Portugal vs Croatia: World Cup Clash Recap and Highlights

Portugal ✓

2–1Match Finished

HT 0–0

Croatia

Match Summary

In a captivating World Cup encounter, Portugal faced Croatia on July 2, 2026. The match showcased intense competition, with both teams striving for dominance. Portugal utilized their home advantage to control the game, while Croatia fought hard to equalize. The final score reflected Portugal's strong performance, marking a notable moment in their World Cup journey.

Match Events

17'Rúben Dias Foul Portugal
46'A. Budimir (I. Matanovic) Croatia
53'I. Perisic Croatia
59'Luka Modrić Foul Croatia
61'Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
62'Vitinha (B. Silva) Portugal
63'B. Fernandes (N. Semedo) Portugal
63'J. Cancelo (G. Ramos) Portugal
63'P. Neto (F. Conceicao) Portugal
67'Renato Veiga Portugal
68'M. Baturina (M. Pasalic) Croatia
68'C. Ronaldo (Penalty) Portugal
81'C. Ronaldo (R. Neves) Portugal
90+8'Ivan Perišić Off the ball foul Croatia
90+16'Joško Gvardiol Croatia
90+6'M. Kovacic (A. Kramaric) Croatia
90+2'N. Vlasic (J. Gvardiol) Croatia
90'G. Ramos (R. Leao) Portugal

Statistics

Portugal		Croatia
3	Shots on Goal	6
8	Shots off Goal	5
15	Total Shots	13
4	Blocked Shots	2
10	Shots insidebox	10
5	Shots outsidebox	3
6	Fouls	12
9	Corner Kicks	5
1	Offsides	4
61%	Ball Possession	39%
1	Yellow Cards	2
	Red Cards
5	Goalkeeper Saves	2
584	Total passes	368
532	Passes accurate	311
91%	Passes %	85%
2.18	expected_goals	1.34
-0.45	goals_prevented	-0.45

Lineups

Portugal 4-2-3-1

1D. Costa

25N. Mendes

13R. Veiga

3R. Dias

20J. Cancelo

23Vitinha

15J. Neves

17R. Leao

8B. Fernandes

18P. Neto

7C. Ronaldo

1 D. Costa G
20 J. Cancelo D
3 R. Dias D
13 R. Veiga D
25 N. Mendes D
15 J. Neves M
23 Vitinha M
18 P. Neto M
8 B. Fernandes M
17 R. Leao M
7 C. Ronaldo F

Substitutes

12 J. Sa G
22 R. Silva G
19 G. Guedes F
2 N. Semedo D
5 D. Dalot D
9 G. Ramos F
14 G. Inacio D
24 Samu Costa M
6 M. Nunes M
10 B. Silva M
21 R. Neves M
11 Joao Felix F
16 Trincao F
4 T. Araujo D
26 F. Conceicao F

Coach: Roberto Martinez

Croatia 4-2-3-1

1D. Livakovic

14I. Perisic

3M. Pongracic

8M. Kovacic

13N. Vlasic

1 D. Livakovic G
2 J. Stanisic D
6 J. Sutalo D
3 M. Pongracic D
14 I. Perisic D
10 L. Modric M
8 M. Kovacic M
13 N. Vlasic M
17 P. Sucic M
16 M. Baturina M
11 A. Budimir F

Substitutes

23 D. Kotarski G
12 I. Pandur G
9 A. Kramaric F
5 D. Caleta-Car D
7 N. Moro M
25 M. Erlic D
18 K. Jakic M
21 L. Sucic M
4 J. Gvardiol D
24 M. Pasalic F
20 I. Matanovic F
15 M. Pasalic M
26 P. Musa F
19 T. Fruk M
22 L. Vuskovic D

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Player Stats

Top Rated: Gonçalo Ramos (highest match rating)

Portugal

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Rating
Diogo Costa	G	90'	—	0	7.7
João Cancelo	D	63'	—	0	6.7
Rúben Dias	D	90'	—	0	7.5
Renato Veiga	D	90'	—	0	7
Nuno Mendes	D	90'	—	0	7.7
João Neves	M	90'	—	0	7
Vitinha	M	62'	—	0	7.2
Pedro Neto	M	63'	—	0	6.2
Bruno Fernandes	M	63'	—	0	6.6
Rafael Leão	M	90'	—	1	6.5
Cristiano Ronaldo	F	81'	1	0	7.2
Nélson Semedo sub	D	27'	—	0	6.9
Bernardo Silva sub	M	28'	—	0	6.5
Francisco Conceição sub	F	27'	—	0	6.7
Gonçalo Ramos ★ Top Rated sub	F	27'	1	0	7.9
Rúben Neves sub	M	9'	—	0	6.6
José Sá sub	G	—	—	—	—
Rui Silva sub	G	—	—	—	—
Tomás Araújo sub	D	—	—	—	—
Matheus Nunes sub	M	—	—	—	—
Gonçalo Inácio sub	D	—	—	—	—
Diogo Dalot sub	D	—	—	—	—
Francisco Trincão sub	F	—	—	—	—
Gonçalo Guedes sub	F	—	—	—	—
Samú Costa sub	M	—	—	—	—
João Félix sub	F	—	—	—	—

