Belgium – Croatia 3–2

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

Match report

Belgium beat Croatia 3–2 at Belgium Stadium in World Cup 2026. Doku opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Dokuassist Doku

15'

38'

Gvardiol

2H

⚽De Bruyneassist Onana

53'

Openda

55'

⇄Müller↓ Openda

62'

⇄Ferrari↓ Budimir

64'

⚽Kovačićassist Brozović

⚽Trossard

76'

⇄Marsh↓ Trossard

81'

⇄Hansen↓ Perišić

87'

⚽Perišić

Tielemans

87'

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 27, 2022 · 20:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance56,058 / 64,435 (87%)

RefereeS. Guida (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#18·

#7

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

Budimir

7.9

Lineups

BE 4-3-37.13Formation6.904-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

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

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 11Perišić6.3

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