Comments and predictions for Croatia vs Czech: Falling before the Modric dance

Latest Croatia vs Czech team information

Croatia cruised to an impressive 7-0 win in a dominant display against Gibraltar last week, and many of the players who started that game are likely to be back in contention.

Luka Modric started that win from the bench, but the veteran midfielder is likely to start, partnering Lovro Majer in central midfield, while Mario Pasalic will play further forward.

Ante Budimir – who has scored 24 goals in 42 games for Osasuna this season – continued his scoring streak against Gibraltar and will be first choice up front on Monday.

For the Czech Republic, Patrik Schick has scored 4 goals in the last 3 qualifying matches and will definitely start against Croatia.

Adam Hlozek is a doubt after coming off injured after just 28 minutes of last week's 2-0 win over Montenegro. Lukas Provod could be the man to replace him.

Latest expected lineup for Croatia vs Czech Republic

Croatia:

Livakovic; Stanisic, Caleta-Car, Sutalo, Gvardiol; Modric, Majer; Baturina, Pasalic, Perisic; Budimir

Czech Republic:

Kovar; Coufal, Holes, Krejci, Zeleny; Soucek, Cerv; Cerny, Sulc, Provod; Schick

Latest Croatia vs Czech football commentary

Croatia officially joined UEFA in June 1993, three months after qualifying for the 1994 World Cup began, meaning they could not participate in the tournament.

That left Croatia's first qualifying campaign at EURO 1996, where they reached the quarter-finals. Since then, Croatia have qualified for 14 of the last 16 major tournaments.

Under the leadership of coach Zlatko Dalic since October 2017, Croatia has achieved many successes, with the runner-up position at the 2018 World Cup and third place at the 2022 World Cup.

Having established themselves as one of Europe's footballing powerhouses, Croatia are tipped as favourites to top Group L, and a win over their group-best opponents on Monday would significantly bolster that prospect.

Croatia started their qualifying campaign with a thumping 7-0 win over Gibraltar, giving them plenty of confidence ahead of their clash with the Czech Republic. They are also unbeaten in their last three meetings with the Czechs (two draws, one win).

However, the visitors are in better form going into the game, with an 8-match unbeaten run (6 wins, 2 draws), while Croatia have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 6 matches.

Three of the Czech Republic's recent wins have come in this qualifying campaign, with Ivan Hasek's side beating the Faroe Islands (2-1), Gibraltar (4-0) and Montenegro (2-0) respectively.

This result helps the Czech Republic lead Group L with 9 points, opening up the opportunity to participate in the World Cup for the first time since the group stage in 2006.

Despite often struggling in World Cup qualifying, the Czech Republic have been a constant presence at the European Championships since gaining independence and taking part in their first tournament in 1996. They will be hoping to replicate that success in their remaining five Group L games to book their place at the upcoming World Cup.

Latest Croatia vs Czech score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Croatia vs Czechas follows:

• Sportsmole:Croatia 2-1 Czech

• WhoScore:Croatia 2-0 Czech
• Our newspaper predicts:Croatia 2-1 Czech

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