footballtoday
39′ Burkina Faso crestBurkina Faso0 Mauritania crestMauritania0 37′ Cape Verde Islands crestCape Verde Islands1 Liberia crestLiberia1 37′ Gabon crestGabon0 Lesotho crestLesotho0 40′ Nigeria crestNigeria1 Tanzania crestTanzania1 39′ South Africa crestSouth Africa1 Kenya crestKenya0 38′ Tunisia crestTunisia0 Libya crestLibya0 10′ Kuwait crestKuwait0 Syria crestSyria0 9′ Poland U21 crestPoland U210 Norway U21 crestNorway U210 FT Llaneros crestLlaneros0 Chico crestChico0 FT Czechia U18 crestCzechia U180 Poland U18 crestPoland U183 FT Singapore crestSingapore1 Paraguay crestParaguay4 12:00 Chinese Taipei crestChinese Taipei Kyrgyzstan crestKyrgyzstan FT Comoros crestComoros0 Congo crestCongo0 FT Mozambique crestMozambique0 Ethiopia crestEthiopia1 FT Zambia crestZambia1 Burundi crestBurundi1 FT Congo DR U23 crestCongo DR U232 Nigeria U23 crestNigeria U230 FT United Arab Emirates crestUnited Arab Emirates3 Honduras crestHonduras1 FT Saudi Arabia crestSaudi Arabia3 South Korea crestSouth Korea2 FT Qatar crestQatar0 Australia crestAustralia3 17:00 Moldova crestMoldova Kazakhstan crestKazakhstan 17:00 JS Saoura crestJS Saoura Khenchela crestKhenchela 17:00 Germany U21 crestGermany U21 Belgium U21 crestBelgium U21 17:30 France U21 crestFrance U21 Italy U21 crestItaly U21 17:30 Chile U20 crestChile U20 Mexico U20 crestMexico U20
World Cup Group Stage · 1
England crestEnglandW
4–2
FT
HT 2–2
Croatia crestCroatiaLLW
  • H. Kane 12′ (pen)
  • H. Kane 42′
  • J. Bellingham 47′
  • M. Rashford 85′
  • M. Baturina 36′
  • P. Musa 45′
AT&T Stadium, Arlington Clement Turpin, France

Match report

England beat Croatia 4-2 in World Cup Group Stage · 1 at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

H. Kane scored 2 goals.

M. Rashford struck in the 85th minute for England.

Expected goals finished 3.2 to 0.7, a result that matched the chances created.

Key takeaways

Brace

H. Kane scored 2 goals.

Late drama

M. Rashford struck in the 85th minute for England.

Expected goals

Expected goals finished 3.2 to 0.7, a result that matched the chances created.

Timeline

England above · Croatia below
  • ⚽H. Kane (pen)12′
  • 36′⚽M. BaturinaAssist: P. Sucic
  • ⚽H. KaneAssist: D. Rice42′
  • 45′⚽P. MusaAssist: I. Perisic
  • ⚽J. BellinghamAssist: E. Anderson47′
  • 58′⇄L. ModricM. Kovacic
  • 66′⇄L. VuskovicM. Pasalic
  • 66′⇄P. MusaI. Matanovic
  • ⇄D. RiceM. Rogers72′
  • ⇄N. MaduekeB. Saka72′
  • ⇄A. GordonM. Rashford72′
  • 78′⇄M. PasalicA. Kramaric
  • 78′⇄M. BaturinaN. Vlasic
  • ⇄J. BellinghamD. Spence80′
  • ⚽M. RashfordAssist: B. Saka85′
  • ⇄J. StonesM. Guehi87′

Match stats

● England● Croatia
Possession 52%
48%
Expected goals (xG) 3.20
0.70
Shots 22
10
Shots on target 11
5
Shots inside the box 20
4
Corners 8
2
Accurate passes 406
381
Saves 3
7
Fouls 10
12
Offsides 0
1
Yellow cards 0
0
Red cards 0
0

Line-ups

England4-2-3-1
13 D. Henderson
23 J. Trafford
14 J. Henderson
15 D. Burn
19 O. Watkins
17 M. Rogers
7 B. Saka
16 K. Mainoo
22 I. Toney
11 M. Rashford
21 E. Eze
6 M. Guehi
25 D. Spence
26 J. Quansah

Manager: Thomas Tuchel

Croatia3-4-2-1
23 D. Kotarski
12 I. Pandur
9 A. Kramaric
11 A. Budimir
5 D. Caleta-Car
13 N. Vlasic
7 N. Moro
25 M. Erlic
18 K. Jakic
3 M. Pongracic
21 L. Sucic
24 M. Pasalic
20 I. Matanovic
8 M. Kovacic
19 T. Fruk

Manager: Zlatko Dalic

Top-rated players

Harry KaneEngland · 90′ · 2 goals · 2 key passes
8.2
Martin BaturinaCroatia · 78′ · 1 goal · 1 key passes
7.9
Dominik LivakovićCroatia · 90′
7.7
Jude BellinghamEngland · 80′ · 1 goal · 1 key passes
7.6
Petar MusaCroatia · 66′ · 1 goal
7.5
Noni MaduekeEngland · 72′ · 2 key passes
7.3

Questions & answers

What was the score in England vs Croatia?

England 4-2 Croatia (half-time 2-2).

Where is England vs Croatia played?

The match is played at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Who is the referee for England vs Croatia?

The appointed referee is Clement Turpin, France.

What is the head-to-head record between England and Croatia?

In their last 5 meetings: England 3 wins, Croatia 1 wins, 1 draws.