Belgium – Croatia 3–2

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

Match report

Belgium beat Croatia 3–2 at Belgium Stadium in World Cup 2026. De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽De Bruyneassist Castagne

7'

Trossard

25'

⚽Tielemansassist Openda

45'

2H

56'

⚽Modrićassist Budimir

⚽Openda

68'

⇄Silva↓ Trossard

73'

⇄Dubois↓ Perišić

79'

⚽Budimir

⇄García↓ Openda

82'

⇄Vidić↓ Budimir

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 11, 2022 · 20:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance56,058 / 64,435 (87%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#16·

#5

Where to watch

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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

Modrić

7.8

Lineups

BE 4-3-36.86Formation7.204-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.4 2Castagne7.1 3Faes7.5 4Theate7.3 5De Cuyper6.4 6Onana6.4 7Tielemans7.2 8De Bruyne6.6 9Doku6.4 10Openda6.5 11Trossard7.7

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.7 2Stanišić7.6 3Gvardiol7.3 4Šutalo6.3 5Sosa7.1 6Brozović7.2 7Modrić7.8 8Kovačić7.1 9Majer7.3 10Budimir6.8 11Perišić7.0

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