England as one of the favorite teams to win the Euro 2020 will be clashing against Croatia which is the same team that denied them the ticket to the World Cup finals in 2018. This exciting match is scheduled to kickoff 16:00 on Sunday at the Wembley Stadium in London.
The two nations met at the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup with Croatia emerging the winners in that match, so this might be the perfect revenge for England, however they also met in the UEFA national League where England won but this would be a golden win.
Gareth Southgate’s men qualified for this tournament with seven wins from eight games scoring 37 goals and conceding just six. The three lions on the other hand have a poor record in this tournament advancing beyond quarter finals on just one occasion and winning only 10 of their 31 games in finals.
Croatia have been on and off in the 3 years after the 2018 World Cup, and even to this tournament they are not in a strong position; they get to play their first game after going without a win in their warm up games, drawing with the lower ranked Armenia and losing to Belgium in the final friendly match.
England vs Croatia head to head
The two teams have met 9 times since 2003, England taking 5 victories, Croatia 3 victories and a one draw. England has won three matches in a row while Croatia has lost 3 in a row.
England has the best chances in this match with a winning streak of 6matches
Below are the results to their previous encounters;
- England 2-1 Croatia Nov 18, 2018
- Croatia 0-0 England Oct 12, 2018
- Croatia 2-1 England Jul 11, 2018
- England 5-1 Croatia Sep 09, 2009
- Croatia 1-4 England Sep 10, 2008
Home
- England 1-0 Romania
- England 1-0 Austria
- England 2-1 Poland
- Albania 0-2 England
- England 5-0 San Marino
Away
- Belgium 1-0 Croatia
- Croatia 1-1 Armenia
- Croatia 3-0 Malta
- Croatia 1-0 Cyprus
- Slovenia 1-0 Croatia
England team news
Harry Maguire is certain to miss this game with Tyron Mings and Ben White options to partner John Stones in the back four.
Croatia team news
Zlatko Dalic has no injury woes, but there is limited competition for spots in the squad.
The likes of Modric, Kovacic and Perisic are all expected to start with the back four remaining the same.
Prediction and odds
- England win
- Over 2.5
- Double Chance
