World Cup WON 2–1
Fri, Jul 3 · 01:00
Portugal Home
VS 01:00
Croatia Away
Portugal vs Croatia — World Cup
Tipster's pick Portugal to win
Confidence Medium · 3/5
Odds 1.70 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Portugal Defense Looks Set to Limit Croatia

Portugal’s low goals conceded rate stands out when facing Croatia’s modest away scoring output. Their recent home matches show a pattern of solid results with few goals allowed. Head to head records give Portugal the edge through multiple wins over Croatia. Croatia’s form includes some wins but their overall away numbers lag behind. Portugal’s clean sheet frequency adds weight to expecting them to hold firm. The match trends point to Portugal controlling the game without many concessions.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–1 WON +0.70u

Our pick “Portugal to win” at odds 1.70 won — final score 2–1.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 COL Colombia 3 2 1 0 7
2 POR Portugal ▲ 3 1 2 0 5
4 UZB Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 0
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Portugal WWDWD
W vs Chile 2–1 Jun 6
W vs Nigeria 2–1 Jun 10
D vs Congo DR 1–1 Jun 17
W vs Uzbekistan 5–0 Jun 23
D @ Colombia 0–0 Jun 27
Croatia LWLWW
L vs Belgium 0–2 Jun 2
W vs Slovenia 2–1 Jun 7
L @ England 2–4 Jun 17
W @ Panama 1–0 Jun 23
W vs Ghana 2–1 Jun 27
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Portugal
Scored 2.0 avg
2 2 1 5 0
Conceded 0.6 avg
1 1 1 0 0
Croatia
Scored 1.4 avg
0 2 2 1 2
Conceded 1.6 avg
2 1 4 0 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Portugal
2 Draws
1 Croatia
Nov 2024 Croatia 1–1 Portugal Draw
Sep 2024 Portugal 2–1 Croatia Portugal
Jun 2024 Portugal 1–2 Croatia Croatia
Nov 2020 Croatia 2–3 Portugal Portugal
Sep 2020 Portugal 4–1 Croatia Portugal

Over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 7 meetings.