Match Info

EHF Euro - Preliminary

Date: 19 January 2026, Monday

Location: Malmö Arena (Malmö)

Where to Watch on TV:


Denmark	TV2 Play, TV2 Sport
France	beIN Sports 1
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport
Poland	Eurosport 1
Slovenia	Arena Sport 1


	Netherlands		Croatia

	1	X	2
	4	9.5	1.42	Watch
	3.35	9.8	1.43
	3.74	8.56	1.47	Watch
	3.5	9.5	1.44
	3.45	9.7	1.45	Watch
	3.6	9.5	1.48
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.61 ↓ (4.28)	9.43 ↑ (8.79)	1.45 ↑ (1.39)

The most likely Over/Under: 61.50

The most likely Handicap: 2 (-3)

The best margin for this event is 5.9%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Netherlands
25.8%

Draw
9.9%

Croatia
64.3%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

21.9%

10.7%

67.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

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

Croatia has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.1%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
25%	0%	75%

Netherlands - Croatia Predictions

Users Predictions: 7 users predict this event. Netherlands will win (votes: 2 - 28.6%). Croatia will win (votes: 5 - 71.4%).

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): Croatia will win (6 of 6 users predict this - 100%) 🥇 Gold Tip.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 30:33

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Lineups


77. Baijens D.	33. Cindric L.
12. Dorgelo M.	57. Glavas F.
17. Geenen K.	62. Jelinic M.
34. Jansen T.	1. Kuzmanovic D.
21. Kleijkers M.	41. Lucin T.
15. Kooij L.	30. Mamic M.
24. Manders D.	39. Mandic D.
11. Pol J.	12. Mandic M.
14. Schagen B.	20. Maras M.
27. Smit A.	51. Martinovic I.
3. Stavast I.	13. Pavlovic I.
22. Steins L.	23. Rauzan Z.
97. Taboada R.	10. Simic J.
5. ten Velde R.	6. Sostaric M.
25. van Dijk D.	11. Srna Z.
20. Versteijnen N.	52. Susnja L.
Coaches
. Olsson S.	. Sigurdsson D.

Preview

In this match, Croatia is the team to beat.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Netherlands won 1 match, drew 2 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 133:142. (average 26.6:28.4).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Netherlands handball
Handball European Championship
17.01.26	Sweden - Netherlands	36:31 ✺
Friendly International Handball
10.01.26	Netherlands - Norway	30:33 ✺
08.01.26	Netherlands - Greece	32:26 ✺
Golden League Handball - Norway
02.11.25	Norway - Netherlands	33:37 ✺
01.11.25	Denmark - Netherlands	40:24 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.4 LLWWL
- Croatia handball
Handball European Championship
17.01.26	Croatia - Georgia	32:29 ✺
Friendly International Handball
11.01.26	Germany - Croatia	33:27 ✺
08.01.26	Croatia - Germany	29:32 ✺
30.10.25	Switzerland - Croatia	26:29 ✺
Handball European Championship
11.05.25	Croatia - Luxembourg	30:20 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.7 WLLWW

Latest Head to Head

Handball European Championship
12.03.23	Croatia - Netherlands	25:25
08.03.23	Netherlands - Croatia	32:27
26.01.22	Netherlands - Croatia	28:28
10.06.15	Netherlands - Croatia	24:27
30.10.14	Croatia - Netherlands	35:24

Netherlands - Croatia: Predictions, Live Scores & TV Guide