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Netherlands vs Croatia

Sunday, 30 August 2026

Played. Source reports: FINISHED.
Final score
Netherlands99-101Croatia

Prediction and result

Before tip-off, the model made Croatia favourites at 68%, projecting 87-82 (about 168 points in total). That rests on a 7-3 record over the last 10 games against 3-7 and 4 wins from the last 6 meetings to 2. Croatia won 101-99, as the model expected.

Key facts before the match

  • Netherlands have lost 5 matches in a row.
World • World Cup
Netherlands vs Croatia
30 Aug • 15:30
Played. Source reports: FINISHED.
Final score
Netherlands99-101Croatia
Predicted Winner
Croatia
68%to win
by ~5.3 pts vs Netherlands
Projected Total
168.3pts
81.5 – 86.8
no market line
Halftime Proj
84.3pts
43.4 – 40.9
model projection
Quarter Scores
projected
Q1Q2Q3Q4
Nethe…23.320.117.820.2
Croat…22.618.324.321.6
Total45.938.442.141.8
from last 5+5 games
Netherlands
Last 10: 3–7 (30%)
PPG: 78.6 — Allowed: 78.2 — Pace: 156.8
Croatia
Last 10: 7–3 (70%)
PPG: 93.3 — Allowed: 80.4 — Pace: 173.7
Netherlands Form
Netherlands
L
L
L
L
L
W
L
W
W
L
3W · 7L
—
Poland vs Netherlands
92-84L↗
Q:18-1628-2827-2119-19
—
Netherlands vs Latvia
69-72L↗
Q:26-187-2321-1115-20
—
China vs Netherlands
65-60L↗
Q:20-2218-129-1218-14
—
Australia vs Netherlands
78-69L↗
Q:20-1620-2015-1023-23
—
Netherlands vs Austria
87-88L↗
Q:23-1827-2517-1820-27
—
Austria vs Netherlands
71-81W↗
—
Netherlands vs Poland
83-85L↗
—
Latvia vs Netherlands
78-86W↗
—
Netherlands vs Bulgaria
97-70W↗
—
Austria vs Netherlands
83-70L↗
Croatia Form
Croatia
L
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
W
W
7W · 3L
—
Croatia vs Germany
87-96L↗
Q:24-2415-2630-2818-18
—
Croatia vs Turkey
95-94W↗
Q:22-2917-1928-2128-25
—
Croatia vs Israel
103-75W↗
Q:25-1222-1927-2029-24
—
Cyprus vs Croatia
50-123W↗
Q:12-3514-2410-3314-31
—
Italy vs Croatia
103-91L↗
Q:32-2423-2726-2122-19
—
Germany vs Croatia
91-77L↗
—
Croatia vs Germany
93-88W↗
—
Israel vs Croatia
71-85W↗
—
Croatia vs Cyprus
100-60W↗
—
Denmark vs Croatia
76-79W↗
Head-to-Head
Last 10
—
Netherlands vs Croatia
81-89↗
Q:15-2821-2026-2019-21
—
Croatia vs Netherlands
57-65↗
Q:19-1116-1613-229-16
—
Netherlands vs Croatia
59-69↗
Q:21-1814-2016-98-22
—
Croatia vs Netherlands
82-78↗
Q:25-1319-2115-2623-18
—
Netherlands vs Croatia
68-61↗
Q:18-1315-1817-1718-13
—
Netherlands vs Croatia
72-78↗
Head-to-head summary
6 meetings — Netherlands 2 / Croatia 4. Average total: 143.2.

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