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Group L · Matchday 1 · MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey · Jun 17, 20:00 UTC

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Englandvs🇭🇷 Croatia
59.4%draw 23.3%17.3%

Expected goals: ENG 2.20 · CRO 0.83

SourceENG winDrawCRO win
Model67.8%20.0%12.1%
Market (Pinnacle)55.8%24.7%19.5%
Blend (published)59.4%23.3%17.3%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows ENG, columns CRO

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6.4%
4.7%
2.4%
0.7%
1
8.6%
11.1%
5.2%
1.5%
2
10.2%
8.5%
4.7%
1.6%
3
7.5%
6.2%
2.6%
1.0%
4
4.1%
3.4%
1.4%
5
1.8%
1.5%
0.6%
11 11.1%20 10.2%10 8.6%21 8.5%30 7.5%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿ENG2090effective
Pre-tournament Elo
2090
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka.

🇭🇷CRO1905effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1905
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Joško Gvardiol, Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovačić.