Sunday , 16 August 2026

Portugal vs Croatia, Worldcup 2026 LAST 32

FIFA World Cup · 2026
Portugal
2 – 1
Full Time
Croatia
Thu 2 Jul 2026 · 23:00 UTC BMO Field 43,036 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 53' Ivan Perisic
Cristiano Ronaldo pen 68' 1–1
Goncalo Ramos 90+4' 2–1
Ruben Dias 17' Y
Y 59' Luka Modric
Y 90' Ivan Perisic

Overview

Match Preview

Portugal vs Croatia — Worldcup at BMO Field.

Match Details

  • Referee Espen Eskas (Norway)
  • Assistant 1 Jan Erik Engan
  • Assistant 2 Isaak Bashevkin
10 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.1 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 Curaçao 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

3
1
Portugal 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals Croatia
Last 5 meetings
2026-07-02 Portugal 2–1 Croatia 2018-03-17 Portugal 1–1 Croatia 2017-09-30 Croatia 0–2 Portugal 2016-06-25 Croatia 0–1 Portugal

Recent Form

Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Jul Croatia H 2–1 W
27 Jun Colombia A 0–0 D
23 Jun Uzbekistan H 5–0 W
17 Jun Congo DR H 1–1 D
05 Jul France H 3–5 L
01 Jul Slovenia H 3–0 W
Croatia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Jul Portugal A 1–2 L
27 Jun Ghana H 2–1 W
23 Jun Panama A 1–0 W
17 Jun England A 2–4 L
24 Jun Italy H 1–1 D
19 Jun Albania H 2–2 D

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)
25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
40% Clean Sheets
Portugal this season
25% Clean Sheets
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' Temperatures are rising at BMO Field as Portugal face off against Croatia in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Portugal and Croatia are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 15' Portugal are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Croatia's 4-2-3-1 shape.
  • 17' The referee shows Portugal player a card on 17.
  • 22' It’s high time Zlatko Dalić made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 27' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 32' Portugal has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 37' Portugal seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 42' Croatia international Josko Gvardiol has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 46' Igor Matanovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ante Budimir on 46 minute.
  • 51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Dominik Livakovic is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Croatia.
  • 53' GOAL! Ivan Perisic scores on 53. Assisted by Josip Stanisic
  • 58' Croatia is showing some good football. However, Croatia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 59' Controversy at the stadium! Luka Modric argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 62' The Portugal manager makes a substitution. Vitinha departs to be replaced by Bernardo Silva.
  • 63' Fresh legs for Portugal! Francisco Conceicao comes on to replace Pedro Neto.
  • 68' Cristiano Ronaldo does the damage! The net is bulging and Portugal surge ahead!
  • 68' Another substitution for Croatia to replace Martin Baturina by Mario Pasalic on 68 minute.
  • 73' Supporters expect more eagerness from Diogo Costa, as he is very good at scoring at BMO Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 78' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Croatia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 81' Another substitution for Portugal to replace Cristiano Ronaldo by Ruben Neves on 81 minute.
  • 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' That looks like a foul for a card for Ivan Perisic.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roberto Martínez

Croatia Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Zlatko Dalić

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

✓ Correct
Portugal69% Draw19% Croatia12%
Actual: Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes45% 0% No55%
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

✗ Wrong
Portugal52% Draw39% Croatia9%
Actual: 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.