Croatia – Belgium 3–2

	1H	2H	T
HR	1	2	3
BE	2	0	2

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. Trossard opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

12'

⚽Trossardassist Openda

⚽Majer

24'

35'

⚽Doku

2H

⚽Modrićassist Stanišić

47'

Perišić

47'

64'

Tielemans

⇄Andersen↓ Budimir

66'

⇄Martin↓ Openda

⚽Perišićassist Budimir

85'

⇄Kovač↓ Perišić

85'

⇄Haas↓ Trossard

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 9, 2022 · 20:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance47,943 / 63,083 (76%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#2·

#9

Where to watch

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Statistics

54Ball possession %46

2.4Expected goals (xG)1.9

13Total shots13

7Shots on target6

4Shots off target5

4Blocked shots2

8Corner kicks7

2Offsides4

9Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Openda

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.05Formation7.344-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.4 2Stanišić7.3 3Gvardiol7.0 4Šutalo7.7 5Sosa6.8 6Brozović6.9 7Modrić7.5 8Kovačić6.8 9Majer7.0 10Budimir6.5 11Perišić6.7

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.8 2Castagne6.8 3Faes7.2 4Theate7.0 5De Cuyper7.8 6Onana7.8 7Tielemans6.9 8De Bruyne6.3 9Doku7.8 10Openda7.9 11Trossard7.4

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	8:2	+6	9
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	8:2	+6	7
3	England	3	2	1	0	7:3	+4	7
4	Brazil	3	2	0	1	7:2	+5	6
5	Spain	3	2	0	1	6:3	+3	6
6	Germany	3	1	1	1	6:3	+3	4
7	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5:4	+1	4
8	Portugal	3	1	0	2	5:4	+1	3
9	Italy	3	1	0	2	4:4	0	3
10	Croatia	3	0	1	2	4:5	-1	1
11	Poland	3	0	1	2	3:5	-2	1
12	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2:6	-4	1
13	USA	3	0	1	2	1:7	-6	1
14	Belgium	3	0	0	3	3:5	-2	0
15	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	2:6	-4	0
16	Japan	3	0	0	3	1:6	-5	0