Match report
England rout Croatia 7-0 in Nations League rampage
England produced a ruthless display away from home to beat Croatia 7-0 in a UEFA Nations League League A fixture at Stadion Rujevica, a result that lifted Tuchel's side to second in the group while leaving Bilić's Croatia third.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Harry Kane set the tone with an eighth-minute finish from Jude Bellingham's assist, and Bellingham doubled the lead himself on 21 minutes. Anthony Gordon added a third before the half-hour, and Bukayo Saka struck right on the stroke of half-time to send England in 4-0 ahead at the break.
The second half brought no respite for Croatia. Kane added his second shortly after the restart, Saka completed his brace in the 68th minute, and Morgan Rogers rounded off the scoring in the 87th minute, with Bellingham recording his third assist of the match.
England dominated throughout despite having only 64 per cent of possession compared to their share, out-shooting Croatia 19 to 12 and landing ten shots on target to just one, a gulf that was reflected emphatically on the scoreboard.
Kane scored twice and set up another in a commanding display, finishing with a rating of 9.76, while Bellingham's goal and three assists underlined his influence throughout.
England's ten shots on target, against Croatia's single effort, told the story of a hugely one-sided contest.
England won 7–0 away against Croatia (half-time 0–4).
Croatia met England in the UEFA Nations League (League A - 3). Kick-off was Saturday, 3 October 2026, 16:00 UTC at Stadion Rujevica. Referee: Sven Jablonski.
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Key moments
- 8' Goal: Harry Kane (assist: Jude Bellingham) — 0–1 · Watch Harry Kane's goal video (8')
- 21' Goal: Jude Bellingham (assist: Anthony Gordon) — 0–2 · Watch Jude Bellingham's goal video (21')
- 39' Goal: Anthony Gordon (assist: Jarell Quansah) — 0–3 · Watch Anthony Gordon's goal video (39')
- 45' Goal: Bukayo Saka (assist: Jude Bellingham) — 0–4 · Watch Bukayo Saka's goal video (45')
- 53' Goal: Harry Kane (assist: Elliot Anderson) — 0–5 · Watch Harry Kane's goal video (53')
- 68' Goal: Bukayo Saka (assist: Harry Kane) — 0–6 · Watch Bukayo Saka's goal video (68')
- 87' Goal: Morgan Rogers (assist: Jude Bellingham) — 0–7 · Watch Morgan Rogers's goal video (87')
Starting line-ups
Croatia (4-2-3-1)
England (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Croatia 34%, the draw 25%, England 41%. It finished Croatia 0–7 England.
England's rating edge outweighs Croatia's home ground — England are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of England's 41%. The draw at 25% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why England at 41%?
England sit 149 points higher on our strength rating — 1896 to 2045. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 40.0% of 13,732 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 28–23–49.
Why only 41%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 41% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Croatia at 34%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,793. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
England scored +0.70 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,827 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 41.3% vs 42.4% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Croatia are 2 games into a new manager (S. Bilić), appointed 32 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Croatia vs England final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Nations League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Harry Kane's goal against Croatia (8').
- Watch Jude Bellingham's goal against Croatia (21').
- Watch Anthony Gordon's goal against Croatia (39').
- Watch Bukayo Saka's goal against Croatia (45').
- Watch Harry Kane's goal against Croatia (53').
- Watch Bukayo Saka's goal against Croatia (68').
- Watch Morgan Rogers's goal against Croatia (87').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Croatia 0–7 England. Explore more on the Croatia and England team pages or the UEFA Nations League page.