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Tuesday 6 October 2026, 20:45 CEST

Croatia v Spain

9%
Croatia win
20%
Draw
71%
Spain win

Spain, clearly.

Spain win about 71 times in 100. The other 29: a draw (20) or a Croatia win (9). Forecast by Vesta, published Sunday 4 October 2026, 05:58 CEST, before kickoff.

Tested
Expected goals
0.6 v 2.1
Likeliest score
0-2 14%
Both teams score
42%
3 or more goals
52%

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Croatia5-2-34-3-2-1Spain

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Model estimate

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast. The models learned on club matches, applied to the two national teams' last internationals.

Shots8.614.5
Shots on target2.66.1
Corners3.25.3
Fouls10.111.6
Yellow cards1.71.1

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Croatia
Croatia: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Ante Budimir bench348%<1%<1%9%0.5
Igor Matanovic bench358%<1%2%10%0.5
Petar Sucic795%<1%5%10%0.5
Mateo Kovacic825%<1%6%11%0.5
Nikola Vlasic454%<1%2%6%0.3
Luka Vuskovic453%<1%<1%4%0.2
Martin Baturina bench403%<1%2%5%0.3
Josko Gvardiol553%<1%2%5%0.2
Franjo Ivanovic bench342%<1%2%4%0.2
Ivan Perisic862%<1%3%5%0.2
Dion Drena Beljo bench122%<1%<1%3%0.1
Josip Stanisic692%<1%2%4%0.2
Mario Pasalic bench272%<1%3%4%0.1
Luka Modric642%<1%3%5%0.2
Petar Musa bench92%<1%<1%2%0.1
Mario Pasalic bench242%<1%2%4%0.1
Josip Sutalo571%<1%2%3%0.2
Josip Misic bench211%<1%1%3%0.1
Marin Pongracic451%<1%1%2%0.1
Luka Sucic bench131%<1%<1%2%0.1
Ivan Smolcic bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.1
Kristijan Jakic bench7<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Dominik Livakovic90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Spain
Spain: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Lamine Yamal7740%9%28%57%3.7
Mikel Oyarzabal5224%3%9%30%1.5
Dani Olmo6019%2%18%33%1.9
Ferrán Torres bench2013%<1%2%15%0.7
Álex Baena6111%<1%14%24%1.3
Fabián Ruiz539%<1%7%15%0.9
Raúl Fernández bench188%<1%2%10%0.5
Rodri738%<1%9%16%0.9
Mikel Merino bench187%<1%3%10%0.4
Fermín López bench166%<1%5%11%0.5
Nico Williams bench206%<1%3%9%0.5
Aymeric Laporte725%<1%2%7%0.5
Pedri bench324%<1%7%11%0.4
Marc Cucurella724%<1%8%12%0.5
Víctor Muñoz bench133%<1%1%4%0.4
Marc Pubill363%<1%2%5%0.3
Pau Cubarsí722%<1%1%4%0.3
Martín Zubimendi bench172%<1%<1%3%0.2
Pedro Porro bench352%<1%4%5%0.4
Dean Huijsen bench182%<1%<1%3%0.2
Yeremi Pino bench91%<1%2%4%0.2
Robin Le Normand bench181%<1%<1%2%0.1
Fran García bench181%<1%1%3%0.1
Iván Fresneda bench181%<1%1%2%0.1
Unai Simón72<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
David Raya bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Every probability of the match

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals93%
2 or more goals76%
3 or more goals52%
4 or more goals30%
5 or more goals15%

Exact number of goals

Tested
0 goals7%
1 goal17%
2 goals25%
3 goals22%
4 goals15%
5 goals8%
6 or more goals6%

Goals by team

Tested
Croatia: 1 or more47%
Croatia: 2 or more14%
Croatia: 3 or more3%
Spain: 1 or more88%
Spain: 2 or more62%
Spain: 3 or more35%
Both teams score42%
At least one team does not score58%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Croatia goals down, Spain goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
06.913.014.110.05.32.3
13.79.29.06.43.41.4
21.32.73.02.01.10.5
30.30.60.60.50.20.1
4·0.10.10.1··
5······

Winning margin

Tested
Croatia by 3 or more0%
Croatia by 22%
Croatia by 17%
Draw20%
Spain by 124%
Spain by 222%
Spain by 3 or more25%

Result combinations

Tested
Croatia win or draw29%
Either team wins (no draw)80%
Spain win or draw90%

Clean sheets

Tested
Croatia keep a clean sheet12%
Spain keep a clean sheet53%
Croatia win without conceding5%
Spain win without conceding46%
No goals at all7%

The first goal

Model estimate
Croatia score first22%
Spain score first71%
No goals7%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1533%
Minutes 16-3022%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+5%

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half71%
A goal in the second half78%
Croatia ahead at half-time11%
Level at half-time37%
Spain ahead at half-time51%
Croatia win the second half11%
Second half level32%
Spain win the second half57%
More goals in the first half31%
More goals in the second half43%
Same goals in both halves26%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Croatia ahead at half-time, Croatia win5%
Level at half-time, Croatia win4%
Spain ahead at half-time, Croatia win1%
Croatia ahead at half-time, draw4%
Level at half-time, draw13%
Spain ahead at half-time, draw3%
Croatia ahead at half-time, Spain win2%
Level at half-time, Spain win21%
Spain ahead at half-time, Spain win48%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
CroatiaSpain

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works