Croatia Euro Odds

Though Croatia are not the outright favourites to win the Euros they can never be counted out in tournament football with their appearances in the 2018 World Cup Final and the 2022 World Cup Semi Final.

The assured presence of the likes of Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol give Croatia a strong through line as all three have been important to their club sides this season.

Croatia first made their debut at the European Championships in 1996 when the tournament was held in England. Here they made the Quarter Finals where they lost 2 - 1 to eventual winners Germany. The Vatreni picked up another Quarter Finals appearance in the 2008 Championships in Austria and Switzerland, losing 3 - 1 on penalties to Turkey.

Since 2008, Croatia have crashed out at the Group stage in 2012 and the Round of 16 at the two most recent Championships, losing to eventual winners Portugal in 2016 and losing to Spain in 2020.

Croatia also stumbled somewhat through the qualifying campaign. In Group D, The Vatreni took on Turkey, Wales, Armenia and Latvia, a group some would expect Croatia to win comfortably. However, in eight games, Croatia only picked up five wins, one draw and two losses, leaving them second to Turkey.

All odds are accurate at time of writing and are subject to change.

Here we have taken a look at the odds of a Croatia player being the Euro 2024’s Golden Boot winner before the kick off of the tournament this summer in Germany.

All odds are accurate at time of writing and are subject to change.

Croatia are hardly known for their imposing strikers and scoring lots of goals, their goals usually coming from all across the pitch. However, Andrej Kramaric will be looking to get the goals for his side this summer.

This season for Hoffenheim, Kramaric has been one of their main men in their pursuit for European football next season. In 29 games in the Bundesliga, Kramaric has picked up 12 goals and five assists and in one game in the DFB Pokal, Kramaric bagged two goals.

At the age of 32, Kramaric has made 91 appearances for Croatia since his debut back in 2014. In that time Kramaric has scored 28 goals which ranks him fourth in Croatia’s all time top scorers.

After the retirement of Mario Mandžukić in 2018 and the ACL injury to Ivan Perišić, all the weight of goal scoring falls onto Kramaric and Modrić. However, this form was shown in qualifying where Kramaric picked up four goals in eight games, the most of any player in the group.

Croatia were drawn into a tough group for this summer’s European Championships as Group B consists of Spain, Italy, Croatia and Albania.

The Vatreni are ranked third most likely to win the group, ranked only above Albania who are making just their second appearance at the competition after crashing out at the Group stage in 2016.

Spain have won the Euros on three occasions in comparison to Croatia who have only made one Final. La Roja first won the competition in only its second iteration in 1964 and then after an appearance in the 1984 Final, Spain won back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2012.

Italy has also had more success in the Euros than Croatia. Despite their current rocky form, The Azzurri are the current holders of the European Championships after beating England on penalties. Before that win, Italy had made Finals appearances in 2012 and 2000 as well as winning the competition in their first ever appearance in 1968.

Croatia will have to summon their underdog powers to win this group or focus on being the best third place team to get to the knock-out stages.

In three of the last four tournaments Croatia have competed in, they have faced at least one penalty shootout.

These last five penalty shootouts have seen Croatia win on four occasions.

In the Round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup, Croatia beat Denmark 4 - 3 on penalties, with Nicolai Jörgensen, Lasse Schöne and Christian Eriksen all missing for Denmark.

The Quarter Finals of the 2018 World Cup saw another penalty shootout for Croatia, this time against hosts Russia. The Vatreni won 6 - 5 in the shootout with Fedor Smolov and Mário Fernandes missing for Russia.

Both shootouts for Croatia at the 2022 World Cup saw Croatia win. In the Round of 16, Croatia beat Japan 4 - 2 on penalties and in the Quarter Finals Croatia beat Brazil 5 - 3 on penalties.

The most recent shootout was in the Final of the Nations League against Spain. Despite Aymeric Laporte missing for Spain, misses from Perisic and Lovro Majer gave Spain the 5 - 4 win and the trophy.