BIG GAME FACTS

This hi will ill be b the th eighth i hth meeting ti between bt England and Croatia, with the Three Lions having won four of the previous games, with one draw and two Croatia wins.

The two opponents have met once before at a major tournament – England won 4-2 in the group stage at Euro 2004.

England are competing in their third World Cup semi-final; they won 2-1 against Portugal in 1966 on their way to winning the tournament, but lost on penalties to Germany in 1990.

England have not beaten two European nations in a single World Cup since 1982, when they beat Czechoslovakia and France.

Gareth Southgate’s men have scored 11 goals at this year’s World Cup, a joint-record with the 11 in England’s victorious 1966 tournament.

England had 15 shots on target in their first two 2018 World Cup matches, but have attempted just six in their three games since – they had eight shots on target against Portugal in the 1966 semi-final, and four in 1990’s semi-final against Germany.

Harry Kane has scored on six of the seven days of the week, with Wednesday the only day he hasn’t scored on. Should he score, he’ll become just the third player to score on all seven days of the week for England, after Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.

Eight of England’s 11 goals at the 2018 World Cup have been scored through set-pieces eces – since 1966, the only team to equal that hat number in a single World Cup tournament ment are Portugal (in 1966, 6, also hitting eight goals). oals).