Croatia to play Estonia in March friendly

Ante Čačić's men continue with the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on 24 March against Ukraine in Zagreb, and four days later they travel to Estonia to play a friendly international in the Estonian capital.

A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn with 10.000 capacity will host the encounter, third Croatia's friendly match against Estonia. In 2010 and 2012, Croatia drew 0:0 in Tallinn and won 3:1 in Pula.

Croatia and Estonia are familiar qualifying campaign opponents. In EURO 1996 qualifying Croatia won 2:0 and 7:1, in EURO 2004 qualifying Estonia managed a 0:0 draw and then lost 1:0, while the EURO 2008 qualifiers witnessed two Croatia victories (1:0, 2:0).

In Group H of the current campaign, Estonia is fifth-placed with three points, and the January FIFA Ranking positioned Martin Reim's team at No. 117.

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