Croatia 0-7 England

The match between Croatia and England was the 3rd Match-day in the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League A that happened on October 3, 2026. England won 7-0 on the Stadion HNK Rijeka in Rijeka, Croatia as away. England beat Czechia before this match in the 2026-27 Nations League while Croatia lost to Spain 4-1. Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka and Morgan Rogers scored the goals. The last time England faced Croatia, was in the 2026 FIFA World Cup where England won 4-2.

Match

Summary

First Half

England started off with a shot from Anthony Gordon in the 3rd minute which hit the post, then in the 8th minute, Harry Kane scored the first goal of the match. In the 14th minute, Croatia tries to equalize but Igor Matanovic's missed the target. in the 21st minute, Jude Bellingham scores the second goal for England, from a cross by Anthony Gordon. In the 28th minute, Bukayo Saka tries to score the third goal, but his shot was saved by Dominik Livakovic. Nikola Vlasic tries to score in the 34th minute, and his shot went wide. Anthony Gordon scores the 3rd goal for England in the 39th minute. Mateo Kovacic tries to score the first goal for Croatia, after Dribbling through the England defense, he missed a chance on an open goal. Jude Bellingham tries to score his second goal in the 44th minute and it was blocked by a Croatian Defender. Bukayo Saka scored the 4th goal for England right before half-time, in the 45th minute.

Second Half

Croatia makes a Triple-Substitution, bringing on Petar Musa, Petar Sucic and Martin Baturina to replace Igor Matanovic, Mario Pasalic and Nikola Vlasic. Ivan Perisic tries to score in the 48th minute but the ball goes wide. Harry Kane scores the 5th goal for England in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute, Croatia brings on Kristijan Jakic to replace Luka Modric. Petar Musa gets a shot, but Jordan Pickford makes his first save of the match. In the 65th minute, Bukayo Saka's shot is deflected and goes to a corner kick. In the 68th minute, Bukayo Saka scores his second goal of the match and makes it 6-0. Mateo Kovacic gets the only Yellow Card of the match after a foul in the 68th minute. England brings on Morgan Rogers, James Garner and Eberechi Eze to replace Harry Kane, Alex Scott and Anthony Gordon. Mateo Kovacic gets a shot off-target in the 72nd minute. Croatia brings on Josip Sutalo to replace Josip Stanisic. England does a double-substitution and brings on Miles-Lewis-Skelly and Morgan Gibbs-White to replace Elliot Anderson and Lewis Hall in the 78th minute. Morgan Rogers scores as a substitute in the 87th minute to make it 7-0. Eberechi Eze tries to make it 8-0 in the 92nd minute, which is saved by Dominik Livakovic.