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Who will win Panama vs Croatia?

Onside's model gives Croatia a 40% win probability (27% draw, Panama 33%). We publish every prediction before kickoff and grade it after full time. See every graded prediction. Full match breakdown below.
MODEL PREDICTION · GROUP L · MD2

Panama vs CroatiaWin Probability & Model Prediction

Tuesday, 23 June 2026 · 23:00 UTC · Foxborough

Onside's AI model gives Panama 33%, draw 27%, and Croatia 40%. Croatia is the model favourite (narrow confidence) for this World Cup 2026 Group L fixture on Tuesday.

PANAMA WIN
33%
DRAW
27%
CROATIA WIN
40%
SCORELINE DISTRIBUTION · BIVARIATE POISSON

Top 5 likely scorelines · model receipts

EXPECTED GOALS
1.341.50
★ MODE
11
13.2%
12
8.8%
21
7.9%
01
7.4%
00
7.3%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
54%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
59%

Pre-tournament prior model — posterior updates as the group stage plays. Scorelines computed from the model's bivariate Poisson with low-score (Dixon-Coles) correction. The mode is the single most likely result; the full grid sums to 100%.

QUICK FACTS · MODEL OUTPUTS

Panama vs Croatia World Cup 2026 prediction

Onside's model gives Panama 33%, draw 27%, and Croatia 40% — croatia favoured. Calibrated against the rolling tournament hit-rate; every call is publicly graded after full-time on the model record.

Panama vs Croatia prediction score

Expected scoreline: 11 — rounded from the bivariate-Poisson expected goals (Panama 1, Croatia 1). The full top-five most-likely scorelines are on this page below.

Panama vs Croatia head to head

Group L fixture at Foxborough, kickoff Tue 23 Jun, 23:00 UTC. Model anchors: FIFA rank (PAN #33 vs CRO #11), confederation, and live MD1+ form learned from this tournament's results.

Panama vs Croatia line up

Probable XIs and confirmed lineups land at the match centre as soon as managers release them — typically ~1 hour before kickoff. Onside's player-projection engine pre-computes the most-likely scoring threats per side from current tournament form.

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MODEL RATIONALE

Ranking gap is the story

Croatia sit 22 places above Panama in the FIFA ranking (#11 vs #33) — a gap of that size is hard for the underdog to close in a one-off match. Croatia comes out at 40%, Panama at 33%, with the rest on the draw. Treated as a narrow call rather than a foregone conclusion.

MATCH CONTEXT

How the teams compare

WORLD RANKING
Panama
#33
Croatia
#11
PREMIER LEAGUE PRESENCE
Panama
0
Croatia
3
HOME SOIL
Panama
Croatia
REGION
Panama
CONCACAF
Croatia
UEFA
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The PL names in each squad

Panama0 PL
No current Premier League names in this squad.
Croatia3 PL
  • Joško GvardiolMan City
  • Luka VuškovićSpurs
  • Mateo KovačićMan City
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