Round of 32• 3 Jul 2026

Portugal 2–1 Croatia

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Goals

53'

68'

90+4'

Assist: R. Leao

Match Recap

Portugal beat Croatia 2–1 in the World Cup (Round of 32) on 3 July 2026. Portugal saw more of the ball with 61% possession, and Portugal had 15 shots (3 on target) to Croatia's 13 (6 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 2.18 for Portugal and 1.34 for Croatia. The goals came from I. Perisic 53', C. Ronaldo 68', G. Ramos 90+4'. Portugal move up to 5 points in World Cup, having won 2 of their last 5. Relive the Portugal vs Croatia World Cup highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Portugal

VS

Croatia

61% Ball Possession 39%

2.18 Expected goals (xG) 1.34

15 Total Shots 13

3 Shots on target 6

8 Shots off target 5

4 Blocked Shots 2

10 Shots inside box 10

5 Shots outside box 3

9 Corner Kicks 5

1 Offsides 4

6 Fouls 12

1 Yellow Cards 2

— Red Cards —

5 Goalkeeper Saves 2

584 Total passes 368

532 Accurate passes 311

91% Pass accuracy 85%

-0.45 Goals prevented -0.45

Lineups

Portugal

Roberto Martinez 4-2-3-1

VS

Croatia

Zlatko Dalic 4-2-3-1

1Costa

25Mendes 13Veiga 3Dias 20Cancelo

23Vitinha 15Neves

17Leão 8Fernandes 18Neto

7Ronaldo

11Budimir

16Baturina 17Sučić 13Vlašić

8Kovačić 10Modrić

14Perišić

3Pongračić

6Šutalo

2Stanišić

1Livaković

Substitutes — Portugal

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

Substitutes — Croatia

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