Spain vs Croatia | UEFA Euro 2024 | Pre Match
Spain vs Croatia
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Spain and Croatia are facing each other at the UEFA EURO for the fourth consecutive edition. This is only the second time it’s happened after Spain and Italy met in four straight EURO tournaments from 2008 to 2020 (upcoming fifth at EURO 2024). Spain won two of the previous three encounters (1-0, 2012 group stage; 5-3 a.e.t., 2020 round of 16) whilst Croatia won the other (2-1, 2016 group phase).
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Spain and Croatia’s last encounter at the UEFA EURO produced eight goals (5-3 a.e.t. to Spain in 2021), the highest scoring game in the tournament this century and second-highest overall after the nine-goal encounter between France and Yugoslavia in 1960 (4-5). In fact, three of the last four meetings between Spain and Croatia have seen at least five goals scored.
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Spain are taking part in their 12th UEFA EURO – they have won it three times (1964, 2008, 2012), a joint-record with Germany. They are also the only nation to have won it back-to-back.
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Shoot-outs excluded, Spain have lost only two of their last 22 matches at the UEFA EURO (W13 D7), it was against Croatia and Italy in the 2016 edition. They have reached the knockout stages in six of their last seven appearances, the only exception coming in 2004.
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Spain’s last 50 goals at the UEFA EURO have all been scored from inside the box. Their last goal from distance was Raul’s strike against Slovenia in the group stages of the 2000 edition.
