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. Openda opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5, while Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

10'

⚽Opendaassist De Bruyne

⚽Kovačić

22'

33'

⚽De Bruyne

⚽Perišićassist Perišić

45'

Majer

45'

2H

62'

De Cuyper

⇄Bianchi↓ Budimir

64'

⇄Nielsen↓ Openda

Livaković

79'

⚽Budimirassist Kovačić

83'

⇄Almeida↓ Perišić

83'

⇄Pereira↓ Trossard

Momentum

HR

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

BE

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 5, 2022 · 18:00

VenueCroatia Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance53,621 / 63,083 (85%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#18·

#7

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

Castagne

7.9

Lineups

HR 4-3-37.33Formation7.364-3-3 BE

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

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

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.8 2Castagne7.9 3Faes6.9 4Theate7.4 5De Cuyper7.2 6Onana7.9 7Tielemans7.0 8De Bruyne6.9 9Doku7.3 10Openda7.2 11Trossard7.5

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