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. Budimir opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

6'

⚽Budimir

⚽De Bruyneassist Tielemans

18'

De Cuyper

30'

2H

47'

Livaković

⚽Tielemansassist Theate

56'

De Bruyne

64'

⇄Costa↓ Openda

65'

⇄Rossi↓ Budimir

67'

⚽Modrićassist Šutalo

Trossard

78'

⚽Openda

79'

⇄Nielsen↓ Trossard

84'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Perišić

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 6, 2022 · 19:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance57,991 / 64,435 (90%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

Where to watch

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Statistics

55Ball possession %45

2.5Expected goals (xG)2

15Total shots12

8Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

9Corner kicks6

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

1Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Tielemans

7.9

Lineups

BE 4-3-36.96Formation6.924-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois6.9 2Castagne7.0 3Faes7.7 4Theate6.5 5De Cuyper6.3 6Onana7.1 7Tielemans7.9 8De Bruyne7.8 9Doku6.4 10Openda6.4 11Trossard6.6

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.5 2Stanišić6.8 3Gvardiol7.4 4Šutalo6.7 5Sosa6.5 6Brozović6.5 7Modrić6.7 8Kovačić7.9 9Majer6.9 10Budimir6.6 11Perišić6.6

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