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Tuesday 6 October 2026 · 19:45 · HT 1-0 · Stadion Poljud, Split · Referee Eric Lambrechts

Croatia v Spain: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Croatia's last 1 home game and Spain's last 1 away game in the UEFA Nations League before kick-off, both teams scored in 1 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 2, with 8.0 corners per match (league 8.6) and 2.0 cards (league 4.2).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Croatia v Spain, full match

28%

Possession

72%

1.02

Expected goals (xG)

1.15

10

Shots

10

5

Shots on target

3

Corners

6

12

Fouls

10

3

Yellow cards

2

1

Red cards

0

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

17'

Goal

Ivan Perišić CRO

22'

Yellow card

Ivan Perišić CRO

61'

Goal

Mikel Merino SPA

65'

Yellow card

Luka Modrić CRO

66'

Yellow card

Rodri SPA

79'

Second yellow

Ivan Perišić CRO

88'

Goal

Mikel Merino SPA

90+2'

Yellow card

Víctor Muñoz SPA

At a glance

Croatia

3rd in the table

L

W

Spain

1st in the table

W

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Croatia's last 1 home game and Spain's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

1/2 games · League 46%

Over 1.5 goals

100%

2/2 games · League 72%

Over 2.5 goals

100%

2/2 games · League 50%

Over 3.5 goals

100%

2/2 games · League 20%

Over 9.5 corners

0%

0/2 games · League 38%

Over 3.5 cards

0%

0/2 games · League 62%

Croatia clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 34%

Spain clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 34%

Croatia fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 34%

Spain fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 34%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

6.0

League 2.5

Corners

8.0

League 8.6

Cards

2.0

League 4.2

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Croatia

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Dominik Livaković

DEFENDERS

2

4

5

6

MIDFIELDERS

8

10

13

14

18

FORWARDS

20

Igor Matanović

SUBSTITUTES

12

23

3

15

16

17

19

21

22

7

9

11

Spain

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

23

Unai Simón

DEFENDERS

5

12

14

22

MIDFIELDERS

10

Dani Olmo

16

Rodri

20

Pedri

FORWARDS

15

Alex Baena

19

Lamine Yamal

21

Mikel Oyarzabal

SUBSTITUTES

1

13

2

3

4

17

6

9

11

18

7

8

Referee: Eric Lambrechts

1 game in the UEFA Nations League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.0

League 4.2

Yellow cards per game

5.0

Red cards per game

1.0

Fouls per game

22.0

League 24.0

Penalties per game

0.00

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

CRO

SPA

Match

League

Goals per match

5.0

4.7

4.8

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

86%

Over 1.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

72%

Over 2.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

48%

Over 3.5

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

21%

Over 4.5

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

67%

4/6

12%

Bet

CRO

SPA

Match

League

Yes

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

47%

Yes and win

33%

1/3

100%

3/3

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

36%

Yes and draw

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

15%

Yes and loss

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

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Bet

CRO

SPA

Match

League

Corners per match

7.3

8.5

Over 7.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

64%

Over 8.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

51%

Over 9.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

38%

Over 10.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

22%

Over 11.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

18%

Over 12.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

7%

Referee Eric Lambrechts: 5.0 cards and 22.0 fouls per game in 1 game this season

Bet

CRO

SPA

Match

League

Cards per match

3.0

5.0

4.0

4.3

Over 2.5

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

80%

Over 3.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

62%

Over 4.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

41%

Over 5.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

27%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Lamine Yamal

3 starts · 1.8 per 90

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

Dominik Livaković

3 starts · 0.0 per 90

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Ivan Perišić

3 starts · 0.0 per 90

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.