Spain v Croatia: line-ups, coaches’ views, form guide

• Spain degraded England 2-1 during Wembley on Saturday
  
• Croatia drew 1-1 in accessible v Portugal on Thursday
• Croatia’s initial rival diversion given World Cup final
  
• UEFA Nations League: all we need to know
• UEFA Nations League calendar: all a fixtures

HOW THE NATIONS LEAGUE WORKS

Possible line-ups

Spain: De Gea; Carvajal, Ramos, Nacho, Alonso; Busquets, Saúl, Alcántara; Isco, Rodrigo, Asensio

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Croatia: Kalinić; Vrsaljko, Mitrović, Vida, Pivarić; Modrić, Brozović, Rakitić; Pjaca, Livaja, Perišić

Reporter’s view: Graham Hunter (@BumperGraham)

What an wholly opposite tender this exam is for Luis Enrique’ fledgling Spain epoch than England during Wembley. His mantra is that his teams contingency press, win possession, browbeat a turn and conflict fluently – all distant some-more formidable opposite a technically gifted, assured side like a World Cup finalists. It will be engaging to see either a manager who rotated his Barça side for 19 uninterrupted Liga matches in his entrance seasons freshens this XI with probable starts for Sergi Roberto and Álvaro Morata.

Spain got a improved of England on Saturday©Getty Images

Luis Enrique, Spain coach
We will conflict from a start. We’ll try to have a ball, beget some-more chances than a opponents, press as high as possible. We need to browbeat a critical phases of play, that’s a plan. We will be assertive in that sense. We have a energy to develop a model, we am assured we will do it. We will see how effective we are, though a design is to develop and stop being predictable.

Zlatko Dalić, Croatia coach
This is not a must-win compare for us, though a good outcome would keep a mood certain and it’s many nicer when we win. That’s because we wish to win each match, though we are personification opposite a Spain group that didn’t accommodate their expectations during a World Cup and are rarely encouraged now. It will be a tough match, so we consider a pull would be good for us as well. Croatia are a World Cup runners-up and all teams will be encouraged opposite us – and we have to be wakeful of that.

Croatia drew with Portugal in their final outing©Getty Images

Form beam

Spain

2018 World Cup
Qualifying – 1st in Group G (W9 D1 L0)
Final contest – turn of 16 (W1 D3 L0)

Last 5 matches (most new first): WDDWD

Croatia

2018 World Cup
Qualifying – 2nd in Group we (W6 D2 L2), kick Greece 4-1agg in play-offs
Final contest – runners-up (W4 D2 L1)

Last 5 matches (most new first): DLWDD