Thursday , 2 July 2026

England vs Croatia, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2021
England
1 – 0
Full Time
Croatia
Sun 13 Jun 2021 · 13:00 UTC Wembley HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 42' Duje Caleta-Car
Y 48' Mateo Kovacic
Phil Foden 64' Y
Y 66' Marcelo Brozovic

Overview

Match Preview

England vs Croatia — European Championship at Wembley.

  • England 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Croatia 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro
  • Referee Alessandro Giallatini
  • Referee Daniele Orsato
  • Referee Massimiliano Irrati
  • Referee Bjorn Kuipers
  • Referee Fabiano Preti
20 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Head-to-Head

4
1
England 5 games · Avg 3.4 goals Croatia
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-13 England 1–0 Croatia 2018-07-11 Croatia 2–1 England 2018-03-10 Croatia 1–3 England 2017-10-07 England 2–1 Croatia

Recent Form

England
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jun Croatia H 1–0 W
14 Jul Belgium A 0–2 L
11 Jul Croatia A 1–2 L
07 Jul Sweden A 2–0 W
03 Jul Colombia A 1–1 D
28 Jun Belgium H 0–1 L
Croatia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jun England A 0–1 L
15 Jul France A 2–4 L
11 Jul England H 2–1 W
07 Jul Russia A 2–2 D
01 Jul Denmark H 1–1 D
26 Jun Iceland A 2–1 W

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
29% Clean Sheets
England this season
0% Clean Sheets
Croatia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

England
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/1
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/1
61-75
1/1
76+
4/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Croatia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/–
76+
–/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

England
Harry Kane 3 G
Jude Bellingham 2 G 1 A
Croatia
Andrej Kramaric 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' England have kicked off against Croatia. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' It looks surprising Croatia does not make any changes. Declan Rice has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' The 28-year-old Josip Brekalo has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. England needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 20' England is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His England side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 35' Mateo Kovacic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 40' Croatia are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 42' Duje Caleta-Car was booked on 42.
  • 47' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 48' That is a Yellow card for Croatia. Mateo Kovacic will be fuming at that decision.
  • 53' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering England that had 133 games and scored 63 goals.
  • 57' Raheem Sterling has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 57 minutes.
  • 62' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 64' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Phil Foden.
  • 66' Controversy at the stadium! Marcelo Brozovic argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 70' Another substitution for Croatia to replace Marcelo Brozovic by Nikola Vlasic on 70 minute.
  • 71' Marcus Rashford gets the nod from England. He replaces Phil Foden and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 76' It looks like no one’s ball. England is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 78' Croatia manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bruno Petkovic is hanging Ante Rebic on the field on 78 minute.
  • 82' Another substitution for England to replace Harry Kane by Jude Bellingham on 82 minute.
  • 85' Another substitution for Croatia to replace Mateo Kovacic by Mario Pasalic on 85 minute.
  • 90' Time for substitution for England. Raheem Sterling is replaced by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

England Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gareth Southgate

Croatia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Zlatko Dalić

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.44 England xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.99 Croatia xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
England48% Draw28% Croatia24%
Actual: England win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.43
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 70%
30%
± 2.5 43%
57%
± 3.5 23%
77%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

England or Draw
76%
Draw or Croatia
52%
England or Croatia
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
England32% Draw49% Croatia19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.5%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
10.9%
2 – 0
8.8%
2 – 1
8.7%
0 – 1
7.6%
1 – 2
6%
2 – 2
4.4%
3 – 1
4.2%
3 – 0
4.2%
0 – 2
4.2%
3 – 2
2.2%

Asian Handicap — England

Handicap England covers Push Croatia covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 14% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 23% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

England keeps clean sheet
38% ✗
Croatia keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.