Croatia vs Austria: Croatia welcome Austria to the Stadion Gradski vrt on Friday for their UEFA Nations League opening clash, with both sides in decent form.
Match Details:
Teams: Croatia vs Austria
Venue: Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia
Date: Saturday 4th June, 2022
Time: 12:15 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Croatia head into this after a 2-1 win over Bulgaria in a friendly clash played earlier this year in March.
Despodov broke the deadlock for the Bulgarian side before a Modric penalty and strike from Kramaric ensured victory for the 2018 WC Finalists.
The hosts have won 3 of their last 5 matches alongside 2 draws and look a strong side, hopeful of keeping the form going ahead of the WC 2022.
On the other hand, Austria played out a 2-2 draw against Scotland in a friendly in March after missing out on a spot in the World Cup 2022.
Hendry, McGinn’s strikes were cancelled out by Gregoritsch and Schöpf in the second half to ensure a draw.
A loss to Wales 2-1 in their final WCQ clash, saw Austria miss out on an 8th World Cup appearance as Gareth Bale’s twin strikes broke Austrian’s hearts.
Form Guide
Croatia: WDWWD
Austria: DLWWL
Team captain @lukamodric10 celebrated another @ChampionsLeague title with his #Croatia teammates in Osijek! 🎂🎉
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Congrats, Luka!#Family #UCL #Vatreni❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZhnhInZt0v
— HNS (@HNS_CFF) June 2, 2022
Last Matches of both teams:
Croatia 2-1 Bulgaria
Austria 2-2 Scotland
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Croatia vs Austria in India?
The match is live streamed on Sony LIV, Jio TV App; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 2.
Momentos inolvidables.
Celebrating it w/ the fam. 🤍 pic.twitter.com/etySAzuZZi— David Alaba (@David_Alaba) May 30, 2022
Team News
Perisic, Vrsaljko are out for the hosts due to injury whereas Hinteregger is a doubt for the Austrian side due to a hamstring injury.
Croatia possible 11:
Livakovic, Vida, Caleta-Car, Pongracic, Juranovic, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Barisic, Kramaric and Brekalo
Austria possible 11:
Linder, Ulmer, Posch, Dragovic, Lainer, Laimer, Baumgartner, Schöpf, Sabitzer, Kalajdzic and Arnautovic
Prediction: Croatia 2-1 Austria
Croatia sealed WCQ and will be upbeat to keep the momentum going on the road with fixtures piled up before the main event.
The hosts may not be in blistering form but have the quality and impressive talent, experience to make a difference.
Meanwhile; Austria has to get their head back into the mix and keep preparing for the next World Cup event through form.
We see this going down to the wire but Croatia must have enough to get the job done.
