Slovakia vs Croatia
Slovakia and Croatia are both ambitious to rise to the top ahead of the fifth week of Group E. They meet at the City Arena Trnava.
At present the position is occupied by Hungary with 9 points, while Slovakia and Croatia stand behind with a difference of 3 points because they have only played 3 times. In other words, they can get there by utilizing a goal aggregate.
Slovakia is highly motivated after holding a goal party in its final assignment when it travels to Azerbaijan. The host is made helpless with 63% possession and 10 shots on target to close the game with the 1-5 positions.
On the one hand, Croatia is quite satisfied with the position 2-1 when they host Wales in the same week. They did appear less convincing because it only produced 2 kicks on target despite controlling 63% posession, while the visitors even responded up to 6 times.
Mid-2010 became the last meeting between Slovakia vs Croatia. At that time they competed in a trial match which ended with a 1-1 draw. This time, a different score is predicted to emerge after Slovakia won over Hungary in the first chance as host, while Croatia surrendered in Hungary to defeat in the inaugural match away.
Marek Hamsik became a fertile player for the host with 2 goals, while the visitors were more evenly distributed, with Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Ante Rebic and Borna Barisic all contributing 1 goal. With the current trend, it seems that Slovakia is more suitable to inhabit the summit.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 2.00