England plays their much-awaited first game at UEFA Euro 2020 today as they host Croatia at the Wembley Stadium. This encounter features two of the strongest teams in Group D and both England and Croatia will be aiming for the top spot. This guide is made to help you with regards to matches played between the two football superpowers till date.
We focus mainly on the top 5 matches played till now, but will provide scores of all the matches played between them since 1996.
Let’s get to it.
| Date | Match | Score | Competition |
| 24th April 1996 | England v Croatia | 0-0 | International Friendly |
| 20th Aug 2003 | England v Croatia | 3-1 | International Friendly |
| 21st Jun 2004 | Croatia v England | 2-4 | UEFA European Championship |
| 11th Oct 2006 | Croatia v England | 2-0 | UEFA European Championship |
| 21st Nov 2007 | England v Croatia | 2-3 | UEFA European Championship |
| 10th Sep 2008 | Croatia v England | 1-4 | FIFA World Cup |
| 9th Sep 2009 | England v Croatia | 5-1 | FIFA World Cup |
| 11th July 2018 | Croatia v England | 2-1 | FIFA World Cup |
| 12th Oct 2018 | Croatia v England | 0-0 | UEFA Nations League |
| 18th Nov 2018 | England v Croatia | 2-1 | UEFA Nations League |
Looking at this data, England has won 5 games drawn 2 and lost 3 against Croatia in their previous 10 meetings.
Their most painful loss was in the 2018 FIFA World Cup where they lost to Croatia and got eliminated.
Since the world cup, there have been two matches between the two sides with one draw and England winning the other by 2 goals to 1.
England Vs Croatia 18th November 2018
The latest match was on 18th November 2018 in the UEFA Nations League where Jesse Lingard and Harry Kane scored for England whereas Andrej Kramaric scored for Croatia.
In the match, England had a massive 17 shots of which 8 were on target whereas Croatia managed to shoot 12 times with 3 on target. The majority of possession (67%) was with England.
In the match, Barcelona playmaker Ivan Rakitic was injured and couldn’t take part in the match due to a hamstring injury. That was a big loss for Croatia and him and Luka Modric have a solid partnership in the center of the field.
England Vs Croatia 11th July 2018
Croatia beat England by 2 goals to 1, in probably the most important match played between the two in the past decade.
In that match, Kieran Trippier opened the scoring with a spectacular free-kick just five minutes in, and England looked like the more likely team to score throughout the first half. But Croatia fought back, and Ivan Perisic’s equalizer sent the match into extra time.
Perisic had a part in the winner too, grabbing the assist with a flicked header into the path of Croatia’s leading scorer, Mandzukic, who gave his team a lead they’d never relinquish in the second period of extra time.
