England Substitutes: Dean Henderson (GK); James Trafford (GK); Dan Burn, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Guéhi, Jarell Quansah, Djed Spence; Eberechi Eze, Jordan Henderson, Kobbie Mainoo, Morgan Rogers; Marcus Rashford, Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney, Bukayo Saka.
Croatia Substitutes: Dominik Kotarski (GK); Ivor Pandur (GK); Duje Ćaleta-Car, Marin Pongračić, Martin Erlić; Nikola Vlašić, Kristijan Jakić, Nikola Moro, Toni Fruk, Marco Pašalić, Luka Sučić; Igor Matanović, Ante Budimir, Andrej Kramarić, Mateo Kovačić.
England have left Bukayo Saka out of the starting XI as he continues recovery from an Achilles issue, while Marcus Rashford is a tactical bench option for Thomas Tuchel. Croatia also name key depth options on the bench, with Mateo Kovačić and Andrej Kramarić available as Zlatko Dalić manages experience and workload in their World Cup opener against England.