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 13th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Perišić

13'

24'

⚽Trossard

⚽Majerassist Kovačić

36'

Brozović

42'

2H

59'

Castagne

⚽Kovačićassist Sosa

74'

⇄Andersen↓ Perišić

74'

⇄Martin↓ Trossard

Majer

76'

⇄Lopez↓ Budimir

83'

⇄Almeida↓ Openda

85'

⚽De Bruyneassist De Cuyper

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 22, 2022 · 17:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance56,775 / 63,083 (90%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#9·

#16

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

Castagne

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.14Formation7.014-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.4 2Stanišić6.9 3Gvardiol7.8 4Šutalo6.4 5Sosa6.6 6Brozović6.7 7Modrić6.8 8Kovačić7.0 9Majer7.8 10Budimir7.8 11Perišić7.3

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.5 2Castagne7.9 3Faes6.8 4Theate6.4 5De Cuyper7.9 6Onana6.6 7Tielemans7.7 8De Bruyne6.4 9Doku6.4 10Openda6.3 11Trossard7.2

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