Croatia and England meet in Nations League matchday three
Croatia and England, each with one win and one defeat, face each other in a UEFA Nations League Group A3 match in Rijeka. England’s Harry Kane and Anthony Gordon are identified as key players, while Luka Modric remains central to Croatia’s midfield.
Croatia and England will meet in a UEFA Nations League Group A3 match at Rujevica Stadium in Rijeka on Saturday. Both teams have one win and one defeat in the competition. Croatia opened with a 2-1 victory over Czechia in Prague before losing 4-1 to Spain.
England lost 3-2 to Spain in London and then beat 10-man Czechia 2-0 in Prague. The teams last met at the 2026 World Cup, when England won 4-2 in Arlington, Texas. Harry Kane scored twice, while Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham also scored for England.
Kane and Anthony Gordon are identified as England’s principal attacking threats. Al Jazeera says Gordon has opened the scoring in England’s last two matches before Kane followed, while Kane has scored six times for Bayern Munich this season. Croatia will look to captain Luka Modric, who remains influential in midfield at 41 and scored against Czechia.
Croatia are without centre-back Martin Erlic, who is injured, and right-back Josip Juranovic, who is ill. England left-back Nico O’Reilly has withdrawn because of injury. The probable teams listed are: Croatia’s Dominik Livakovic, Josip Stanisic, Luka Vuskovic, Josko Gvardiol, Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Sucic, Petar Sucic, Franjo Ivanovic and Dion Beljo; and England’s James Trafford, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Guehi, Lewis Hall, Elliot Anderson, Miles Lewis-Skelly, Bukayo Saka, Morgan Rogers, Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane.
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