Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

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

Match events

1H

⚽Perišićassist Majer

7'

18'

⚽Trossardassist Doku

⚽Majer

30'

Budimir

35'

41'

⚽Doku

2H

52'

Onana

⚽Modrićassist Livaković

53'

⇄Kovač↓ Perišić

63'

⇄Haas↓ Trossard

⇄Andersen↓ Budimir

72'

⇄Martin↓ Openda

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 21, 2022 · 18:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance50,466 / 63,083 (80%)

RefereeD. Orsato (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#8·

#15

Where to watch

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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

Perišić

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.14Formation7.054-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.4 2Stanišić7.5 3Gvardiol6.7 4Šutalo7.0 5Sosa7.2 6Brozović7.3 7Modrić7.4 8Kovačić7.6 9Majer6.8 10Budimir6.7 11Perišić7.9

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.5 2Castagne6.8 3Faes7.5 4Theate7.1 5De Cuyper6.8 6Onana7.2 7Tielemans6.6 8De Bruyne7.0 9Doku7.1 10Openda7.0 11Trossard7.9

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