xG Spain 3-0 Croatia Euro 2024 Attendance 68,844 | Expected Goals Match Stats Possession Shots

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Here is the Spain vs Croatia xG from their Euro 2024 game on 15 June, 2024.

Croatia edged possession and shots and therefore had the better of xG, although a bulk of that xG came primarily from two moments- a goalmouth melee in the 55th minute where several players had a crack, and a missed late penalty from Petkovic.

xG Spain 1.47-2.13 Croatia shots map (Actual score ESP 3-0 CRO)

1-0 Morata goal vs Croatia xG 0.31
2-0 Ruiz goal vs Croatia xG 0.12
3-0 Carvajal goal vs Croatia xG 0.35

xG Spain vs Croatia Euro 2024

Spain vs Croatia 3-0 Match Stats for comparison

(Spain stats on left; Croatia on right)

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Newspaper Player Ratings Germany vs Scotland Euro 2024- How Havertz, McTominay & others rated

Musiala v Scotland

Here is a look at the player ratings for Germany vs Scotland (Euro 2024 opening game) from the big European newspapers (Bild, L’Equipe and Marca). An evening to forget for the Scots as they were thrashed 5-1, with Porteous also getting a red card.

Bild player ratings Germany Scotland 5-1

The German system has 1 as very good, and 6 as very bad.

Jamal Musiala and Ilkay Gundogan got the best 1 rating while Arsenal’s Kai Havertz got a 2. Bild thought Scott McTominay was the best of the Scotland players on show, giving him a 4 rating. Tierney got the worst possible 6 rating while Andy Robertson was given a 5.

Germany Scotland Player Ratings Bild 2024

Germany 5-1 Scotland L’Equipe player ratings 2024

Ratings out of 10- 1 very bad, 10 very good

Jamal Musiala again considered the best of the German players- he was given a 8/10. Havertz got a 7/10 rating here from the French paper.

On the Scottish side, no one got more than 3/10 from L’Equipe. Tierney got a 2/10 from the paper while Robertson and McTominay were both given a 3/10.

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xG Germany 5-1 Scotland Euro 2024 Attendance 65,052 | Expected Goals Stats Possession Shots

Here is a look at the Germany vs Scotland xG stats from their Euro 2024 opening game on 14 June, 2024. Only one shot in the entire game for Scotland, as compared to the 20 odd for Germany, with possession also in the hosts’ favour.

xG Germany 1.96-0.02 Scotland shots map (Actual score GER 5-1 SCO)

1-0 Wirtz goal vs Scotland xG 0.09
2-0 Musiala goal vs Scotland xG 0.15
3-0 Havertz penalty goal v Scotland xG 0.80
4-0 Fullkrug goal vs Scotland xG 0.08
4-1 Rudiger own goal v Scotland 0 xG (no xG for an own goal)
5-1 Can goal vs Scotland xG 0.07

xG Germany 5-1 Scotland Euro 2024

Scotland’s only shot in the game came from McKenna in the 87th minute (leading to the Rudiger own goal)

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