Head to head

Croatia vs England

If they played today

Croatia at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Croatia win / draw / England win

Croatia–England

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Croatia win / draw / England win

Croatia–England

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

England at home

15% / 21% / 65%

Croatia win / draw / England win

Croatia–England

0–2 11.8%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
0–3 7.9%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Croatia	England
Current Elo	1943	2197
Elo rank	17th	3rd
Peak Elo	2057 (2023)	2197 (2026)
Matches played	400	1098
All-time record	211W 104D 85L	631W 259D 208L
Goals for	694	2401
Goals against	407	1053
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	1
Expected World Cups	0.14	1.45
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.27	1.50

When they've met

Meetings

Croatia 3W 2D 7L

Goals

15–26

Croatia first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1996-04-24 · Friendly

Most recent

2–4

England won · 2026-06-17 · FIFA World Cup

Croatia's biggest win

2–0

2006-10-11 · UEFA Euro qualification

England's biggest win

5–1

2009-09-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

2–4

Croatia first · twice, last 2026-06-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

England · since 2018-10-12

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-17	2–4	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2021-06-13	0–1	England home	UEFA Euro
2018-11-18	1–2	England home	UEFA Nations League
2018-10-12	0–0	Croatia home	UEFA Nations League
2018-07-11	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2009-09-09	1–5	England home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-09-10	1–4	Croatia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2007-11-21	3–2	England home	UEFA Euro qualification
2006-10-11	2–0	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
2004-06-21	2–4	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2003-08-20	1–3	England home	Friendly
1996-04-24	0–0	England home	Friendly