Croatia vs Slovenia Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 23/03/2022, 21:25  by Indran | Modified on 23/03/2022 at 22:25 in Football Predictions

Croatia and Slovenia meet in this friendly international with the match taking place at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. The neutral venue will make this match more exciting especially as it is taking place in Qatar, the host of the World Cup later this year. Croatia will be gaining some valuable insight into the conditions they can expect later this year. They scraped through the qualifiers to book their place at the global football showpiece. In their last qualifying match Croatia needed a 1-0 win over Russia to secure their place at Qatar 2022. They eventually finished just one point above Russia after a whirlwind of a qualifying competition. Croatia only suffered one defeat in their ten matches which was a 1-0 loss to their opponents in this match Slovenia. They did exact revenge when they beat them 3-0 in the last match between these sides.

Slovenia will be disappointed after a qualifying campaign that saw them win just four of their 10 matches. They were never really in the running for qualification and eventually finished eight points behind second placed Russia. Slovenia finished in fourth place on the table equal on points with third placed Slovakia who had the better goal difference. They will be particularly upset if the third placed team is promoted to the second position after FIFA banned Russia. In the latter parts of the qualifiers Slovenia showed improved performances and only lost one of their last four matches but it proved to be too little too late.