Croatia – Belgium 3–2

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

Match report

Croatia beat Belgium 3–2 at Croatia Stadium in World Cup 2026. Trossard opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

7'

⚽Trossard

⚽Majerassist Sosa

19'

2H

⚽Kovačićassist Stanišić

57'

Gvardiol

61'

⇄Weber↓ Budimir

66'

⇄Müller↓ Openda

68'

⚽De Bruyneassist Castagne

⚽Perišić

80'

⇄Johnson↓ Perišić

85'

⇄Marsh↓ Trossard

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 3, 2022 · 20:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance52,990 / 63,083 (84%)

RefereeS. Guida (Ita)

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

Kovačić

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-36.89Formation6.934-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

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

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

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

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