Croatia vs England, Worldcup 2018 SEMI FINALS
-
Overview
Match Preview
Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Referee Bjorn Kuipers
- Referee Sander van Roekel
- Referee Cuneyt Cakιr
- Referee Bahattin Duran
- Referee Tarik Ongun
- Referee Danny Makkelie
- Referee Carlos Astroza
16 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Season Stats
Croatia England #48 Position #45 0 Points 3 1 Played 1 0 / 0 / 1 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 0 2 Scored 4 4 Conceded 2 -2 GD +2 0.00 PPG 3.00 0% Win % 100% Key Stats
80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season0% Clean Sheets
England this seasonCroatia are 48th (0 pts). England are 45th (3 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Croatia0-15–/116-30–/–31-452/146-60–/161-75–/–76+–/1■ Scored ■ ConcededEngland0-151/–16-30–/–31-451/246-601/–61-75–/–76+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Croatia kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Goal! Kieran Trippier scores his 11 goal in 385 matches.
- 10' England is showing some good football. However, England are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering England that had 130 games and scored 59 goals.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kyle Walker made 436 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jamie Vardy, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with England winning 100% of all matches.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' England seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 45' The travelling England supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 48' Croatia player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 53' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for John Stones suffering a number of foals already.
- 54' The referee calls foul for Kyle Walker. He receives a Yellow card.
- 59' Jordan Pickford has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 39 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 64' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 68' What a strike from Ivan Perisic! The score is 1-1.
- 73' It looks like no one’s ball. Croatia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 74' England manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Marcus Rashford is hanging Raheem Sterling on the field on 74 minute.
- 79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 84' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 89' It’s high time Zlatko Dalić made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- The final score is 2-1.
-
Lineups
Croatia Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 23
-
18
Ante Rebic ↓ Andrej Kramaric 101'
- 7
-
10
Luka Modric C ↓ Milan Badelj 118'
-
17
Mario Mandzukic ↓ Vedran Corluka 115'
-
3
Ivan Strinic ↓ Josip Pivaric 95'
- 2
- 11
- 4
- 21
Bench
- 8
- 15
- 13
-
9
Andrej Kramaric ↑ 101'
- 14
- 20
-
19
Milan Badelj ↑ 118'
-
22
Josip Pivaric ↑ 95'
- 1
- 12
-
5
Vedran Corluka ↑ 115'
Coach Zlatko DalićEngland Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
-
8
Jordan Henderson ↓ Eric Dier 97'
- 1
-
2
Kyle Walker ↓ Jamie Vardy 112'
- 5
- 10
- 12
- 20
- 9
-
18
Ashley Young ↓ Danny Rose 91'
- 7
Bench
- 14
-
11
Jamie Vardy ↑ 112'
- 22
- 15
- 21
- 23
- 13
- 17
-
4
Eric Dier ↑ 97'
-
3
Danny Rose ↑ 91'
-
19
Marcus Rashford ↑ 74'
- 16
Coach Gareth Southgate -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Harry Kane 2 Petar Musa 1 Kieran Trippier 1 Martin Baturina 1 Mario Mandzukic 1 Ivan Perisic 1 Kieran Trippier 1 Mario Mandzukic 1 Head to Head
Croatia Form
-
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.24 Croatia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo5 England xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 96% + Both teams to score 88%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Croatia winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 7.24Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 100% 0% ± 1.5 99% 1% ± 2.5 96% 4% ± 3.5 90% 10% ± 4.5 80% 20% Double Chance
Croatia or Draw 40%Draw or England 75%Croatia or England 85%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: England win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 2–1 not predicted2 – 1Actual2 – 4 5.2%2 – 5 5.1%1 – 4 4.8%1 – 5 4.7%2 – 3 4.3%2 – 6 4.3%1 – 3 4%1 – 6 3.9%3 – 4 3.8%3 – 5 3.8%3 – 6 3.2%3 – 3 3.2%Asian Handicap — Croatia
Handicap Croatia covers Push England covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 4% 94% -1.5 6% — 94% -1 6% 7% 87% -0.5 13% — 87% +0.5 24% — 76% +1 24% 14% 62% +1.5 38% — 62% +2 38% 17% 45% +2.5 55% — 45% Clean Sheet
Croatia keeps clean sheet 1% ✓England keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.