Belgium – Croatia 3–2

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

Match report

Belgium beat Croatia 3–2 at Belgium Stadium in World Cup 2026. Trossard 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

⚽Trossardassist Trossard

16'

Doku

34'

2H

⚽Opendaassist De Bruyne

54'

⇄Petrov↓ Openda

63'

⇄Silva↓ Budimir

65'

⚽Budimirassist Kovačić

⚽De Bruyne

77'

⇄Müller↓ Trossard

82'

⇄Ferrari↓ Perišić

88'

⚽Kovačić

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 16, 2022 · 17:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance62,502 / 64,435 (97%)

RefereeS. Marciniak (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#13·

#2

Where to watch

BBCITV

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

Faes

7.8

Lineups

BE 4-3-36.88Formation6.844-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.0 2Castagne7.1 3Faes7.8 4Theate6.6 5De Cuyper6.4 6Onana7.1 7Tielemans6.3 8De Bruyne7.8 9Doku6.5 10Openda6.4 11Trossard6.7

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.6 2Stanišić6.9 3Gvardiol7.5 4Šutalo6.8 5Sosa6.6 6Brozović6.5 7Modrić6.8 8Kovačić6.3 9Majer6.9 10Budimir6.6 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