Croatia hosts Malta in round 3 of the World Cup Qualification. The match will be played on Tuesday, March 30th at Stadion Maksimir (Zagreb)
To date, all teams in Group H have played two matches. The Croatian national team is ranked 3rd in the group with three points scored. The team lags behind the Slovenian national team only in goal difference and is behind Russia by three points. Croatia scored one goal and conceded the same amount. The team’s statistics of the last ten matches are as follows – three victories, one draw, and six defeats. In the first qualification match, the national team of Croatia lost to Slovenia away (1-0). After that, the Croats played against the Cyprus national team. Then the hosts scored the only goal in the match, which brought them a 1-0 victory.
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One of the group's outsiders, the national team of Malta, will be the opponents of the Croats in the upcoming game. The team takes the last 6th place with one point scored. During the current qualification, the Maltese scored three goals and conceded five times. The last 10 matches of the team ended in four victories, four draws, and two losses. In the first match of the current qualification, Malta played against the Russian national team and lost with a score of 1-3. After that, Malta played a match against the Slovakia national team. Then Malta took the lead, earning a two-goal advantage in the first half. But it didn’t manage to keep the positive outcome - the Slovaks equalized the score in the second half and gained a 2-2 draw.
Croatia is the clear favorite in this pair. Malta has never managed to win in previous head-to-head matches. And Croatia won with a difference of two goals or even more in five out of eight head-to-head meetings. And this time we should expect a similar result from Croatia since the team really needs points and high scoring to get into the promotion zone.
Prediction for the match: Croatia to win with -2.0 handicap
