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. De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Belgium have 3 wins in their last 5, while Croatia have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽De Bruyneassist Courtois

17'

Openda

35'

2H

52'

Brozović

⚽Tielemansassist Doku

55'

⇄Walsh↓ Openda

64'

⇄García↓ Budimir

66'

⚽Modrićassist Majer

⚽Openda

78'

⇄Petrov↓ Trossard

83'

⇄Silva↓ Perišić

89'

⚽Budimir

Momentum

BE

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

HR

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 25, 2022 · 18:00

VenueBelgium Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance52,837 / 64,435 (82%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#2·

#9

Where to watch

BBCITV

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

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Livaković

7.9

Lineups

BE 4-3-36.93Formation7.184-3-3 HR

Belgium

Coach: R. Garcia · 4-3-3

1Courtois7.3 2Castagne7.5 3Faes6.4 4Theate6.9 5De Cuyper6.7 6Onana7.5 7Tielemans6.6 8De Bruyne6.5 9Doku6.9 10Openda6.8 11Trossard7.1

Croatia

Coach: Z. Dalić · 4-3-3

1Livaković7.9 2Stanišić7.2 3Gvardiol7.9 4Šutalo7.1 5Sosa6.9 6Brozović6.9 7Modrić7.1 8Kovačić6.7 9Majer7.3 10Budimir7.0 11Perišić7.0

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