Croatia 1-2 Spain: result and report
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Liga das Nações · 06 Oct, 18:45 UTC · Stadion Poljud · Attendance: 32,690
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Spain won 2-1 away at Croatia at Stadion Poljud in the Liga das Nações on 6 October 2026. Scorers — Croatia: Ivan Perisic (17'); Spain: Mikel Merino (61'), Mikel Merino (88'). Spain had more of the ball (72.1% possession) and shots finished 10 to 10. Player of the match by Play Score rating: Mikel Merino (8.4). In the table, Croatia are 3rd on 3 points and Spain 1st on 12.
Key events
17'⚽Ivan Perisic
22'🟨Ivan Perisic
61'⚽Mikel Merino (Dani Olmo)
65'🟨Luka Modric
66'🟨Rodri
79'🟥Ivan Perisic
88'⚽Mikel Merino (Martín Zubimendi)
90'+2'🟨Víctor Muñoz
Match stats
CroatiaSpain
27.9Posse de bola72.1
10Finalizações10
5Chutes no gol3
2Chutes bloqueados4
3Escanteios6
12Faltas10
0Impedimentos2
1Cartões amarelos2
1Cartões vermelhos0
1Defesas do goleiro4
298Passes778
234Passes certos697
Line-ups
Croatia 4-5-1
- 1Dominik LivakovicG5.7
- 5Luka VuskovicCD-L5.7
- 6Josip SutaloCD-R5.9
- 4Josko GvardiolLB5.8
- 2Josip StanisicRB6
- 8Mateo KovacicCM-L6
- 10Luka ModricCM-R5.8
- 18Kristijan JakicAM6
- 14Ivan PerisicLM5.3
- 13Nikola VlasicRM6.1
- 20Igor MatanovicF6.4
Substitutes
- 3Marin PongracicSUB
- 22Josip MisicSUB
- 16Martin BaturinaSUB6.3
- 15Mario PasalicSUB6.2
- 19Marco PasalicSUB
- 11Ante BudimirSUB
- 9Andrej KramaricSUB
- 12Ivor PandurSUB
- 17Petar SucicSUB6.2
- 21Luka SucicSUB
- 7Dion Drena BeljoSUB6.2
- 23Dominik KotarskiSUB
Spain 4-3-3
- 23Unai SimónG7.1
- 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L6.5
- 5Pau CubarsíCD-R6.3
- 22Marc CucurellaLB6.4
- 12Marc PubillRB6.4
- 16RodriCM6.2
- 20PedriLM6.7
- 10Dani OlmoRM7.2
- 21Mikel OyarzabalF6.6
- 15Álex BaenaLF6.5
- 19Lamine YamalRF6.5
Substitutes
- 8Roberto FernándezSUB
- 18Martín ZubimendiSUB7.1
- 13Josep MartínezSUB
- 6Mikel MerinoSUB8.4
- 9Fermín LópezSUB6.6
- 1David RayaSUB
- 3Robin Le NormandSUB
- 4Iván FresnedaSUB
- 7Víctor MuñozSUB6.3
- 17Fran GarcíaSUB
- 2Dean HuijsenSUB
- 11Yéremy PinoSUB6.6
Play Score ratings from 0 to 10, calculated from each player’s statistics.
Form and head-to-head
CroatiaWLWLL
SpainWWWWW