at Euro 2024 and did not even manage to qualify from the group. They lost to the Spaniards (0-3) and drew twice: with Albania (2-2) and Italy (1-1). Perhaps the whole problem with the “ladies” is that a change of generations has been called for for a long time. However, the veterans remain the main links of the team.
In the first round, Zlatko Dalic’s team lost to Portugal 1:2. In the 34th minute, the Croatians were 0:2 down and the defeat was mitigated only by an own goal by the opponent. As a result, none of the Croatian players stood out.
Luka Modric is still playing. There should be no questions for him. The team is gradually being replenished with new young players who want to replace the veterans. Zlatko Dalic is missing players in defence. Many were not included in the application due to injuries. This, of course, stands in the way.
Poland also had a poor result and did not qualify from the group for Euro 2024. The White Eagles lost to the Netherlands (1-2) and Austria (1-3), but thanks to a penalty from Lewandowski they managed to save the draw with France.
The League of Nations started better for the Poles than for the Croats. They won a hard-fought 3:2 victory over Scotland. The match was very tense and left many doubts. One of the Scots’ goals was disallowed, but Poland was given the right to take two penalties. Both attempts were successful. The last one was already in the 90+7 minute. This goal was the winner.
The White Eagles did not look convincing in the first round of the Nations League. But luck seems to be constantly on their side. Croatia must end Lewandowski’s streak, but can they do it? More credible in a draw with goals from both sides. We offer a bet on “both sides to score” for 1.90.
Tender: both will score 1.90.
