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Matchday

World Cup 2026 · 17 Jun 2026

England 4–2 Croatia

Picked for matchday: Two strong sides

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for May 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.8 – 0.9
Actual xG
–
Goals
4 – 2

Footybot made England favourites at 59%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

England

16 Nov 2025W 2–0at Albania World Cup Qualification UEFA
13 Nov 2025W 2–0v Serbia World Cup Qualification UEFA
14 Oct 2025W 5–0at Latvia World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025W 5–0at Serbia World Cup Qualification UEFA
6 Sep 2025W 2–0v Andorra World Cup Qualification UEFA

Croatia

17 Nov 2025W 3–2at Montenegro World Cup Qualification UEFA
14 Nov 2025W 3–1v Faroe Islands World Cup Qualification UEFA
12 Oct 2025W 3–0v Gibraltar World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Oct 2025D 0–0at Czechia World Cup Qualification UEFA
8 Sep 2025W 4–0v Montenegro World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

England

No player stats recorded.

Croatia

No player stats recorded.