Belgium – Croatia 3–2

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

Match report

Belgium beat Croatia 3–2 at Belgium Stadium in World Cup 2026. Tielemans opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Tielemans

14'

25'

⚽Modrić

⚽Opendaassist Onana

37'

2H

Theate

73'

⚽Dokuassist Faes

75'

⇄Costa↓ Trossard

75'

⇄Rossi↓ Perišić

⇄Schmidt↓ Openda

84'

⇄Novak↓ Budimir

86'

⚽Majerassist Gvardiol

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 15, 2022 · 18:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance57,347 / 64,435 (89%)

RefereeD. Orsato (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#10·

#17

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

57Ball possession %43

2.7Expected goals (xG)1.7

15Total shots10

7Shots on target5

6Shots off target3

2Blocked shots3

8Corner kicks6

2Offsides3

11Fouls11

3Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves4

555Passes477

79Pass accuracy %78

14Tackles18

Player of the match

De Cuyper

7.9

Lineups

BE 4-3-36.97Formation7.074-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

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

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

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

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