Belgium – Croatia 3–2

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

Match report

Belgium beat Croatia 3–2 at Belgium Stadium in World Cup 2026. Perišić opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

16'

⚽Perišić

⚽Dokuassist Onana

28'

Theate

40'

2H

⚽De Bruyneassist Faes

66'

⇄Romano↓ Trossard

66'

⇄Andersen↓ Perišić

⇄Pereira↓ Openda

75'

⇄Lopez↓ Budimir

77'

⚽Kovačićassist Gvardiol

⚽Trossard

89'

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 6, 2022 · 17:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance50,904 / 64,435 (79%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#7·

#14

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

56Ball possession %44

2.6Expected goals (xG)2.1

16Total shots10

8Shots on target4

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots2

9Corner kicks5

3Offsides2

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Modrić

7.9

Lineups

BE 4-3-37.25Formation7.194-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.0 2Castagne7.3 3Faes6.3 4Theate7.6 5De Cuyper7.4 6Onana7.7 7Tielemans7.2 8De Bruyne7.5 9Doku7.6 10Openda7.5 11Trossard6.7

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.9 2Stanišić6.3 3Gvardiol7.2 4Šutalo7.6 5Sosa7.7 6Brozović7.8 7Modrić7.9 8Kovačić6.5 9Majer7.3 10Budimir7.2 11Perišić6.7

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