Croatia v Wales live stream, match preview, team news and kick-off time for this Euro 2024 qualifier

Croatia v Wales live stream and match preview, Saturday 25 March, 7.45pm GMT

Croatia v Wales live stream and match preview

Looking for a Croatia v Wales live stream? We’ve got you covered. Croatia v Wales is on Viaplay Sports in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Euro 2024 qualifiers with your subscription (opens in new tab) from anywhere.

Wales face a daunting start to their Euro 2024 campaign with a trip to World Cup bronze medallists Croatia.

It’s the start of a new era for the Welsh national team, who can no longer call on retired greats like Gareth Bale and Joe Allan.

Aaron Ramsey has taken over the captaincy following Bale’s retirement as his country look to reach a third consecutive European Championship.

But Croatia will provide stiff opposition, having enjoyed a superb run to the semi-finals in Qatar before beating Morocco in the third-place play-off.

Kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT. 

Team news

Chris Gunter and Jonny Williams have also retired since the World Cup, while manager Rob Page called up four uncapped players in Luke Harris, Jordan James, Nathan Broadhead and Ollie Cooper.

Ben Davies and Wayne Hennessey pulled out with injury and Brennan Johnson is a doubt, while Croatia are without injured striker Bruno Petkovic.

Form

Croatia: WLDDD

Wales: LLDLL

Referee

Joao Pinheiro of Portugal will be the referee for Croatia v Wales. 

Stadium

Croatia v Wales will be played at Stadion Poljud in Split. 

Kick-off and channel

Croatia v Wales kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT on Saturday 25 March in the UK. The game is being shown on Viaplay Sports 1.  

In the US, kick-off time is 3:45pm ET / 12:45pm PT. The match will be shown on Fox Sports, Fubo, ViX+ and FS1 in the US. See below for international broadcast options.

VPN guide

Use a VPN to watch Euro 2024 qualifiers from outside your country

If you’re out of the country for a Euro 2024 qualifier, then you won’t be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.

A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t’internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that’s a result.

There are plenty of good-value options out there. For the Euro 2024 qualifiers, FourFourTwo currently recommends:

International Euro 2024 TV rights

• UK: In the UK, Euro 2024 qualifying matches are shared between Channel 4 and Viaplay Sports.
• USA: Fox Sports, Fubo TV and ViX are the home of the Euro 2024 qualifiers in the States.
• Canada: In Canada, DAZN is the place to catch Euro 2024 qualifying action.
• Australia: Optus Sport is where you can watch Euro 2024 qualifiers in Australia.
• New Zealand: In New Zealand, Sky Sport have the rights to the Euro 2024 qualifiers. 

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.