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Portugal vs Croatia: match report

Portugal hosted Croatia at BMO Field on Thursday 2 July 2026, in the World Cup. Espen Eskas is the referee.

Result and scorers

Portugal 2-1 Croatia. Goals: Ivan Perisic 53' for Croatia; Cristiano Ronaldo 68' (pen) for Portugal; Gonçalo Ramos 90'+4' for Portugal. Attendance: 43,036.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 17' Yellow card: Rúben Dias (Portugal)
  • 53' Goal: Ivan Perisic (Croatia) 0-1
  • 59' Yellow card: Luka Modric (Croatia)
  • 68' Penalty: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 1-1
  • 90'+4' Goal: Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal) 2-1
  • 90'+8' Yellow card: Ivan Perisic (Croatia)
Match stats (contains the result)
60.4%Possession39.6%
15Shots13
3Shots on target6
9Corners5
6Fouls12
1Offsides4
5Saves2
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Portugal 4-2-3-1

Coach: Roberto Martínez

  1. 1 Diogo Costa GK
  2. 20 João Cancelo DEF
  3. 3 Rúben Dias DEF
  4. 13 Renato Veiga DEF
  5. 25 Nuno Mendes DEF
  6. 15 João Neves MID
  7. 23 Vitinha MID
  8. 18 Pedro Neto FWD
  9. 8 Bruno Fernandes MID
  10. 17 Rafael Leão FWD
  11. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo FWD

Bench

  • 2 Nélson Semedo DEF
  • 10 Bernardo Silva MID
  • 26 Francisco Conceição MID
  • 9 Gonçalo Ramos FWD
  • 21 Rúben Neves MID
  • 12 José Sá GK
  • 22 Rui Silva GK
  • 5 Diogo Dalot DEF
  • 14 Gonçalo Inácio DEF
  • 6 Matheus Nunes DEF
  • 4 Tomás Araújo DEF
  • 24 Samú MID
  • 16 Trincão MID
  • 19 Gonçalo Guedes FWD
  • 11 Joao Félix FWD

Croatia 4-2-3-1

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

  1. 1 Dominik Livakovic GK
  2. 2 Josip Stanisic DEF
  3. 6 Josip Sutalo DEF
  4. 3 Marin Pongracic DEF
  5. 14 Ivan Perisic FWD
  6. 10 Luka Modric MID
  7. 8 Mateo Kovacic MID
  8. 13 Nikola Vlasic MID
  9. 17 Petar Sucic MID
  10. 16 Martin Baturina FWD
  11. 11 Ante Budimir FWD

Bench

  • 20 Igor Matanovic FWD
  • 15 Mario Pasalic MID
  • 4 Josko Gvardiol DEF
  • 9 Andrej Kramaric MID
  • 23 Dominik Kotarski GK
  • 12 Ivor Pandur GK
  • 5 Duje Caleta-Car DEF
  • 22 Luka Vuskovic DEF
  • 25 Martin Erlic DEF
  • 18 Kristijan Jakic MID
  • 21 Luka Sucic MID
  • 24 Marco Pasalic MID
  • 7 Nikola Moro MID
  • 19 Toni Fruk MID
  • 26 Petar Musa FWD
Previous meetings
  • Monday 18 November 2024: Croatia 1-1 Portugal
  • Thursday 5 September 2024: Portugal 2-1 Croatia
  • Saturday 8 June 2024: Portugal 1-2 Croatia
  • Tuesday 17 November 2020: Croatia 2-3 Portugal
  • Saturday 5 September 2020: Portugal 4-1 Croatia