Match Info

WORLD: World Championship

Date: 24 January 2025, Friday

Location: Arena Zagreb (Zagreb)

Referee: Marin A. (Esp)

Where to Watch on TV:


Bosnia-and-herzegovina	Arena Sport 2
Czech-republic	CT sport Plus
Denmark	TV2 Play, TV2 Sport
Finland	Viaplay
France	beIN Sports 2
Netherlands	Viaplay
Norway	Viaplay
Poland	Viaplay
Romania	Digi Sport 2, Digi Sport 3
Serbia	Arena Sport 1
Slovakia	STVR Sport
Slovenia	Arena Sport 1, Slovenia TV2
Sweden	TV10, Viaplay


	Croatia		Iceland

	1	X	2
	2.6	8	1.8	Watch
	2.65	8	1.75
	2.59	8.06	1.78	Watch
	2.45	7.5	1.75
	2.47	8	1.85	Watch
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.55 ↑ (2.28)	7.91 ↑ (7.83)	1.79 ↓ (1.92)

The most likely Over/Under: 52.50

The most likely Handicap: 2 (-1)

The best margin for this event is 6.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Croatia
36.3%

Draw
11.7%

Iceland
51.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

40.3%

11.7%

48%

Our Initial ML Estimation

42.3%

11.1%

45.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Croatia has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4%)

Iceland has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.9%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Croatia than the current prediction. (+6%)

Note: The ML model's higher estimate suggests a strong performance forecast for Croatia, possibly due to key factors that the model accounted for.

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Iceland than the current prediction. (-6.2%)

Note: The ML model's lower estimate suggests a potential downturn for Iceland, possibly due to injuries or other negative factors.

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
15.8%	5.3%	78.9%

Croatia - Iceland Predictions

Users Predictions: Iceland will win (14 of 17 users predict this - 82.35%).
Confidence interval (95%): 64.23% – 100%.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 27:27

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Lineups


5. Duvnjak D.	24. Einarsson T.
57. Glavas F.	11. Gislason Y.
62. Jelinic M.	22. Gudjonsson S.
18. Karacic I.	15. Gunnarsson T.
1. Kuzmanovic D.	1. Gustavsson B.
30. Mamic M.	16. Hallgrimsson V.
39. Mandic D.	9. Jonsson E.
20. Maras M.	10. Kristjansson G.
51. Martinovic I.	7. Kristjansson V.
13. Pavlovic I.	27. Olafsson E.
35. Pesic I.	4. Palmarsson A.
10. Simic J.	2. Rikhardsson O.
53. Sipic M.	3. Smarason J.
6. Sostaric M.	19. Thorkelsson O.
11. Srna Z.	25. Thrastarson H.
52. Susnja L.	18. Vidarsson E.
Coaches
. Sigurdsson D.	. Gudjonsson S. S.

Preview

At the moment teams are feeling good and ready to play.

The chances to win of two teams are almost the same in this match.

Last 5 head-to-head matches Croatia won 4 matches, drawn 0 matches, lost 1 matches and goals 150:134 (average 30:26.8).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Croatia handball
Handball World Championship
22.01.25	Cape Verde - Croatia	24:44 ✺
19.01.25	Egypt - Croatia	28:24 ✺
17.01.25	Croatia - Argentina	33:18 ✺
15.01.25	Croatia - Bahrain	36:22 ✺
Friendly International Handball
10.01.25	Croatia - Slovenia	33:25 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.6 WLWWW
- Iceland handball
Handball World Championship
22.01.25	Egypt - Iceland	24:27 ✺
20.01.25	Slovenia - Iceland	18:23 ✺
18.01.25	Iceland - Cuba	40:19 ✺
16.01.25	Iceland - Cape Verde	34:21 ✺
Friendly International Handball
11.01.25	Sweden - Iceland	26:24 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.7 WWWWL

Latest Head to Head

Handball European Championship
22.01.24	Croatia - Iceland	30:35
24.01.22	Iceland - Croatia	22:23
Handball World Championship
11.01.19	Iceland - Croatia	27:31
Handball European Championship
14.01.18	Iceland - Croatia	22:29
19.01.16	Croatia - Iceland	37:28

Croatia - Iceland: Predictions, Live Scores & TV Guide