England vs Croatia

England have reached at least the Round of 16 in six of the last seven World Cups, but only one semi-final in that span.

England won all 8 qualifiers, scoring 22 goals and conceding 0. They kept a clean sheet in every match.

England have scored in each of their last 3 World Cup matches, netting 7 goals in total.

England have kept 3 clean sheets in their last 5 World Cup matches, scoring 13 goals at the other end.

Harry Kane was top goal scorer at the 2018 World Cup with six goals He scored two in 2022.

Zlatko Dalić leads Croatia at a third straight World Cup, after finishing runner-up in 2018 and third in 2022.

Gvardiol and Livakovic are the two Croatian players that did not miss a minute on the pitch at the 2022 World Cup. They are all back with the team in 2026.

Modric will be back playing this fifth World Cup. Only Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi appeared on more. Ochoa (Mexico) is also present for his sixth World CUp but did not play at all.

Messi is the World Cup's all time assist leader with 9. He is followed by James, Cuadrado (Colombia), Perisic (Croatia) and Griezman (France). Only the latter is not present in 2026 to increase his tally.

Croatia have conceded 9 goals in their last five international matches, compared to just 1 in the five before that.

Croatia have failed to score in 3 of their last 5 World Cup matches.

Croatia have conceded in each of their last 6 international matches, going 4W-0D-2L with 11 goals scored and 10 conceded.

England lost 1-1 to Croatia at the 2018 World Cup — England were eliminated in the semifinal.

Croatia beat England 1-1 at the 2018 World Cup — Croatia advanced to the next round.

England and Croatia have met 11 times in overall international fixtures: England have won 6, with 2 draw(s) and 3 win(s) for Croatia.

England and Croatia have met 1 times in World Cup matches: England have won 0, with 1 draw(s) and 0 win(s) for Croatia.