The late night kick-off on the 24th June, sees the ‘Vatreni’ play against ‘The Blues’ in what is likely to be an exhilarating final group stage match for them both. While Croatia have come into the tournament on the back of a 3rd place finish in 2022’s World Cup and with arguably their strongest team in years, Italy will be looking to repeat their 2020 Euro’s victory to secure a second successive cup and third in their country’s history. With the two sides having played 9 times before and Croatia 3-1 up in wins (with the rest of the games drawn), let’s see what the bookmakers have listed as the latest Croatia vs Italy odds and see who they believe will come out on top.
According to BetVictor, at the time of writing, the latest Euro 2024 betting odds, have Croatia marginally second at 21/10, meaning a £10 bet paying out £31, while Italy are narrow favourites with odds of 5/4, where the same £10 staked would return £22.50 if correct. The largest return comes to those who want to wager on a draw at the end of the 90 minutes, where a £10 bet would pay £32.50 if correct. With Spain and Albania also in the group, these two sides will be determined to get the advantage over the other, and with just a single position separating them in the FIFA World Men’s Rankings, Italy taking 9th spot and Croatia in 10th place, it seems that this game might well work out as closely contested as the betting odds suggest.
With Croatia’s own coach, Zlatko Dalić, turning to his captain and the country’s highest capped player, Luka Modrić and vice-captain Ivan Perišić to ensure that his team walk away with the spoils, Italy’s head coach, Luciano Spalletti, can call upon the Euro 2020’s player of the tournament in the form of goalie Gianluigi Donnarumma, one of only three players not currently playing in the Italian leagues, to lead from the back and ensure strikers Raspadori and Chiesa can fill in correctly for the injured Ciro Immobile. While this game could quickly become a heated one, as both sides look to pile pressure on a Spanish side that’s been in top form, we predict that the two might have to settle for a point a piece as neither side will want to commit numbers forward and leave their backlines too exposed in their final group match.
Why not take a look at all of the Croatia vs Italy betting markets we have on offer, from the correct score prediction through to how many goals will be scored on the night, all available on our dedicated Euro match page, and if you’d like to see more of our predictions and coverage of all the Euro 2024 games on offer, read on as we continue to publish regular updates to all of the game content here at BetVictor and provide you with expert Euros betting tips.
