SPAIN and Croatia kick-start their Euro 2024 campaigns with a heavyweight battle at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.

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Spain vs Croatia preview

Group B kick-starts with a heavyweight encounter between three-time European champions Spain and perennial dark horses Croatia at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Many consider this to be the toughest group in the competition with holders Italy also looking to advance, so a positive result for either side would go a long way to progressing to the knockout stages.

As you would expect, Spain enter as odds-on favourites to collect maximum points. And it’s not too difficult to see why given they’ve lost only two of their last 22 matches at the Euros – excluding penalty shootouts.

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La Roja have reached the knockout stage in six of their last seven Euros appearances, and arrive having put five past both Northern Ireland and Andorra in their last two outings.

However, they’ve only managed one win in their last five against Croatia in normal time.

Zlatko Dalic’s side also arrive in good form having won their last six in a row, including a notable 2-1 win over Portugal last time out.

Size clearly doesn’t matter for Croatia, who have a population of under 4million. They’ve reached the final four of the World Cup twice and the round of 16 at Euro 2020 over the last seven years.

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Spain vs Croatia odds

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Spain vs Croatia betting tips

Goalscorer

I’m a big fan of Mikel Oyarzabal. In fact, I’m such a big fan that I’ve backed him to be Spain’s top goalscorer at a very generous 12/1.

The 27-year-old Real Sociedad attacker scored 14 goals in 44 appearances last season with 35% of those goals arriving in knockout competitions.

He’s also averaging around one goal in every three appearances at international level having netted 11 goals in 30 appearances for Spain.

Oyarzabal arrives at the competition having struck four goals in Spain’s last three outings, including a hat-trick against Andorra.

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Spain have been running riot lately, admittedly against lesser opposition than Saturday’s opponents Croatia.

They’ve scored 35 goals in their last 11 matches in all competitions, including back-to-back five-goal hauls against Andorra and Northern Ireland.

Spain have, however, managed just one clean sheet in their last six matches and that came against FIFA’s 164th-ranked side in Andorra.

That could be good news for Croatia, who generally don’t blank. The underdogs have netted nine in their last three outings, including two against Portugal last time out.

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Bookings

Midfielder Marcelo Brozovic has never been afraid of a card or two.

The 31-year-old has collected 22 bookings in 96 appearances for Croatia, and 129 throughout his entire career.

Now playing in Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr, Brozovic has been booked nine times and might just find himself a yard off the pace back at the top level. He’s also been booked twice in his last four against Spain.

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