Portugal vs Croatia, Worldcup 2026 LAST 32
Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Espen Eskas (Norway)
- Assistant 1 Jan Erik Engan
- Assistant 2 Isaak Bashevkin
5 games this season
🟨 4.6/game
⚽ 12.4 goals/game
Standings
| # | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Czechia | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Canada | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Qatar | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Brazil | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Morocco | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Scotland | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Haiti | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | United States | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Australia | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Paraguay | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Turkey | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Germany | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Curacao | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | Japan | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | Sweden | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Belgium | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | Egypt | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | Iran | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Spain | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | Cape Verde Islands | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | France | 3 | 9 |
| 34 | Norway | 3 | 6 |
| 35 | Senegal | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | Iraq | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Argentina | 3 | 9 |
| 38 | Austria | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | Algeria | 3 | 4 |
| 40 | Jordan | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Colombia | 3 | 7 |
| 42 | Portugal | 3 | 5 |
| 43 | Congo DR | 3 | 4 |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | England | 3 | 7 |
| 46 | Croatia | 3 | 6 |
| 47 | Ghana | 3 | 4 |
| 48 | Panama | 3 | 0 |
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Season Stats
| Portugal | Croatia | |
|---|---|---|
| #42 | Position | #46 |
| 5 | Points | 6 |
| 3 | Played | 3 |
| 1 / 2 / 0 | W / D / L | 2 / 0 / 1 |
| 6 | Scored | 5 |
| 1 | Conceded | 5 |
| +5 | GD | +0 |
| 1.67 | PPG | 2.00 |
| 33% | Win % | 67% |
Key Stats
50%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
H2H (4 games)
25%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
40%
Clean Sheets
Portugal this season
Portugal this season
25%
Clean Sheets
Croatia this season
Croatia this season
Portugal are 42nd (5 pts). Croatia are 46th (6 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Portugal
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
1/–
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Croatia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
3/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
–/2
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Portugal
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 3 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' Three points are at stake. Portugal host Croatia — let the battle begin!
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' Portugal is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Portugal have won 47 goals from 125 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
- 17' Ruben Dias was booked on 17.
- 22' A quiet spell here at BMO Field. Portugal seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
- 27' Portugal has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
- 32' Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 32.
- 37' Ruben Neves is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portugal so far.
- 42' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portugal and Croatia are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
- 46' Igor Matanovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ante Budimir on 46 minute.
- 51' Portugal currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
- 53' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ivan Perisic makes it 0-1.
- 58' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
- 59' Croatia receives a card for a hard tackle on 59.
- 62' Portugal make a change. Vitinha trudges off to be replaced by Bernardo Silva on 62 minutes.
- 63' Portugal make a change. Pedro Neto trudges off to be replaced by Francisco Conceicao on 63 minutes.
- 68' Against the run of play, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored! This game has turned on its head.
- 68' Fresh legs for Croatia! Mario Pasalic comes on to replace Martin Baturina.
- 73' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portugal side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
- 78' It looks surprising Portugal does not make any changes. Renato Veiga has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 81' Fresh legs for Portugal! Ruben Neves comes on to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 86' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Portugal winning 100% of all matches.
- 90' Another change for Croatia made on 90 minute. Nikola Vlasic leaves to be changed by Josko Gvardiol.
- 90' The referee has no hesitation. Ivan Perisic is booked for Croatia — card on 90.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portugal players.
Lineups
Portugal Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 17
-
7
Cristiano Ronaldo ↓ Ruben Neves 81'
-
20
Joao Cancelo ↓ Goncalo Ramos 63'
- 18
-
8
Bruno Fernandes ↓ Nelson Semedo 63'
- 3
- 1
- 25
-
23
Vitinha ↓ Bernardo Silva 62'
- 13
- 15
Bench
-
10
Bernardo Silva ↑ 62'
- 5
-
21
Ruben Neves ↑ 81'
- 19
-
2
Nelson Semedo ↑ 63'
- 6
- 22
- 12
- 11
- 16
- 24
-
9
Goncalo Ramos ↑ 63'
- 14
-
26
Francisco Conceicao ↑ 63'
- 4
Coach
Roberto Martínez
Croatia Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
-
8
Mateo Kovacic ↓ Andrej Kramaric 90'
- 10
-
11
Ante Budimir ↓ Igor Matanovic 46'
- 14
- 1
- 3
-
13
Nikola Vlasic ↓ Josko Gvardiol 90'
- 6
- 17
- 2
-
16
Martin Baturina ↓ Mario Pasalic 68'
Bench
- 23
- 5
-
9
Andrej Kramaric ↑ 90'
-
15
Mario Pasalic ↑ 68'
- 25
- 12
- 7
-
4
Josko Gvardiol ↑ 90'
- 26
- 18
- 21
-
20
Igor Matanovic ↑ 46'
- 24
- 22
- 19
Coach
Zlatko Dalić
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ricardo Quaresma | 1 |
| Ricardo Quaresma | 1 |
| Ivan Perisic | 1 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 1 |
| Goncalo Ramos | 1 |
Head to Head
Portugal Form
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.33
Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.69
Croatia xG
I would bet for:
Portugal to win 69% + Over 2.5 goals 57%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Portugal win
Both Teams to Score
✗ Wrong
Avg goals/match: 3.02
Actual: Yes — both scored
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 94% |
|
6% |
| ± 1.5 | 80% |
|
20% |
| ± 2.5 | 57% |
|
43% |
| ± 3.5 | 35% |
|
65% |
| ± 4.5 | 19% |
|
81% |
Double Chance
Portugal or Draw
88%
Draw or Croatia
31%
Portugal or Croatia
81%
Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
2 – 0
13.1%
1 – 0
11.1%
3 – 0
9.9%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
8.5%
3 – 1
6.9%
0 – 0
6.4%
4 – 0
5.8%
4 – 1
4.1%
2 – 2
3%
5 – 0
2.8%
0 – 1
2.8%
Asian Handicap — Portugal
| Handicap | Portugal covers | Push | Croatia covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 29% | — | 71% |
| -2 | 29% | 22% | 50% |
| -1.5 | 50% | — | 50% |
| -1 | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| -0.5 | 73% | — | 27% |
| +0.5 | 91% | — | 9% |
| +1 | 91% | 6% | 2% |
| +1.5 | 98% | — | 2% |
| +2 | 98% | 2% | 0% |
| +2.5 | 100% | — | 0% |
Clean Sheet
Portugal keeps clean sheet
51%
✗
Croatia keeps clean sheet
11%
✓
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.