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. Modrić opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

Budimir

22'

⚽Modrićassist Brozović

32'

43'

⚽Tielemansassist Onana

2H

Modrić

54'

⚽Budimir

55'

66'

⚽Openda

⇄Costa↓ Budimir

69'

⇄Rossi↓ Openda

71'

Faes

⚽Kovačićassist Majer

78'

⇄Nielsen↓ Perišić

88'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Trossard

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 2, 2022 · 19:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance47,312 / 63,083 (75%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

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

Gvardiol

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.30Formation7.064-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.6 2Stanišić6.4 3Gvardiol7.9 4Šutalo6.9 5Sosa7.7 6Brozović7.8 7Modrić6.7 8Kovačić7.6 9Majer7.8 10Budimir7.4 11Perišić7.5

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.9 2Castagne7.6 3Faes6.3 4Theate7.8 5De Cuyper6.9 6Onana6.9 7Tielemans7.7 8De Bruyne7.1 9Doku6.9 10Openda7.0 11Trossard6.6

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