Spain U21 vs. Croatia U21 5/31/21 UEFA U21 Euro Cup Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Spain U21 and Croatia U21 are playing at Sportna Dvorana Ljudski Vrt in the U21 Euro Cup quarterfinals.

Spain is in great form, and they are undefeated in their last 18 games, which isn’t a surprise when you realize most of their players are some of the best in their clubs. Spain has gotten through the group stage with 2 wins and a draw, and without a conceded goal. In their latest game, Spain was playing against the Czech Republic, and they were the dominant team with 63% of ball possession, 5 shots on goal, 9 corner kicks, 2 big chances created, and a decent 83% of the correct passes. Spain has won this game 2-0. Dani Gomez is the leading goalscorer for Spain with 2 goals. This is a tough competition, but Spain definitely has the quality to take on everything thrown their way, and that makes them one of the favorites to win this competition.

Croatia on the other hand is a sloppy team, a solid team with a lot of quality, but sloppy. Croatia has started the group stage with a loss, then they won a game against Switzerland, and in the last round, they were not allowed to lose by 2 goals or more against England. That was the decisive game for both teams, and Croatia has had 53% of ball possession, 4 shots on goal, 2 corner kicks, 3 big chances created, and 78% of the correct passes. Croatia has conceded a goal in the 12^th minute, and then another one in the 74^th minute, and at the moment, they were out of the Euro Cup. In the 91^st minute, Domagoj Bradaric has scored the best goal of his career, and despite losing this game 1-2, Croatia has advanced to the next stage because of the better goal difference. Moro, Vizinger, Ivanusec, and Bradaric have each scored 1 goal for Croatia at this time. There is a lot of good, young and talented players in the Croatia roster, but they tend to lose focus and get sloppy in the crucial games, and that is definitely a crucial game.

Croatia has beaten Spain only once in the past, while Spain has won the 5 games in this matchup. I don’t doubt this will be a fun game, but as much as it would love to see Croatia getting a win here, they were lucky even to end up in the quarterfinals, and Spain is just too good of a team to lose this one.