Croatia wants its first win

Even before this Croatia - Albania betting tip, it is clear that the men from the Balkans already have their backs more or less to the wall. Italy await in the last group game and the opening game of the final round went badly wrong with a 3-0 defeat against multiple European Championship champions Spain. However, in the case of the Croatians, it must be emphasized: In our opinion, the defeat was a goal or two too high. In particular, Croatia had several chances to put one or two goals past the favorites. However, they failed to capitalize on some of the top-class opportunities and ultimately suffered a deserved defeat. But that doesn't change the fact that we see the former runners-up as the favorites in this Croatia - Albania betting tip.

Croatia simply have more options going forward and have the better personnel. Interesting side note: This will be the first ever clash between Dalic's team and Albania on Wednesday. The year 2024 has already shown that the Croatians can keep up with very strong teams: Modric & Co won 2:1 against Portugal, for example, and they also showed their attacking qualities against North Macedonia (3:0) and Egypt (4:2).

Can Albania score points in the hammer group?

This is a question that must also be asked before this Croatia - Albania betting tip. Because: The small south-eastern European country is and remains the blatant underdog in Group B with Italy, Spain and the upcoming opponent from Croatia. However, the positive aspects of Albania's play so far can and must also be mentioned in this betting tip analysis: The underdogs scored the fastest goal in European Championship history after 22 seconds in their opener against Italy. It should also be mentioned that this goal resulted from one of only two shots on goal during the entire match. The second shot on goal only came in the 90th minute. This also means that Albania will once again rely on a compact defense against Croatia, which was already the trump card of Sylvinho's team in qualifying. We also don't expect Albania to score too many goals on Wednesday, as even in friendly matches against stronger teams such as Sweden (0:1) or Chile (0:3) no goals were scored. Conversely, this means that you could in any case place a Croatia - Albania betting tip on a win for the Croatians. Important for Albania: They will probably be able to play with their best line-up on Wednesday.

Who will get the first points?

In our opinion, this is more likely to be Croatia. However, we assume that Albania will put up a brave fight once again. In terms of Croatia - Albania betting tip, we would therefore bet on the following betting tip variant: Bet 1.