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. De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽De Bruyneassist Trossard

11'

Doku

23'

40'

Sosa

2H

⚽Tielemansassist De Bruyne

49'

60'

⚽Modrićassist Kovačić

⚽Openda

72'

⇄Petrov↓ Trossard

77'

⇄Silva↓ Perišić

83'

⚽Budimir

⇄Walsh↓ Openda

86'

⇄García↓ Budimir

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 13, 2022 · 20:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance56,703 / 64,435 (88%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#8·

#15

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

Kovačić

7.8

Lineups

BE 4-3-37.00Formation7.104-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.6 2Castagne6.9 3Faes7.6 4Theate7.2 5De Cuyper7.0 6Onana7.3 7Tielemans6.7 8De Bruyne7.1 9Doku7.2 10Openda7.1 11Trossard6.3

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.5 2Stanišić7.6 3Gvardiol6.8 4Šutalo7.2 5Sosa7.3 6Brozović7.4 7Modrić7.5 8Kovačić7.8 9Majer6.9 10Budimir6.8 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