Belgium – Croatia 3–2

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

Match report

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

Match events

1H

7'

⚽Perišićassist Gvardiol

⚽Doku

19'

30'

⚽Majer

35'

Perišić

⚽Tielemansassist Onana

42'

2H

Tielemans

52'

⚽Trossardassist Faes

80'

⇄Janssen↓ Trossard

80'

⇄Schmidt↓ Perišić

Theate

84'

⇄Johnson↓ Openda

89'

⇄Marsh↓ Budimir

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 18, 2022 · 19:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance57,347 / 64,435 (89%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#9·

#16

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

Kovačić

7.8

Lineups

BE 4-3-37.09Formation7.184-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.7 2Castagne7.0 3Faes7.7 4Theate7.3 5De Cuyper7.0 6Onana7.4 7Tielemans6.8 8De Bruyne7.2 9Doku7.3 10Openda7.2 11Trossard6.4

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.6 2Stanišić7.7 3Gvardiol6.9 4Šutalo7.2 5Sosa7.4 6Brozović7.5 7Modrić7.6 8Kovačić7.8 9Majer7.0 10Budimir6.9 11Perišić6.4

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