Match review

After Croatia needed 120 minutes to defeat the Netherlands in the first semi-final, Spain also had to struggle to win a narrow 2-1 victory over Italy thanks to Joselu's 88th-minute goal in the second semi-final to reach the UEFA Nations League final.

The clash between Croatia and Spain will be a chance for one of the two teams to be crowned champions of the tournament for the first time.

The UEFA Nations League final between Croatia and Spain will be very exciting because no team has ever won this tournament. Photo: UEFA

Croatia is looking forward to winning the UEFA Nations League to honor Luka Modric after his illustrious career. Not only that, this will be the first chance for Croatia to win a tournament after finishing second or third at the World Cup.

Meanwhile, Spain are pinning their hopes on the young players like Gavi, Rodri, Laporte and Morata who are all looking forward to becoming champions at the national team level for the first time.

Noteworthy information

In the last 5 matches, Spain won 3 and lost 2 against Croatia.

4/5 of the most recent matches between Spain and Croatia have had 3 or more goals.

Spain scored 2 goals in the last 3 matches against Croatia

Croatia won 3, drew 1 and lost 1 in the last 5 matches

Spain won 2, drew 1 and lost 2 in the last 5 matches

Croatia are unbeaten in their last seven home games.

Croatia have won five of their last seven games this season.

Spain have conceded 2 or more goals in 5 of their last 10 away games

Croatia have averaged 1.8 goals scored and 1.3 conceded in their last 10 home games

Spain have averaged 1.1 goals scored and 1.2 conceded in their last 10 away games

Croatia have averaged 5.5 corners and conceded 3.4 corners per game in their last 10 home games

Spain have averaged 5.7 corners and conceded 2.6 corners per game in their last 10 away games

There have been fewer than 2.5 yellow cards shown in 12 of Croatia's last 13 matches

There have been fewer than 2.5 yellow cards shown in 11 of Spain's last 12 matches

Head-to-head history between Croatia and Spain in the last 5 matches. Photo: Sporticos
Form of Croatia and Spain in the last 5 matches. Photo: Sporticos

Watch live

The match between Croatia and Spain is broadcast live on TV360.

Readers are invited to follow the results of the match between Croatia and Spain on the People's Army Electronic Newspaper at: https://www.qdnd.vn/the-thao/quoc-te.

Force information

Croatia: Josko Gvardiol, Lovre Kalinic, Duje Caleta-Car and Luka Sucic are out due to injury.

Spain: Pau Torres, Eric Garcia, Juan Bernat, Pedri, Koke, Thiago Alcantara, Nico Williams and Ferran Torres not called up

Expected starting lineup

Croatia: Livakovic, Juranovic, Sutalo, Vida, Perisic, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Ivanusec, Kramaric

Spain: Simon, Navas, Le Normand, Laporte, Alba, Rodri, Merino, Rodrigo, Gavi, Pino, Morata

Score prediction

Croatia 0-1 Spain

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