Croatia vs Spain ( Lost )

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Thu, 15-Nov-18 | 21:45

Sime Vrsaljko, Lovre Kalinic and Marcelo Brozovic all missed Croatia’s last set of internationals through injury but are available this time around and will all start.
Andrej Kramaric and Mateo Kovacic are in competition to start for the home side, while Ante Rebic should get the nod in attack.

Brais Méndez and Mario Hermoso have recieved their first senior Spain call-ups as rewards for their fine form in La Liga this season.
Luis Enrique has recalled Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba to the Spain squad for the first time since the 2018 World Cup.
Enrique will be forced into changes at the back with Real Madrid duo Nacho and Daniel Carvajal unavailable.
César Azpilicueta or Jonny will start at right-back as a result of Carvajal’s absence, while Iñigo Martínez, Diego Llorente and Hermoso are in competition to partner Sergio Ramos at the heart of Spain’s defence.
Enrique is spoilt for choice in midfield and attack but Isco, Sergio Busquets and Saul Niguez are guarenteed three positions in Spain’s front six.

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Croatia are bottom of Group 4 in League A and three points behind England, who they meet in the final game of the group. A point here would set up a tantilising encounter with England on Sunday.
Spain are still top of Group 4 despite losing against England last time out. Luis Enrique’s side beat Croatia 6-0 in the reverse fixture and will secure top spot with a victory on Thursday.
Spain haven’t lost successive matches since Euro 2016, which involved a 2-1 defeat to Croatia, but they are favourites here and should bounce back from defeat to England last time out.