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England men · UEFA Nations League · Group A4

Croatia
v England⁠

0–0

Full time

Croatia v England finished 0–0.

Date
Friday 12 October 2018 · England in 2018
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 22, Jadon Sancho On in the 78'
  • No. 12, Kieran Trippier (not used)
  • No. 13, Jack Butland (not used)
  • No. 14, Trent Alexander-Arnold (not used)
  • No. 15, Lewis Dunk (not used)
  • No. 16, Joe Gomez (not used)
  • No. 17, Harry Winks (not used)
  • No. 18, Nathaniel Chalobah (not used)
  • No. 19, Mason Mount (not used)
  • No. 20, James Maddison (not used)
  • No. 21, Marcus Bettinelli (not used)

Croatia Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Dominik Livakovic GK
  • No. 16, Tin Jedvaj RB Yellow card 59'
  • No. 6, Dejan Lovren CB Yellow card 45'
  • No. 21, Domagoj Vida CB
  • No. 22, Josip Pivaric LB
  • No. 10, Luka Modric RM
  • No. 8, Mateo Kovacic CM Yellow card 25' Off in the 73'
  • No. 7, Ivan Rakitić LM
  • No. 9, Andrej Kramaric RW
  • No. 4, Ivan Perisic LW Off in the 68'
  • No. 18, Ante Rebic FW Off in the 80'

Substitutes

  • No. 20, Marko Pjaca On in the 68'
  • No. 19, Milan Badelj On in the 73'
  • No. 13, Marko Livaja On in the 80'
  • No. 2, Karlo Bartolec (not used)
  • No. 3, Antonio Milic (not used)
  • No. 5, Matej Mitrovic (not used)
  • No. 11, Marko Rog (not used)
  • No. 12, Simon Sluga (not used)
  • No. 14, Filip Bradaric (not used)
  • No. 15, Mario Pasalic (not used)
  • No. 17, Ivan Santini (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2006 – 2018

02 9 Sep 2009
FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 6 Wembley Stadium, London

England 5–1 Croatia England won

England: Lampard 7' pen, Gerrard 18', Lampard 59', Gerrard 67', Rooney 77'

Croatia: Eduardo 71'

Match page: England v Croatia, 9 September 2009

03 10 Sep 2008
FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 6 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Croatia 1–4 England England won

England: Walcott 26', Walcott 59', Rooney 63', Walcott 82'

Croatia: Mandžukić 78'

Match page: Croatia v England, 10 September 2008

04 21 Nov 2007
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group E Wembley Stadium, London

England 2–3 Croatia England lost

England: Lampard 56' pen, Crouch 65'

Croatia: Kranjčar 8', Olić 14', Petrić 77'

Match page: England v Croatia, 21 November 2007

Official meetings since 1996

England v Croatia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings13In our results database
England wins8England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Croatia wins3Croatia victories

England have scored 33 goals to Croatia's 15 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

5

Lampard

5 goals against Croatia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Croatia · Fixture leader

2

Mandžukić

Croatia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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