Croatia – Slovakia

Seeking a fourth win on the trot in the world cup qualification campaigne, Croatia welcome Slovakia to the Stadion Gradski vrt in Osijek on Monday. The visitors, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Russia last time out and will look to quickly bounce back from that performance. Croatia maintained their fine run of results in the World Cup qualifiers as they claimed a comprehensive 3-0 win over Cyprus. This was a third win on the bounce for Zlatko Dalic’s men after they saw off Slovakia 1-0 on 1 September, before securing a 3-0 win over Slovenia three days later. With 16 points from seven games, Croatia currently lead the way in Group H, level on points with Russia.

Croatia have been dominant against the hosts and are unbeaten in each of their last five encounters. The hosts have picked up two wins, while three games have ended in draws. The hosts, meanwhile, head into the game on a blistering run and we predict they will maintain this fine string of results and extend their lead at the top of Group H.