England have won five of their last seven meetings with Croatia
Harry Kane has scored eight goals in his last nine international matches
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Croatia and England have become familiar foes over the last decade and the latest instalment of their burgeoning rivalry takes place in Rijeka on Saturday evening.
It is only a few months since their most recent meeting at the World Cup, where the Three Lions powered to a 4-2 win in Atlanta, a performance that had England fans dreaming of a second world title.
Unfortunately, Thomas Tuchel's men never really reached that level again at the tournament, despite making the semi-finals, and the German's next challenge is to find a way for England to take the elusive final step at the 2028 European Championship on home soil.
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Team news
Croatia manager Slaven Bilic made wholesale changes for Monday's 4-1 defeat away to world champions Spain so looks set to revert to the majority of the side who beat Czechia 2-1 in their opening Nations League fixture.
That should mean veteran skipper Luka Modric, Atalanta's Mario Pasalic and Brighton defender Luka Vuskovic are restored to the hosts' starting line-up.
Left-back Nico O'Reilly missed Monday's 2-0 win in Czechia and could again be replaced by Lewis Hall.
Jude Bellingham played only 20 minutes from the bench in Prague and is set to come back into Tuchel's starting XI.
The stats
England have won five of their last seven matches against Croatia.
Both teams have scored in six of England's last seven internationals.
Harry Kane has scored eight goals in his last nine games for England.
Croatia have lost five of their last nine matches.
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Prediction
Defeats to Spain and wins in Czechia mean familiar foes Croatia and England go into their Nations League meeting on equal footing.
If the group goes to true form, the pair's two meetings will be important in the race to join Spain in the quarter-finals, and the fact that Saturday's encounter in Rijeka will be played behind closed doors should favour the Three Lions.
Plenty of soul searching has been done since England's World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina and familiar questions were being asked after Spain came from 2-1 down to win 3-2 at Wembley last weekend.
However, there were plenty of positives for Tuchel to take from that defeat and things could have been very different had Harry Kane not missed a penalty midway through the second half which would have put England 3-1 up.
While they went toe to toe with the Spanish, an admittedly understrength Croatia side were thumped 4-1 in Seville on Monday.
The Croatians have punched above their way on the international stage for more than a decade now, but their golden generation are now at veteran status and new boss Slaven Bilic is undoubtedly overseeing a rebuild which will take time to implement.
Jude Bellingham remains an important part of this England side and with three goals this season for Real Madrid, he can transfer that form onto the international stage with a strike on Saturday.
Score prediction: Croatia 1-2 England
