Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. Trossard opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

14'

⚽Trossard

⚽Majerassist Šutalo

26'

Stanišić

38'

2H

55'

Doku

⚽Kovačićassist Livaković

64'

⇄Martin↓ Perišić

64'

⇄Romano↓ Trossard

⇄Almeida↓ Budimir

73'

⇄Pereira↓ Openda

75'

⚽De Bruyneassist Courtois

⚽Perišić

87'

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 4, 2022 · 19:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance49,205 / 63,083 (78%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#17·

#6

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

56Ball possession %44

2.6Expected goals (xG)2.1

16Total shots10

8Shots on target4

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots2

9Corner kicks5

3Offsides2

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Castagne

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-36.85Formation7.084-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.9 2Stanišić6.8 3Gvardiol6.5 4Šutalo7.2 5Sosa6.3 6Brozović6.4 7Modrić7.0 8Kovačić6.3 9Majer6.5 10Budimir7.7 11Perišić7.8

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.3 2Castagne7.9 3Faes6.6 4Theate6.4 5De Cuyper7.2 6Onana7.3 7Tielemans6.3 8De Bruyne7.4 9Doku7.3 10Openda7.3 11Trossard6.9

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