| Croatia hosts France in the first leg of the UEFA Nations League playoffs quarterfinals. Despite having home advantage, the hosts are considered underdogs in the upcoming match. The Croatian national team still finished second in the first group of League A. Only Portugal earned more points than Croatia in this group. France, on the other hand, finished top of the group, level on points with Italy in their group. France have won four of their last five international matches. The French national team only managed a disappointing draw at home against Israel. Croatia isn't in the best of shape at the moment. Since their 2-1 victory against Portugal in the run-up to the 2024 European Championship, the Croatian national team has won only two of their last nine international matches. In those nine matches they have a meager record of two wins, four draws and three defeats. The two victories came against Scotland and Poland. At home the record is more positive, four wins and one draw in the last five games. |
