Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

8'

⚽De Bruyneassist Courtois

⚽Perišić

20'

31'

⚽Trossard

⚽Majerassist Šutalo

43'

2H

Stanišić

49'

⇄Weber↓ Budimir

62'

⇄Müller↓ Openda

⚽Kovačićassist Livaković

81'

⇄Johnson↓ Perišić

81'

⇄Marsh↓ Trossard

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 15, 2022 · 20:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance58,036 / 63,083 (92%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#16·

#5

Where to watch

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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

Courtois

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.40Formation7.144-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković6.8 2Stanišić7.8 3Gvardiol6.7 4Šutalo7.6 5Sosa7.5 6Brozović7.4 7Modrić7.6 8Kovačić7.2 9Majer7.8 10Budimir7.5 11Perišić7.5

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.9 2Castagne6.3 3Faes7.0 4Theate7.4 5De Cuyper7.2 6Onana6.3 7Tielemans7.1 8De Bruyne7.0 9Doku7.4 10Openda7.3 11Trossard7.6

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