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Saturday 3 October 2026, 18:00 CEST

Croatia v England

23%Croatia
28%Draw
49%England

England, just.

Tested

England win about 49 times in 100. The other 51: a draw (28) or a Croatia win (23).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 12:51 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals43%
Both teams score47%
Expected goals0.9 v 1.5
Most likely score1-113% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals90%
2 or more goals69%
3 or more goals43%
4 or more goals22%
5 or more goals9%

Exactly

0 goals10%
1 goal21%
2 goals27%
3 goals21%
4 goals13%
5 goals6%
6 or more goals4%

Goals by team

Tested
Croatia: 1 or more60%
Croatia: 2 or more23%
Croatia: 3 or more6%
England: 1 or more77%
England: 2 or more43%
England: 3 or more18%
Both teams score47%
At least one team does not score53%

Winning margin

Tested
Croatia by 3 or more2%
Croatia by 26%
Croatia by 115%
Draw28%
England by 124%
England by 215%
England by 3 or more10%

Result combinations

Tested
Croatia win or draw51%
Either team wins (no draw)72%
England win or draw77%

Clean sheets

Tested
Croatia keep a clean sheet23%
England keep a clean sheet40%
Croatia win without conceding13%
England win without conceding30%
No goals at all10%

The first goal

Model estimate
Croatia score first35%
England score first56%
No goals10%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1529%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-758%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Croatia goals down, England goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
09.812.99.84.91.80.5
17.813.29.04.41.60.5
23.85.64.42.00.80.2
31.11.71.30.70.20.1
40.30.40.30.10.1·
5·0.10.1···

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half66%
A goal in the second half72%
Croatia ahead at half-time20%
Level at half-time44%
England ahead at half-time36%
Croatia win the second half20%
Second half level40%
England win the second half39%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half42%
Same goals in both halves28%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Croatia ahead at half-time, Croatia win13%
Level at half-time, Croatia win9%
England ahead at half-time, Croatia win1%
Croatia ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw18%
England ahead at half-time, draw5%
Croatia ahead at half-time, England win2%
Level at half-time, England win17%
England ahead at half-time, England win30%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
CroatiaEngland

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works