THE LOWDOWN ON ENGLAND’S GROUP D RIVALS

CROATIA

FIFA RANKING: 6 EC BEST: Quarter-finals 1996, 2008 QUALIFYING RECORD: P8 W5 D2 L1 F17 A7 LAST GAME V ENGLAND: Nov 2018, Nations League, Wembley — England 2 (Lingard 78, Kane 85) Croatia 1 (Kramaric 57) MANAGER: Zlatko Dalic. The 53-year-old was appointed in October 2017 and out-thought England boss Gareth Southgate in the World Cup semi-finals before losing to France in the final. STAR MAN: Luka Modric (left). Ageless Real Madrid schemer who was named player of the tournament at the 2018 World Cup.

CZECH REPUBLIC

FIFA RANKING: 45 EC BEST: Winners 1976 QUALIFYING RECORD: P8 W5 D0 L3 F13 A11 LAST GAME V ENGLAND: Oct 2019, EC qualifying, Prague — Czech Rep 2 (Brabec 9, Ondrasek 85) England 1 (Kane 5pen) MANAGER: Jaroslav Silhavy. A 58-year-old former Czech international who took the reins last year and in October masterminded the Czechs to a 2-1 win against England, the Three Lions’ only qualifying defeat.

STAR MAN: Ladislav Krejci (right). Left-footed midfielder who stars in Serie A with Bologna.

SCOTLAND

FIFA RANKING: 50 LAST GAME V ENGLAND: Jun 2017, WC qualifying, Glasgow — Scotland 2 (Griffiths 87, 90) England 2 (Oxlade-Chamberlain 70, Kane 90) MANAGER: Steve Clarke

ISRAEL

FIFA RANKING: 93 LAST GAME V ENGLAND: Sep 2007, EC qualifying, Wembley — England 3 (Wright-Phillips 20, Owen 50, Richards 66) Israel 0 MANAGER: Andi Herzog

NORWAY

FIFA RANKING: 44 LAST GAME V ENGLAND: Sep 2014, friendly, Wembley — England 1 (Rooney 68pen) Norway 0 MANAGER: Lars Lagerback

SERBIA

FIFA RANKING: 29 LAST GAME V ENGLAND: June 2003, friendly, Leicester — England 2 (Gerrard 45, J Cole 82) Serbia 1 (Jestrovic 45) MANAGER: Ljubisa Tumbakovic