Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. Modrić opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Modrićassist Perišić

12'

29'

De Cuyper

2H

Livaković

46'

⚽Perišićassist Kovačić

50'

61'

⚽Trossardassist De Bruyne

⚽Majer

73'

Majer

78'

⇄Janssen↓ Perišić

78'

⇄Schmidt↓ Trossard

84'

⚽Doku

⇄Johnson↓ Budimir

87'

⇄Marsh↓ Openda

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 26, 2022 · 17:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance55,513 / 63,083 (88%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#9·

#16

Where to watch

BBCITV

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

Livaković

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.12Formation6.874-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.9 2Stanišić7.3 3Gvardiol6.5 4Šutalo6.9 5Sosa7.0 6Brozović7.1 7Modrić7.2 8Kovačić7.5 9Majer6.6 10Budimir6.5 11Perišić7.8

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.3 2Castagne6.6 3Faes7.3 4Theate6.9 5De Cuyper6.7 6Onana7.0 7Tielemans6.5 8De Bruyne6.9 9Doku6.9 10Openda6.8 11Trossard7.7

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