UEFA Nations League,
League A – 5
England
ENG
12/11/2026
19:45
Croatia
CRO
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Venue
- Wembley Stadium
Preview for England v Croatia
Harry Kane is getting ready to historical past. The England captain equalled Peter Shilton’s file of 125 caps over the past worldwide window, and if he options towards Croatia at Wembley on Thursday evening, he’ll grow to be the most-capped participant within the historical past of the England males’s crew.
It’s been fairly a 12 months for Kane. Contemporary from profitable the 2026 Ballon d’Or, he leads a facet that has bounced again strongly from its World Cup semi-final exit in the summertime. England completed third on the event, and Thomas Tuchel’s facet have impressed within the Nations League.
After shedding 3-2 to world champions Spain at Wembley of their opener, England beat Czechia twice after which thrashed Croatia 7-0 in October.
Tuchel’s males sit in second place in Group A3 and know that in the event that they keep away from defeat towards Croatia then that will likely be sufficient to safe their quarter-final place. To complete high of the group, England would wish to beat Croatia and Spain and guarantee they’ve a better objective distinction than the world champions.
Croatia will likely be decided to keep away from a repeat of final month’s hammering. Luka Modrić, now 41, stays their most influential participant.
England have gained eight of their 13 conferences with Croatia, with Croatia profitable three and two ending in attracts.
The Nations League Desk
League A – Group C
- Place 1, 2 : Play Offs: Quarter-finals
- Place 3, 4 : Attainable Play-off
Staff Information for England v Croatia
Tuchel must rethink his defence after a sequence of withdrawals. Marc Guéhi pulled out of the squad with a hip damage picked up in Manchester Metropolis’s defeat to Nottingham Forest. Newcastle’s Dan Burn has been known as up in his place.
Ezri Konsa can even miss Thursday’s recreation, though he’s anticipated to return to full coaching later within the week forward of the Spain match. Bournemouth’s James Hill, who has performed each minute of the Premier League season, has been handed his first senior call-up.
Tuchel should determine whether or not to play Burn, give Hill his debut or transfer Jarell Quansah into the center and convey Ben White or Trent Alexander-Arnold in at right-back.
Goalkeepers Jordan Pickford and James Trafford will share the primary jersey throughout the 2 video games and it appears logical that the skilled Everton man will likely be held again for the Spain conflict.
There are 4 uncapped gamers within the squad: Hill, Josh King, Jason Steele and Jobe Bellingham, who joins his brother Jude within the senior squad for the primary time.
Cole Palmer and Phil Foden have each been disregarded.
Croatia midfielder Ivan Perisic is suspended whereas Slaven Bilic additionally has loads of damage complications with Josip Sutalo, Martin Pongracic, Andrej Kramaric, Franjo Ivanovic and Kristijan Jakic all withdrawing.
Anticipated line-ups for England v Croatia
England: Trafford; White, Quansah, Hill, Corridor; Rice, Anderson, Bellingham, Ngumoha, Gordon; Kane
Croatia: Livakovic; Stanisic, Vuskovic, Caleta-Automotive, Gvardiol; Modric, Kovacic; Vlasic, Mario Pasalic, Baturina; Budimir
Current Kind for England v Croatia
- England have solely ever failed to attain in a single Nations League recreation at Wembley – their 1-0 defeat to Denmark in 2020
- England’s 14 targets in 4 video games is probably the most throughout all Nations League divisions
- Croatia’s 7-0 defeat to England in Rijeka was their heaviest in a senior males’s worldwide
- England have gained the final 4 conferences between the 2 nations
The place to Watch England v Croatia: TV and on-line streams
England v Croatia kicks off at 7:45pm GMT on Thursday, November 12 at Wembley Stadium.
The match is dwell on ITV1 within the UK and will be streamed on ITVX. Within the US, it’s on FOX Sports activities at 2:45pm ET.
Prediction for England v Croatia
England had been far too robust for Croatia within the return recreation, arguably producing their greatest efficiency underneath Tuchel. Something just like that will likely be an excessive amount of for the guests.
England
3 – 0
Croatia
