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Estonia vs Croatia international friendly match preview, statistics and betting tips. Unbeaten Croatia to keep their run going.
Estonia V Croatia Match Preview - 17:00 Kick-Off at A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Estonia drew 0-0 in Cyprus on Saturday in one of the least eventful and lowest quality games in this round of World Cup Qualifying fixtures. Estonia are in something of a rut - their previous fixtures were a couple of friendlies against St. Kitts and Nevis and Antigua/Barbuda where the Estonians struggled to a 1-1 draw and 1-0 win respectively. Their 8-1 slaughtering at the hands of Belgium last November has had a visible effect on their player’s confidence.
Croatia on the other hand haven’t lost since their narrow 1-0 defeat to eventual winners Portugal in last summer’s European Championship Round of 16. On Friday Croatia secured a crucial 3 points in a 1-0 win at home to group rivals Ukraine with Nicola Kalinic netting the game’s only goal.
Historically, Croatia are unbeaten in their 8 games against Estonia, winning 6 and drawing the other 2. In fact in their 4 previous meetings in Tallinn, Estonia have never even managed to score a goal against their more illustrious opponents.
Estonia’s recent results.
- Mar 25th 2017 Cyprus 0:0 Estonia - WC Qualifying Group
- Nov 22th 2016 Antigua and Barbuda 0:1 Estonia - Friendly
- Nov 19th 2016 St Kitts and Nevis 1:1 Estonia - Friendly
- Nov 13th 2016 Belgium 8:1 Estonia - WC Qualifying Group
Croatia’s recent results
- Mar 23th 2017 Croatia 1:0 Ukraine - WC Qualifying Group
- Jan 14th 2017 China PR 1:1 Croatia - China Cup
- Jan 11th 2017 Chile 1:1 Croatia - China Cup
- Nov 15th 2016 Northern Ireland 0:3 Croatia - Friendly
Odds
- Estonia 5/1
- Croatia 1/2
- Draw 27/10
- (Odds taken from Paddy Power)
Predictions
Given the team’s one sided historical head-to-head record and respective form coming into Tuesday’s friendly, Croatia are huge favourites to come away from Tallinn with a win. Estonia just don’t have the quality to withstand Croatia’s clever interchanges in the final third.
Any kind of bet on a Croatia win will have a great chance of winning you some money. The clever punter would see Paddy Power’s odds of 5/4 for Croatia to win to nil as a great offer. Croatia’s match winner on Friday Nicola Kalinic has developed a habit of finding the back of the net for his country and NetBet have odds of 31/20 for him to score anytime in Estonia.
Our Tips
- Croatia to win to nil 5/4 Paddy Power
- Nicola Kalinic to score anytime 31/20 NetBet