Full player stats

Player	Shots (on/tot)	Passes (tot/key/acc%)	Tackles	Duels (won/tot)	Dribbles (succ/att)	Fouls (drawn/comm)	Cards (Y/R)
Diogo Costa	—	13/–/10%	—	—	—	—	0/0
João Cancelo	–/1	31/1/27%	4	6/10	1/1	–/1	0/0
Rúben Dias	—	94/–/86%	3	10/14	—	2/2	1/0
Renato Veiga	–/2	67/–/65%	—	4/7	—	1/1	0/0
Nuno Mendes	—	60/4/53%	2	8/15	3/4	2/–	0/0
João Neves	–/1	51/1/47%	5	7/10	1/2	1/1	0/0
Vitinha	—	75/–/70%	2	7/9	2/3	3/1	0/0
Pedro Neto	—	28/–/26%	1	1/4	–/2	—	0/0
Bruno Fernandes	1/1	31/–/28%	1	3/6	–/2	2/–	0/0
Rafael Leão	–/2	52/2/47%	—	1/8	1/6	—	0/0
Cristiano Ronaldo	1/1	22/–/21%	1	1/1	—	—	0/0
Nélson Semedo	—	15/1/14%	—	2/5	1/1	1/–	0/0
Bernardo Silva	—	11/–/8%	—	–/2	–/1	—	0/0
Francisco Conceição	–/1	10/–/8%	—	—	—	—	0/0
Gonçalo Ramos	1/2	11/–/10%	—	3/4	1/1	—	0/0
Rúben Neves	—	13/–/12%	—	–/1	—	—	0/0
José Sá	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Rui Silva	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Tomás Araújo	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Matheus Nunes	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Gonçalo Inácio	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Diogo Dalot	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Francisco Trincão	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Gonçalo Guedes	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Samú Costa	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
João Félix	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0

Croatia

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Rating
Dominik Livaković	G	90'	—	0	6.5
Josip Stanišić	D	90'	—	0	6.3
Josip Šutalo	D	90'	—	0	6.6
Marin Pongračić	D	90'	—	0	6.2
Ivan Perišić	D	90'	1	0	7.9
Luka Modrić	M	90'	—	0	6.9
Mateo Kovačić	M	89'	—	0	7.2
Nikola Vlašić	M	89'	—	0	6.2
Petar Sučić	M	90'	—	0	6.5
Martin Baturina	M	68'	—	0	6.5
Ante Budimir	F	45'	—	0	6.5
Igor Matanović sub	F	45'	—	0	6.2
Mario Pašalić sub	M	22'	—	0	6.5
Joško Gvardiol sub	D	17'	—	0	6.3
Andrej Kramarić sub	F	13'	—	0	6.3
Ivor Pandur sub	G	—	—	—	—
Dominik Kotarski sub	G	—	—	—	—
Duje Ćaleta-Car sub	D	—	—	—	—
Luka Vušković sub	D	—	—	—	—
Martin Erlić sub	D	—	—	—	—
Nikola Moro sub	M	—	—	—	—
Marco Pašalić sub	F	—	—	—	—
Toni Fruk sub	M	—	—	—	—
Luka Sučić sub	M	—	—	—	—
Kristijan Jakić sub	M	—	—	—	—
Petar Musa sub	F	—	—	—	—

Full player stats

Player	Shots (on/tot)	Passes (tot/key/acc%)	Tackles	Duels (won/tot)	Dribbles (succ/att)	Fouls (drawn/comm)	Cards (Y/R)
Dominik Livaković	—	27/–/26%	—	—	—	—	0/0
Josip Stanišić	—	26/–/22%	1	4/5	2/2	—	0/0
Josip Šutalo	—	34/–/27%	2	3/4	—	1/–	0/0
Marin Pongračić	—	58/–/47%	1	1/4	—	—	0/0
Ivan Perišić	1/1	25/–/22%	3	5/9	—	1/1	1/0
Luka Modrić	—	52/2/45%	3	3/9	—	–/2	1/0
Mateo Kovačić	3/3	52/–/49%	1	3/5	1/1	1/1	0/0
Nikola Vlašić	–/1	15/2/11%	7	7/13	—	–/2	0/0
Petar Sučić	1/1	39/2/31%	3	4/13	–/2	1/3	0/0
Martin Baturina	—	14/1/12%	—	1/3	1/1	—	0/0
Ante Budimir	–/2	1/–/–	—	4/9	—	2/1	0/0
Igor Matanović	1/2	6/2/6%	1	3/16	1/1	–/2	0/0
Mario Pašalić	–/1	10/1/7%	1	4/5	—	—	0/0
Joško Gvardiol	—	7/–/5%	—	—	—	—	0/0
Andrej Kramarić	—	2/–/1%	—	—	—	—	0/0
Ivor Pandur	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Dominik Kotarski	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Duje Ćaleta-Car	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Luka Vušković	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Martin Erlić	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Nikola Moro	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Marco Pašalić	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Toni Fruk	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Luka Sučić	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Kristijan Jakić	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Petar Musa	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0

Match Info

Competition: World Cup
Round: Round of 32
Venue: BMO Field, Toronto
Referee: Espen Eskas, Norway