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. Openda opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Opendaassist Doku

8'

19'

⚽Budimirassist Majer

Openda

24'

⚽De Bruyne

31'

41'

Brozović

42'

⚽Kovačić

2H

⚽Trossardassist Courtois

54'

Castagne

58'

⇄Ferrari↓ Trossard

64'

⇄Weber↓ Perišić

⇄Silva↓ Openda

73'

⇄Dubois↓ Budimir

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 8, 2022 · 19:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance51,548 / 64,435 (80%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#9·

#16

Where to watch

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Statistics

53Ball possession %47

2.8Expected goals (xG)1.8

13Total shots12

6Shots on target6

5Shots off target4

3Blocked shots3

7Corner kicks7

1Offsides4

10Fouls12

3Yellow cards2

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves3

495Passes501

80Pass accuracy %77

15Tackles18

Player of the match

Courtois

7.9

Lineups

BE 4-3-36.92Formation7.014-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.9 2Castagne6.5 3Faes7.2 4Theate6.8 5De Cuyper6.6 6Onana6.9 7Tielemans6.4 8De Bruyne6.7 9Doku6.8 10Openda6.7 11Trossard7.6

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.8 2Stanišić7.2 3Gvardiol6.4 4Šutalo6.8 5Sosa6.9 6Brozović7.0 7Modrić7.1 8Kovačić7.4 9Majer6.5 10Budimir6.4 11Perišić7.6

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