Croatia vs England prediction — UEFA Nations League · Sat 3 Oct · 17:00 UK

UEFA Nations League · Sat 3 Oct · 17:00 UK
Croatia 23Draw 23England 54
The call
77%
England or draw
Calls on the result published at 75–80% have landed 77% of the time
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3.2
Goals expected
14d 14hUntil lineups lock

What we expect

MarketProbability
England to score86%
Over 1.5 goals83%
Croatia to score72%
Over 2.5 goals63%

In plain English

England should get at least a draw here. They have won five of their last six, the model expects them to create around half a goal more per game than Croatia, and they have won three of the last five between them. The model sees around three goals in it.

What would change the call

England or draw, priced again from the same expected goals if the match reaches these states.

Croatia lead 1–0 at half-time77%44%
England lead 1–0 at half-time77%95%
Goalless at half-time77%78%

Each row is the call re-priced for that scoreline at half-time. Lineups are not in it — we publish per-player shooting rates, not a squad-strength number, so what a rested front three does to this figure is not something we can honestly put a number on.

Model inputs

Expected goals gap (xG)-0.7 / match
Head-to-head, last 5CRO 1 · D 1 · ENG 3

Head to head

Jun 2026England 4–2 Croatia
Jun 2021England 1–0 Croatia
Nov 2018England 2–1 Croatia
Oct 2018Croatia 0–0 England
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Common questions

Who will win Croatia vs England?

Bawler's model rates this match: England are favoured (54% win probability vs 23% for Croatia, 23% draw). The model uses rolling xG, recent form, and lineup data.

What is the predicted score for Croatia vs England?

The most likely scoreline from Bawler's model is Croatia 1-1 England (10.3% probability). Expected total goals: 3.24.

How does Bawler predict Croatia vs England?

Bawler builds each side's expected goals from a rolling 26-match window, adjusts for home advantage and for injuries or absences in the confirmed squads, then runs the resulting scoreline distribution to get win, draw and both-teams-to-score probabilities. For this match that gives Croatia 23%, the draw 23% and England 54%. Every prediction is published before kickoff and settled afterwards.

Will both teams score in Croatia vs England?

BTTS: Yes (62% probability) — both attacks should find the net. Based on home expected goals 1.26 and away expected goals 1.98.

Over or under 2.5 goals in Croatia vs England?

Bawler's model gives a combined expected-goals total of 3.24. The lean is Over 2.5 (a goal-fest is on the cards).

Around this fixture

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