Montenegro vs Croatia Prediction and Betting Tips | November 17th 2025

Montenegro and Croatia draw the curtain on their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers when they lock horns at the Podgorica City Stadium on Monday. Zlatko Dalic’s men head into the group finale unbeaten in the qualifiers and will be looking to close out the campaign with this record intact.

Montenegro, meanwhile, returned to winning ways in the qualifiers on Friday when they fought back from behind to secure a 2-1 victory over Gibraltar.

Prior to that, Mirko Vucinic’s side kicked off the campaign with consecutive victories over Gibraltar and Faroe Islands in March before losing each of their subsequent four games.

With nine points from their seven matches, Montenegro are currently fourth in the Group L table, only above Gibraltar, who have lost each of their seven games so far.

On the other hand, Croatia maintained their fine run of results in the qualifiers as they secured a 3-1 victory over Faroe Islands at the Stadion HNK Rijeka on November 14.

Dalic’s men have won all but one of their seven matches in Group L, with a goalless draw against Czechia on October 9 being the exception.

Croatia, who are one of 10 sides unbeaten in the qualifiers, sit top of the group standings with 19 points from a possible 21, six points clear of second-placed Czechia.

Montenegro vs Croatia Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• This will be the second encounter between Montenegro and Croatia, with Dalic’s men picking up a 4-0 victory in their first meeting back in September’s reverse fixture.
• Croatia are unbeaten in nine of their last 10 competitive games, picking up seven wins and two draws since November 2024.
• Montenegro have won just two of their last seven matches across all competitions while losing four and claiming one draws since June.
• Croatia are unbeaten in their most recent three away games, claiming two wins and one draw, having failed to win the seven matches preceding this run (4L 3D).

Montenegro vs Croatia Prediction

With their fate already decided, this will be a dead-rubber for both Montenegro and Croatia as they bring their campaign to an end. While we expect Dalic to name a changed XI, we fancy them to come away with all three points and end their qualifiers unbeaten.

Prediction: Montenegro 0-2 Croatia

Montenegro vs Croatia Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Croatia to win

Tip 2: First-half winners - Croatia (The visitors have led at half time in five of their last seven games)

Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have been fewer than five bookings in Croatia’s last seven outings)

Edited by Nived Zenith