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. Budimir opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Budimir

17'

28'

⚽Openda

⚽Kovačićassist Gvardiol

40'

2H

Livaković

70'

⚽Modrićassist Perišić

78'

⇄Bianchi↓ Perišić

78'

⇄Nielsen↓ Trossard

⇄Keller↓ Budimir

87'

⇄Costa↓ Openda

89'

⚽Tielemansassist Trossard

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 12, 2022 · 17:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance60,560 / 63,083 (96%)

RefereeS. Marciniak (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#13·

#2

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

Šutalo

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.03Formation7.394-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.2 2Stanišić6.6 3Gvardiol7.5 4Šutalo7.9 5Sosa6.3 6Brozović6.4 7Modrić6.5 8Kovačić6.8 9Majer7.6 10Budimir7.5 11Perišić7.0

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.3 2Castagne7.6 3Faes6.6 4Theate7.9 5De Cuyper7.7 6Onana6.3 7Tielemans7.4 8De Bruyne7.8 9Doku7.9 10Openda7.8 11Trossard7.0

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