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England 3-1 Croatia - August 20, 2003 / Friendlies 2003

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Friendlies 2003 - Europe

Portman Road - Ipswich - England

August 20, 2003

28 700

England

3 - 1

Croatia

(penalty) David Beckham

10'

Michael Owen

51'

Frank Lampard

80'

77'

Ivica Mornar

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10' - Goal David Beckham10

27' - Substitution Nicky Buttis substituted by Frank Lampard27

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46' - Substitution David Jamesis substituted by Paul Robinson46

46' - Substitution Dario Simicis substituted by Darijo Srna photo Marko Babic

46' - Substitution Milan Rapaicis substituted by Marko Babic

48' - Substitution Marijo Maricis substituted by Ivica Mornar

51' - Goal Michael Owen51

60' - Substitution Jerko Lekois substituted by Giovanni Rosso

61' - Substitution Rio Ferdinandis substituted by Wayne Bridge photo Matthew Upson

61' - Substitution Ashley Coleis substituted by Matthew Upson photo Kieron Dyer

61' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by Kieron Dyer photo Joe Cole

61' - Substitution David Beckhamis substituted by Joe Cole photo Trevor Sinclair

61' - Substitution Michael Owenis substituted by Trevor Sinclair61

70' - Substitution Stipe Pletikosais substituted by Tomislav Butina

73' - Substitution Boris Zivkovicis substituted by Anthony Seric photo Jasmin Agic

73' - Substitution Niko Kovacis substituted by Jasmin Agic

76' - Substitution Emile Heskeyis substituted by James Beattie76

77' - Goal Ivica Mornar

80' - Goal Frank Lampard80

82' - Substitution Phil Nevilleis substituted by Danny Mills photo Danny Murphy

82' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Danny Murphy82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

3 - 1

Croatia

England Croatia

Team line-ups

England

James46

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Ferdinand61

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age24 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Cole61

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Neville82

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Gerrard82

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Scholes61

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Beckham1061

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age28 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Butt27

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Owen5161

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Heskey76

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James	46	33	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand	61	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole	61	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	82	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	82	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	61	28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham	1061	28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt	27	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	5161	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey	76	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Croatia

Pletikosa70

Stipe Pletikosa

Croatia

B.date08/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Zivkovic73

Boris Zivkovic

Croatia

B.date15/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Simunic

Josip Simunic

Croatia

B.date18/02/1978

Age25 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

Tomas

Stjepan Tomas

Croatia

B.date06/03/1976

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

R. Kovac

Robert Kovac

Croatia

B.date06/04/1974

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Leko60

Jerko Leko

Croatia

B.date09/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Simic46

Dario Simic

Croatia

B.date12/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Niko Kovac73

Niko Kovac

Croatia

B.date15/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Rapaic46

Milan Rapaic

Croatia

B.date16/08/1973

Age30 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Maric48

Marijo Maric

Croatia

B.date12/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Olic

Ivica Olic

Croatia

B.date14/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stipe Pletikosa	70	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Boris Zivkovic	73	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Josip Simunic		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stjepan Tomas		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kovac		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jerko Leko	60	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dario Simic	46	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kovac	73	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Milan Rapaic	46	30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marijo Maric	48	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivica Olic		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Robinson	46	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson	61	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Bridge	61	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Mills	82	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Murphy	82	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	8027	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Sinclair	61	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Cole	61	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kieron Dyer	61	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Beattie	76	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tomislav Butina	70	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marko Babic	46	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Seric	73	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darijo Srna	46	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jasmin Agic	73	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giovanni Rosso	60	30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivica Mornar	7748	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emile Heskey

Wayne Rooney

OUT

Rio Ferdinand

Gareth Southgate

OUT

David Beckham

Frank Lampard

OUT

John Terry

Matthew Upson

OUT

Nicky Butt

Danny Mills

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marijo Maric

Dado Prso

OUT

Jerko Leko

Marko Babic

OUT

Robert Kovac

Darijo Srna

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Eriksson vs Croatia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2003

Eriksson vs Baric

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Otto Baric

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Baric vs England

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2003

Baric vs Eriksson

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 2003

Referee

Claus Bo Larsen

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	England3 matches	General total	Croatia3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	England1 match	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2010					Latest figure on September 07, 2010

Videos

March 09, 2012

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Ivica Mornar scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

England keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 15/06/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/06/1990-12/06/1991 time period (17 matches).

End of streak for Croatia after 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in Friendlies (since 12/12/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DEngland 1-1 Portugal07/09/2002

DEngland 2-2 North Macedonia16/10/2002

LEngland 1-3 Australia12/02/2003

VEngland 2-0 Turkey02/04/2003

VEngland 2-1 Serbia and Montenegro03/06/2003

VEngland 2-1 Slovakia11/06/2003

Overall

LEngland 1-3 Australia12/02/2003

VLiechtenstein 0-2 England29/03/2003

VEngland 2-0 Turkey02/04/2003

VSouth Africa 1-2 England22/05/2003

VEngland 2-1 Serbia and Montenegro03/06/2003

VEngland 2-1 Slovakia11/06/2003

Current form

Away

LSouth Korea 2-0 Croatia10/11/2001

DSouth Korea 1-1 Croatia13/11/2001

VHungary 0-2 Croatia08/05/2002

LBulgaria 2-0 Croatia12/10/2002

VSweden 1-2 Croatia30/04/2003

VEstonia 0-1 Croatia11/06/2003

Overall

DCroatia 2-2 North Macedonia09/02/2003

DCroatia 0-0 Poland12/02/2003

VCroatia 4-0 Belgium29/03/2003

VCroatia 2-0 Andorra02/04/2003

VSweden 1-2 Croatia30/04/2003

VEstonia 0-1 Croatia11/06/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	11	11
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	7
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gareth Southgate	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Boris Zivkovic
Joe Cole	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Boris Zivkovic
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marijo Maric
Joe Cole	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Boris Zivkovic

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Latest head to head

April 24, 1996 - Rencontres amicales 1996

England

0 - 0

Croatia

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Gary Neville	1 match	1996 - 1996
Mark Wright	1 match	1996 - 1996
David Platt	1 match	1996 - 1996
Paul Gascoigne	1 match	1996 - 1996
Teddy Sheringham	1 match	1996 - 1996
David Seaman	1 match	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Dubravko Pavlicic	1 match	1996 - 1996
Robert Jarni	1 match	1996 - 1996
Zvonimir Soldo	1 match	1996 - 1996
Slaven Bilic	1 match	1996 - 1996
Robert Prosinecki	1 match	1996 - 1996
Mario Stanic	1 match	1996 - 1996