Croatia vs Spain predicted line-ups
UEFA Nations League · Tue 6 Oct
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Croatia
4-2-3-1Formation· Coach: Z. Dalić

Spain
4-2-3-1Formation· Coach: Fernando Hierro
- 13Joan García
- 22Pau Cubarsí Paredes
- 24Marc Cucurella
- 4Eric García
- 3Álex Grimaldo
- 5Marcos Llorente
- 6Mikel Merino
- 20Pedri
- 16Rodri
- 8Fabián Ruiz
- 9Gavi
- 16M. Baturina
- 18K. Jakic
- 8M. Kovacic
- 10L. Modric
- 2J. Stanisic
- 19T. Fruk
- 5D. Caleta-Car
- 25M. Erlic
- 4J. Gvardiol
- 3M. Pongracic
- 23D. Kotarski
Bench
- 1D. Livakovic
- 12I. Pandur
- 6J. Sutalo
- 22L. Vuskovic
- 14I. Perisic
- 7N. Moro
- 15Mario Pasalic
Bench
- 1David Raya
- 23Unai Simón
- 14Aymeric Laporte
- 12Pedro Porro
- 2Marc Pubill
- 18Martín Zubimendi
- 15Álex Baena
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Croatia vs Spain line-ups published?
Clubs in the UEFA Nations League release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
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