England will come up against Croatia in Wednesday’s big WC clash.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for England v Croatia are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
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England
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England, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-0 International Friendlies victory vs Costa Rica.
For England, goals were scored by 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 head into the meeting following on from a 2-1 International Friendlies win with the defeat of Slovenia in their previous game.
For Croatia, 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.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 10/09/2008 shows us that England have won 4 of these games and Croatia 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
18 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 13 of them for The Three Lions and 5 for Vatreni. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.
The previous league encounter between these sides was Euro 2024 match day 1 on 13/06/2021 and the score finished England 1-0 Croatia.
In that game, England had 50% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Raheem Sterling (57').
Croatia had 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Daniele Orsato.
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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.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
In terms of the bookies’ odds on the 90 minute result market, staking on England is available for 1.73, backing a draw is 3.8 and selecting a victory for Croatia will get you 4.75. These are the top market prices being offered at the current time.
Victor Martins,
04:00 13/06/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
England
Formed: 1863
Stadium: Wembley Stadium (90,000)
Captain: Harry Kane
Chairman: Debbie Hewitt
Manager: Thomas Tuchel