Croatia need to get a result on the board tonight as England’s Group D rivals face the Czech Republic in Scotland on Friday.
Croatia’s Euro 2020 started on a sour note with a 1-0 defeat to England at Wembley, but all is not lost.
The saving grace for the Croatians is that they will be confident of England also going on to beat group rivals Scotland and the Czechs, so the 2018 World Cup finalists will be confident of reaching the knockout stages.
But to do so, they must get a win against a Czech side who beats Scotland 2-0 at Hampden Park last time out, with Patrick Schick scoring from inside his own half.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Croatia vs Czech Republic is scheduled for a 5pm BST kick-off on Friday, June 18, 2021.
The match will be held at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
Where to watch Croatia vs Czech Republic
TV channel: The match will be televised on BBC One for free.
Live stream: UK viewers will be able to watch the match online via the BBC iPlayer.
Croatia vs Czech Republic team news
Starting lineups
Croatia XI: Livakovic, Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Gvardiol, Modric, Kovacic, Perisic, Kramaric, Brekalo, Rebic
Subs: Caleta-Car, Brozovic, Kalinic, Vlasic, Pasalic, Orsic, Badelj, Petkovic, Juranovic, Sluga, Bradaric, Ivanusec
Czech Republic XI: Vaclik, Coufal, Celustka, Kalas, Boril, Holes, Soucek, Masopust, Darida, Jankto, Schick
Subs: Kaderabek, Brabec, Barak, Krmencik, Sevcik, Mandous, Zima, Hlozek, Vydra, Kral, Koubek, Pekhart
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Croatia squad
Goalkeepers: Lovre Kalinic, Dominik Livakovic, Simon Sluga
Defenders: Domagoj Vida, Dejan Lovren, Sime Vrsaljko, Borna Barisic, Duje Caleta-Car, Josip Juranovic, Domagoj Bradaric, Mile Skoric, Josko Gvardiol
Midfielders: Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo Brozovic, Milan Badelj, Mario Pasalic, Nikola Vlasic, Luka Ivanusec
Forwards: Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Ante Rebic, Josip Brekalo, Bruno Petkovic, Mislav Orsic, Ante Budimir
Czech squad
Goalkeepers: Tomas Vaclik, Tomas Koubek, Ales Mandous
Defenders: Jan Boril, Jakub Brabec, Vladimir Coufal, Ondrej Celustka, Pavel Kaderabek, Tomas Kalas, Ales Mateju, David Zima
Midfielders: Antonin Barak, Vladimir Darida, Adam Hlozek, Tomas Holes, Jakub Jankto, Alex Kral, Lukas Masopust, Jakub Pesek, Tomas Soucek, Petr Sevcik, Michal Sadilek
Forwards: Michael Krmencik, Tomas Pekhart, Patrik Schick, Matej Vydra
Croatia vs Czech Republic prediction
Given how both teams started this tournament, this game coud be a real battle. Croatia have the quality, but the Czechs are in form and will fancy taking something with the last-16 in sight.
Croatia 1-1 Czech Republic
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Croatia wins: 2
Draws: 1
Czech wins: 0
Betting odds and tips
Croatia to win: 23/20
Draw: 9/4
Czech Republic to win: 49/20
Draw and both teams to score: 17/5
