England 4-2 Croatia — World Cup 2026

← Schedule Group L · Matchday 1

England

4–2

Match Finished

Croatia

🗓 Thursday 18 June 2026 📍 AT&T Stadium, Arlington 🧑‍⚖️ Clement Turpin, France

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Result: England won · Held ✓ · RPS 0.120

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Match recap

England beat Croatia 4–2.

Scorers — England: H. Kane 12', 42' (pen), J. Bellingham 47', M. Rashford 85' · Croatia: M. Baturina 36', P. Musa 50'

Possession: England 52% – Croatia 48%.

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Timeline

SUBSTITUTION87'
MM. GuehiCBJ. StonesJ
GOAL85'
England4–2Croatia
M
M. Rashford
England · assist: B. Saka
SUBSTITUTION80'
DD. SpenceCAMJ. BellinghamJ
SUBSTITUTION79'
AA. KramaricCMM. PasalicM
SUBSTITUTION78'
NN. VlasicSTM. BaturinaM
SUBSTITUTION72'
MM. RogersCDMD. RiceD
SUBSTITUTION72'
BB. SakaRMN. MaduekeN
SUBSTITUTION72'
MM. RashfordLMA. GordonA
SUBSTITUTION66'
II. MatanovicSTP. MusaP
SUBSTITUTION66'
MM. PasalicCBL. VuskovicL
SUBSTITUTION58'
MM. KovacicCML. ModricL
GOAL45+5'
England3–2Croatia
P
P. MusaST
Croatia · assist: I. Perisic
GOAL47'
England3–1Croatia
J
J. BellinghamCAM
England · assist: E. Anderson
GOAL42'
England2–1Croatia
H
H. KaneST
England · assist: D. Rice
GOAL36'
England1–1Croatia
M
M. BaturinaST
Croatia · assist: P. Sucic
GOAL · PENALTY12'
England1–0Croatia
H
H. KaneST
England

Match stats

52%Ball Possession48%

2.80Expected goals (xG)0.71

22Total Shots10

11Shots on Goal5

8Corner Kicks2

0Offsides1

10Fouls12

3Goalkeeper Saves7

Lineups

Player of the match Harry Kane

England

8.5

England4-2-3-1

6.2PickfordGK

6.3O'ReillyLB

6.5StonesCB

6.2KonsaCB

5.9JamesRB

6.9RiceCDM

7.0AndersonCDM

6.2GordonLM

7.6BellinghamCAM

7.7MaduekeRM

★8.5KaneST

Croatia3-4-2-1

7.3LivakovićGK

5.6GvardiolCB

6.0VuškovićCB

6.0ŠutaloCB

6.6PerišićLM

6.7PašalićCM

6.0ModrićCM

6.7StanišićRM

7.9BaturinaST

6.7SučićST

7.5MusaST

England4-2-3-1

Substitutes

MMorgan Rogers#1772'7.3
BBukayo Saka#772'7.3
MMarcus Rashford#1172'7.2
DDjed Spence#2580'6.7
MMarc Guéhi#687'6.6
DDean Henderson#13
JJames Trafford#23
DDan Burn#15
JJarell Quansah#26
EEberechi Eze#21
JJordan Henderson#14
KKobbie Mainoo#16
IIvan Toney#22
OOllie Watkins#19

CoachThomas Tuchel