📊 Form Guide

England

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England are hoping to win again following the 3-0 International Friendlies victory versus Costa Rica.

For England, the goalscorers were Declan Rice (9'), Anthony Gordon (68') and Ollie Watkins (87').

Their most recent results highlight the fact that quality has been evident in the England defence. England have been mean at the back, seeing the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous six matches standing at 2.

Croatia

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Croatia will come into the clash following on from a 2-1 International Friendlies win with the eclipse of Slovenia in their last game.

For Croatia, the goals were scored by Luka Modrić (51') and Mario Pašalić (90'). Andraž Šporar (83') scored for Slovenia.

Croatia have been a threat going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 11 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Croatia have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same matches. Having said that, we must now wait to see if that pattern will be sustained in this game.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 10/09/2008 shows that England have won 4 of these games and Croatia 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 of them from The Three Lions and 5 being from Vatreni. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Euro 2024 match day 1 on 13/06/2021 and the score finished England 1-0 Croatia.

That day, England had 50% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Raheem Sterling (57').

Croatia got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Daniele Orsato.

🗞️ Team News: England

We are thinking that The Three Lions look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Jordan Pickford, Reece James, John Stones, Ezri Konsa, Nico O'Reilly, Elliot Anderson, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane.

📋 Team News: Croatia

There’s a good chance that Vatreni appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup using Dominik Livakovic, Josip Sutalo, Luka Vuskovic, Josko Gvardiol, Josip Stanisic, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Ivan Perisic, Petar Sucic, Martin Baturina and Petar Musa.

🧠 Prediction

For this match, we think that England will most probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, Croatia will be up against it to score themselves although we do see them getting the chances to score, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 3-1 winning score for England at full-time.

Victor Martins, 19:01 17/06/2026