Euro 2016 Odds – Bulgaria hosts Croatia for Top Spot in Group H
After the first fixture of the Euro 2016 qualifiers, Bulgaria and Croatia are in first and second place of Group H with three points each; now, they will square off next Friday, October 10, at the National Stadium of Vasil Levski, Bulgaria at 14:45 ET. Friday’s game will be the seventh meeting between Croatia and Bulgaria. Croatia leads the series with three wins, two draws, and one loss. However, Croatia has never won in Bulgaria (0W, 2D, 1L). In the Bulgaria vs. Croatia 2016 Euro betting lines, the visitors are the favorites, listed at +125. Bulgaria is +240 despite playing at home, and the draw is rated at +210.
After winning their first match against Malta, Niko Kovač, head coach of Croatia, said the visit to Sofia will be completely different, and they need to improve in order to get a win. “We have three important points to start off qualification. We analyzed the match, maybe to see where we made some mistakes, particularly in the first half. The goal is to play an entire 90 minutes well. Maybe against Malta it was not the case, but that is the goal. Bulgaria is our next opponent. It will be a totally different game. They will play at home and will attack. We will analyze the opponent; we will be ready,” said the coach.
On the other side, Bulgaria won their opening match against Azerbaijan and their head coach, Luboslav Penev, said he was satisfied with the game. “I think that we played better than Azerbaijan. These three points are very important. But I would still have been happy with one point because it’s still a point”.
Take Croatia to win what should be a pretty even game.
Zack is a tour guide whose favorite sports are football, baseball, and golf. He enjoys giving obnoxious commentary during games and hopes to some day write a book about sports. His favorite underdog victory was the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees in game 7 of the World Series.
