Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. Perišić opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Perišićassist Stanišić

20'

23'

Openda

31'

⚽Trossardassist Castagne

Brozović

40'

⚽Majer

43'

2H

54'

⚽Doku

⚽Modrićassist Sosa

66'

Gvardiol

72'

⇄Janssen↓ Perišić

76'

⇄Schmidt↓ Trossard

⇄Johnson↓ Budimir

85'

⇄Marsh↓ Openda

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 2, 2022 · 19:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance53,621 / 63,083 (85%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

54Ball possession %46

2.4Expected goals (xG)1.9

13Total shots13

7Shots on target6

4Shots off target5

4Blocked shots2

8Corner kicks7

2Offsides4

9Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Sosa

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.06Formation7.154-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.8 2Stanišić6.7 3Gvardiol6.4 4Šutalo7.1 5Sosa7.9 6Brozović6.3 7Modrić6.9 8Kovačić7.9 9Majer6.4 10Budimir7.6 11Perišić7.7

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.2 2Castagne7.8 3Faes6.5 4Theate6.3 5De Cuyper7.2 6Onana7.2 7Tielemans7.9 8De Bruyne7.3 9Doku7.2 10Openda7.3 11Trossard6.8

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