Portugal vs Croatia Prediction – UEFA Nations League Picks 9/5/24

In this article, we will formulate a Portugal vs Croatia Prediction for this UEFA Nations League game on Thursday, September 5th at Estádio do Benfica. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:

-Portugal’s recent form and recent player performance 

-Croatia’s recent form and recent play performance

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for today’s game between Portugal and Croatia. 

Portugal Betting Preview

Portugal’s offense has been quite the problem heading into this game and in each of the last two games they have failed to score a goal. In the quarterfinals of UEFA Euro’s 2024, Portugal and France were tied 0-0 after 120 minutes, but they ended up losing in a shootout. Two games ago against Slovenia it was much of the game, but they were able to win that game in a shootout. Portugal has tried to get younger with their squad here for the Nations League. Geovany Quenda, Renato Veiga and Tiago Santos have all been selected for the first time to the squad. Cristiano Ronaldo is still around and he’s expected to start up front in this game. 

Croatia Betting Preview

Croatia has played to back to back draws. In the last game against Italy they played to a 1-1 draw. Luka Modric scored in the 55th minute to take the lead over Italy. In the 98th minute though the defense brokeodown and they ended up only playing to a draw. Croatia had 46 percent of the possession and four shots on target. Domagoj Vida and Marcelo Brozovic are not available for this team and they are going to mss both of the players in this game. Lovro Majer, Josip Stanisic and Martin Erlic are all dealing with injuries and aren’t going to be able to go in this game. 

Portugal vs Croatia Prediction

Croatia is dealing with so many injuries heading into this game and it’s going to really let them down. Croatia isn’t going to have any quality scoring chances here, and that will be the difference here. Portugal is going to get the scoring going early, and even with a younger squad they are going to have no issue getting the job done here. Back Portugal on the money line to cash here.