England vs Croatia

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.

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.

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.

Croatia have won 4 of their last 6 international matches (4W-0D-2L).