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Portugal national football team
Nations League | League A
Sep 5, 2024 at 7.45pm UK
Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Croatia national football team

Portugal
2 - 1
Croatia

Dalot (7'), Ronaldo (34')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Dalot (41' og.)
Modric (72')

The Match

Match Report

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo scores a landmark goal to help fire Portugal to a narrow 2-1 home victory over Croatia in the UEFA Nations League.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Nations League clash between Portugal and Croatia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Portugal could line up for Thursday's Nations clash with Croatia.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
Last Game: Portugal 0-0 France (3-5 pen.)
Friday, July 5 at 8pm in European Championship
All competitions
Last Game: Croatia 1-1 Italy
Monday, June 24 at 8pm in European Championship
Current Group B Standings P GD PTS
1Spain359
2Italy304
3Croatia3-32
4Albania3-21

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Portugal win with a probability of 52.63%. A win for Croatia had a probability of 23.76% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portugal win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.18%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.74%) and 2-0 (8.9%). The likeliest Croatia win was 0-1 (6.38%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.15%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Portugal in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Portugal.

Result
PortugalDrawCroatia
52.63% (-2.059 -2.06) 23.6% (0.523 0.52) 23.76% (1.531 1.53)
Both teams to score 54.95% (0.206 0.21)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
54.05% (-0.642 -0.64)45.94% (0.639 0.64)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
31.75% (-0.612 -0.61)68.25% (0.61 0.61)
Portugal Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
82.57% (-0.976 -0.98)17.43% (0.973 0.97)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
52.12% (-1.732 -1.73)47.88% (1.729 1.73)
Croatia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
66.55% (1.021 1.02)33.45% (-1.024 -1.02)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
29.92% (1.105 1.11)70.08% (-1.108 -1.11)
Score Analysis
    Portugal 52.63%
    Croatia 23.76%
    Draw 23.6%
PortugalDrawCroatia
1-0 @ 10.18% (-0.050000000000001 -0.05)
2-1 @ 9.74% (-0.093 -0.09)
2-0 @ 8.9% (-0.339 -0.34)
3-1 @ 5.67% (-0.243 -0.24)
3-0 @ 5.18% (-0.374 -0.37)
3-2 @ 3.11% (-0.044 -0.04)
4-1 @ 2.48% (-0.191 -0.19)
4-0 @ 2.26% (-0.243 -0.24)
4-2 @ 1.36% (-0.064 -0.06)
Other @ 3.75%
Total : 52.63%
1-1 @ 11.15% (0.25 0.25)
0-0 @ 5.83% (0.157 0.16)
2-2 @ 5.34% (0.098 0.1)
3-3 @ 1.13% (0.015 0.01)
Other @ 0.15%
Total : 23.6%
0-1 @ 6.38% (0.343 0.34)
1-2 @ 6.11% (0.303 0.3)
0-2 @ 3.5% (0.279 0.28)
1-3 @ 2.23% (0.169 0.17)
2-3 @ 1.95% (0.088 0.09)
0-3 @ 1.28% (0.134 0.13)
Other @ 2.32%
Total : 23.76%

How you voted: Portugal vs Croatia

Portugal
78.5%
Draw
12.5%
Croatia
9.0%
376
Head to Head
Jun 8, 2024 5.45pm
Friendlies 1
Portugal
1-2
Croatia
Jota (48')
Cancelo (77')
Modric (8' pen.), Budimir (56')
Budimir (40'), Brozovic (59'), Ivanusec (90+1')
Nov 17, 2020 7.45pm
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Croatia
2-3
Portugal
Kovacic (29', 65')
Rog (23'), Perisic (57')
Rog (51')
Dias (52', 90'), Felix (60')
Ronaldo (54')
Sep 5, 2020 7.45pm
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Portugal
4-1
Croatia
Cancelo (41'), Jota (58'), Felix (70'), Silva (90+5')
Petkovic (90+1')
Jedvaj (60'), Barisic (71')
Mar 30, 2020 6.30pm
Sep 6, 2018 7.45pm
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Portugal
1-1
Croatia
Pepe (32')
Carvalho (72')
Perisic (18')
Perisic (30'), Kovacic (42')
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