Croatia national football team
Nations League | Quarter-Finals | 1st Leg
Mar 20, 2025 at 7.45pm UK
Stadion Poljud
France national football team

Croatia
2 - 0
France

Budimir (26'), Perisic (45+1')
FT(HT: 2-0)

Tchouameni (74'), Upamecano (75')

The Match

Match Report

Sports Mole looks at the highlights, man of the match, and stats from Thursday's Nations League clash between Croatia and France.

Preview

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

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how France could line up for Thursday's UEFA Nations League quarter-final first-leg clash with Croatia.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
Last Game: Croatia 1-1 Portugal
Monday, November 18 at 7.45pm in Nations League
All competitions
Last Game: Italy 1-3 France
Sunday, November 17 at 7.45pm in Nations League

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 Croatia win with a probability of 41.47%. A win for France had a probability of 32.08% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Croatia win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.63%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.69%) and 2-0 (7.35%). The likeliest France win was 0-1 (9.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.57%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Croatia would win this match.

Result
CroatiaDrawFrance
41.47% (-0.055 -0.05)26.45% (0.039000000000001 0.04)32.08% (0.0080000000000027 0.01)
Both teams to score 51.93% (-0.127 -0.13)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
47.25% (-0.166 -0.17)52.74% (0.16 0.16)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
25.62% (-0.14 -0.14)74.38% (0.134 0.13)
Croatia Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
74.89% (-0.10499999999999 -0.1)25.11% (0.098000000000003 0.1)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
40.19% (-0.143 -0.14)59.81% (0.13500000000001 0.14)
France Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
69.34% (-0.078999999999994 -0.08)30.66% (0.071999999999999 0.07)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
33.09% (-0.089999999999996 -0.09)66.9% (0.082999999999998 0.08)
Score Analysis
    Croatia 41.46%
    France 32.08%
    Draw 26.44%
CroatiaDrawFrance
1-0 @ 10.63% (0.030000000000001 0.03)
2-1 @ 8.69% (-0.013 -0.01)
2-0 @ 7.35% (0.0039999999999996 0)
3-1 @ 4% (-0.016999999999999 -0.02)
3-0 @ 3.39% (-0.008 -0.01)
3-2 @ 2.37% (-0.015 -0.01)
4-1 @ 1.38% (-0.01 -0.01)
4-0 @ 1.17% (-0.006 -0.01)
Other @ 2.48%
Total : 41.46%
1-1 @ 12.57% (0.02 0.02)
0-0 @ 7.7% (0.049 0.05)
2-2 @ 5.14% (-0.018000000000001 -0.02)
3-3 @ 0.93% (-0.0069999999999999 -0.01)
Other @ 0.1%
Total : 26.44%
0-1 @ 9.1% (0.039000000000001 0.04)
1-2 @ 7.44% (-0.0040000000000004 -0)
0-2 @ 5.38% (0.012 0.01)
1-3 @ 2.93% (-0.008 -0.01)
0-3 @ 2.12%
2-3 @ 2.03% (-0.011 -0.01)
Other @ 3.09%
Total : 32.08%

How you voted: Croatia vs France

Croatia
15.4%
Draw
12.7%
France
71.9%
292
Head to Head
Jun 13, 2022 7.45pm
League A
France
0-1
Croatia

Guendouzi (18'), Pavard (62'), Rabiot (67')
Modric (5' pen.)
Brozovic (50')
Jun 6, 2022 7.45pm
League A
Croatia
1-1
France
Kramaric (83' pen.)
Vida (21')
Rabiot (52')
Kimpembe (85')
Oct 14, 2020 7.45pm
League A
Croatia
1-2
France
Vlasic (64')
Vlasic (5'), Uremovic (57'), Lovren (90+2')
Griezmann (8'), Mbappe (79')
Digne (5'), Pogba (90+1')
Sep 8, 2020 7.45pm
League A
France
4-2
Croatia
Griezmann (43'), Livakovic (45+1' og.), Upamecano (65'), Giroud (77' pen.)
Lenglet (38'), Kante (59'), N'Kemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi (68')
Lovren (17'), Brekalo (55')
Caleta-Car (34'), Brozovic (76'), Lovren (76')
Jun 8, 2020 8pm
International Friendlies
France
P-P
Croatia
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