Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. Kovačić 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

⚽Kovačićassist Perišić

14'

2H

⚽Modrićassist Kovačić

52'

Majer

56'

63'

⚽Tielemansassist De Bruyne

73'

De Cuyper

⚽Budimir

75'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Perišić

80'

⇄Bianchi↓ Trossard

86'

⚽Openda

⇄Rossi↓ Budimir

89'

⇄Keller↓ Openda

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 4, 2022 · 19:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance55,513 / 63,083 (88%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#17·

#6

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

2.5Expected goals (xG)2

15Total shots12

8Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

9Corner kicks6

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Budimir

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-36.91Formation7.184-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.1 2Stanišić7.0 3Gvardiol6.7 4Šutalo7.4 5Sosa6.5 6Brozović6.6 7Modrić7.2 8Kovačić6.5 9Majer6.7 10Budimir7.9 11Perišić6.4

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.5 2Castagne6.5 3Faes6.8 4Theate6.7 5De Cuyper7.5 6Onana7.5 7Tielemans6.6 8De Bruyne7.7 9Doku7.5 10Openda7.6 11Trossard7.1

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