England host Croatia in their penultimate League A3 match of their 2026-27 UEFA Nations League campaign.
Victory would see England stay second in the group ahead of a likely top-of-group decider against Spain Sunday 15 November.
Croatia will stay third irrespective of their result.
Team News
England will be without defender, Ezri Konsa due to a minor knee injury, with Bournemouth’s James Hill brought in as his replacement.
Konsa however is expected to be available for their trip to Spain on Sunday.
Dan Burn meanwhile has replaced Marc Guehi who has withdrawn from the squad due to a hip injury.
If Harry Kane makes an appearance then he will become England’s record-capped player in what would be his 126th senior international appearance.
Croatia will be without Josip Sutalo, Marin Pongracic (both muscle), Kristijan Jakic, Andrej Kramaric (both knee) and Franjo Ivanovic (concussion.
When is Kick-Off?
England face Croatia at Wembley Stadium, London, on Thursday 12 November at 7:45pm GMT, live on ITV1 and ITVX in the UK..
Stat Attack
- England are yet to lose to Croatia in the Nations League (W2, D1).
- Croatia lost 2-1 in their only previous Nations League visit to England in November 2018.
- Harry Kane has scored three goals in England’s last two Nations League meetings against Croatia (W2).
- England have scored 12 goals in their last three matches without conceding (W3).
- Croatia have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last six matches in all competitions (W2, L4).
Prediction
Having comfortably beaten Czech Republic twice either side of a ruthless away win over Croatia in their last three matches without conceding, confidence is high within England’s camp but Guehi and Konsa are big losses defensively and they will need to find a way to cope without them.
Croatia meanwhile are just a defensive mess at present but with injuries across their whole outfield, this is going to be a difficult ask for them especially after how second-rate they looked at home against the Three Lions last month.
I however expect this to be much closer but England should still record a comfortable result if they can keep it tight defensively.
Prediction: England 3-0 Croatia
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