Portugal 2:1 Croatia: World Cup Match Result

World Cup

Portugal DWDWLW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 3 Jul, 00:00 BST

Croatia WLWWLW

Venue: Estádio Nacional City: Oeiras

In the World Cup game on 3 July 2026, Portugal beat Croatia 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 3:6, corners 9:5.

Key numbers

Possession, % 60 – 40

Shots on target 3 – 6

Shots off target 8 – 5

Expected goals 2.20 – 1.34

🟨 17' R. Dias — Yellow card ⇄ 46' A. Budimir — Substitution ⚽ 53' I. Perisic — Goal 🟨 59' L. Modric — Yellow card 61' C. Ronaldo — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside ⇄ 62' Vitinha — Substitution ⇄ 63' P. Neto — Substitution ⇄ 63' B. Fernandes — Substitution ⇄ 63' J. Cancelo — Substitution ⚽ 68' C. Ronaldo — Penalty ⇄ 68' M. Baturina — Substitution 81' P. Sucic — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside ⇄ 81' C. Ronaldo — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' N. Vlasic — Substitution ⚽ 90+4' G. Ramos — Goal ⇄ 90+6' M. Kovacic — Substitution 🟨 90+8' I. Perisic — Yellow card 90+13' J. Gvardiol — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside

Match events

17' 0:0 Portugal Yellow card R. Dias
46' 0:0 Croatia Substitution A. Budimir off: I. Matanovic
53' 0:1 Croatia Goal I. Perisic
59' 0:1 Croatia Yellow card L. Modric
61' 0:1 Portugal var_goal_cancelled_-_offside C. Ronaldo
62' 0:1 Portugal Substitution Vitinha off: B. Silva
63' 0:1 Portugal Substitution P. Neto off: F. Conceicao
63' 0:1 Portugal Substitution B. Fernandes off: N. Semedo
63' 0:1 Portugal Substitution J. Cancelo off: G. Ramos
68' 1:1 Portugal Penalty C. Ronaldo
68' 1:1 Croatia Substitution M. Baturina off: M. Pasalic
81' 1:1 Croatia var_goal_cancelled_-_offside P. Sucic
81' 1:1 Portugal Substitution C. Ronaldo off: R. Neves
90+2' 1:1 Croatia Substitution N. Vlasic off: J. Gvardiol
90+4' 2:1 Portugal Goal G. Ramos assist: R. Leao
90+6' 2:1 Croatia Substitution M. Kovacic off: A. Kramaric
90+8' 2:1 Croatia Yellow card I. Perisic
90+13' 2:1 Croatia var_goal_cancelled_-_offside J. Gvardiol

Statistics

60 Possession, % 40

3 Shots on target 6

8 Shots off target 5

2.20 Expected goals 1.34

3 Big chances 4

9 Corners 5

6 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 6

1 Offsides 4

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

7 Goal kicks 14

9 Throw-ins 14

All statistics

12/2060% Aerial duels 8/2040%

92 Backward passes 68

4 Blocked shots 2

19 Clearances 19

6/2030% Crosses 7/2232%

12/2548% Dribbles 6/875%

1.04 Expected assists 1.01

52 Failed passes 58

5 Goalkeeper saves 2

5 Interceptions 10

9 Key passes 10

19/3949% Long passes 18/4243%

125 Passes into the final third 57

380 Passes in the opposition half 186

225 Passes in own half 206

0.20 Shot accuracy 0.46

5 Shots from outside the box 3

10 Shots inside the box 10

9/1947% Tackles 11/2250%

585 Total passes 370

Line-ups

Portugal

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Diogo Costa	1
3	Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias	3
13	Renato da Palma Veiga	13
20	João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo	20
25	Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes	25
8	Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes	8
15	João Pedro Gonçalves Neves	15
17	Rafael Alexandre da Conceição Leão	17
18	Pedro Lomba Neto	18
23	Vitinha	23
7	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro	7

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	José Pedro Malheiro de Sá	12
22	Rui Silva	22
2	Nélson Cabral Semedo	2
4	Tomás Lemos Araújo	4
5	José Diogo Dalot Teixeira	5
14	Gonçalo Bernardo Inácio	14
6	Matheus Luiz Nunes	6
10	Bernardo Silva	10
21	Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves	21
24	Samuel de Almeida Costa	24
9	Gonçalo Ramos	9
11	João Félix	11
16	Francisco António Machado Mota de Castro Trincão	16
19	Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes	19
26	Francisco Fernandes da Conceição	26

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Croatia

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Dominik Livaković	1
2	Josip Stanišić	2
3	Marin Pongračić	3
6	Josip Šutalo	6
14	Ivan Perišić	14
8	Mateo Kovačić	8
10	Luka Modrić	10
13	Nikola Vlašić	13
16	Martin Baturina	16
17	Petar Sučić	17
11	Ante Budimir	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Ivor Pandur	12
23	Dominik Kotarski	23
4	Joško Gvardiol	4
5	Duje Ćaleta-Car	5
22	L. Vuskovic	22
25	Martin Erlić	25
7	Nikola Moro	7
15	Mario Pasalic	15
18	Kristijan Jakić	18
19	Toni Fruk	19
21	Luka Sučić	21
9	Andrej Kramarić	9
20	Igor Matanović	20
24	Marco Pasalic	24
26	Petar Musa	26