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Sports Blog 12/10/2018: UEFA Nations League Preview – Croatia vs England, Friday 12th October 2018



Can England get a bit of revenge, and their first Nations League points, when they travel to Croatia on Friday, at 7.45pm on Sky Sports Main Event?

Neither side got off to the best start in the newly-created UEFA-competition. England burst out the gates in their curtain raiser against Spain, with Marcus Rashford putting them ahead after 11th minutes. Yet that lead lasted just 2 minutes, with Saul’s equaliser than followed by Rodrigo’s eventual winner a smidge after the half hour mark.

Croatia England UEFA Nations League Football Match Spreads 12th October 2018 Spreadex Sports Spread Betting

However disappointing that 2-1 loss may have been for England, it was nothing compared to what was in store for Croatia a few days later. Spain showed what could have been if they hadn’t suffered a self-imposed managerial crisis less than 48 hours before the World Cup, hammering Russia 2018’s beaten finalists 6-0, with 6 different names making the scoresheet (admittedly, only 5 of them were actually Spanish thanks to Lovre Kalinic’s 35th minute own goal).

With Luis Enrique’s side now on 6 points, it may be a case of England and Croatia trying to avoid relegation to League B, rather than a pushing for a place in the tournament’s play-offs. Though he has a selected a youthful squad, Harry Kane is still expected to lead from the front, with the Tottenham star at a Super Mega PGM of 34-40. As for Croatia, with Mario Mandzukic retired from international football, their best bet going forwards looks like either Ivan Perisic or Andrej Kramaric, at Super Mega PGMs of 14-18 and 17-21 respectively.

It’s going to be a weird trip to Rijeka. The fixture is set to be played behind closed doors as punishment for an incident in 2015 when Croatia had a swastika marked on the pitch before a Euro 2016 qualifier against Italy. That, and the hosts’ huge loss in Spain, perhaps counters the fact they knocked Southgate’s side out in the World Cup semi-finals, with0020Spreadex offering a choice Croatia/England Goal Supremacy spread of -0.1-0.1 alongside a Total Goals spread of 2.15-2.35.



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