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Czechia vs Croatia: match report

Czechia hosted Croatia at Fortuna Arena on Saturday 26 September 2026, in the Nations League (round 1). Simone Sozza is the referee, averaging 3.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Czechia 1-2 Croatia. Goals: Luka Modric 47' for Croatia; Adam Karabec 54' for Czechia; Marco Pasalic 77' for Croatia. Attendance: 15,421.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 37' Yellow card: Lukás Cerv (Czechia)
  • 47' Goal: Luka Modric (Croatia) 0-1
  • 54' Goal: Adam Karabec (Czechia) 1-1
  • 67' Yellow card: Luka Vuskovic (Croatia)
  • 77' Goal: Marco Pasalic (Croatia) 1-2
  • 90'+5' Yellow card: Alex Král (Czechia)
Match stats (contains the result)
43.6%Possession56.4%
5Shots16
2Shots on target5
1Corners6
6Fouls9
6Offsides0
4Saves1
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Czechia 4-2-3-1

Coach: Santi Denia

  1. 16 Lukás Hornícek GK
  2. 5 Vladimír Coufal DEF
  3. 4 Robin Hranác DEF
  4. 6 Stepán Chaloupek DEF
  5. 20 Jirí Sláma DEF
  6. 8 Michal Sadílek MID
  7. 12 Lukás Červ MID
  8. 13 Lukás Ambros MID
  9. 15 Pavel Šulc MID
  10. 9 Adam Karabec FWD
  11. 10 Adam Hložek FWD

Bench

  • 21 Alex Král MID
  • 18 Matěj Radosta MID
  • 7 Martin Šubert FWD
  • 3 Ondřej Zmrzlý DEF
  • 11 Václav Sejk FWD
  • 23 Antonín Kinský GK
  • 1 Matěj Kovár GK
  • 14 Martin Vitík DEF
  • 22 Michal Sácek DEF
  • 2 Ondřej Kričfaluši DEF
  • 17 Pavel Bucha MID
  • 19 Roman Macek MID

Croatia 4-2-3-1

Coach: Slaven Bilić

  1. 1 Dominik Livaković GK
  2. 2 Josip Stanišić DEF
  3. 5 Luka Vušković DEF
  4. 4 Joško Gvardiol DEF
  5. 14 Ivan Perišić FWD
  6. 10 Luka Modrić MID
  7. 8 Mateo Kovačić MID
  8. 21 Luka Sučić MID
  9. 17 Petar Sučić MID
  10. 16 Franjo Ivanović FWD
  11. 20 Igor Matanović FWD

Bench

  • 19 Marco Pašalić MID
  • 15 Mario Pašalić MID
  • 11 Ante Budimir FWD
  • 22 Josip Mišić MID
  • 13 Nikola Vlašić MID
  • 23 Dominik Kotarski GK
  • 12 Ivor Pandur GK
  • 3 Ivan Smolčić DEF
  • 6 Josip Šutalo DEF
  • 9 Andrej Kramarić MID
  • 7 Lovro Majer MID
  • 18 Dion Drena Beljo FWD
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 9 October 2025: Czechia 0-0 Croatia
  • Monday 9 June 2025: Croatia 5-1 Czechia
  • Friday 18 June 2021: Croatia 1-1 Czechia
  • Friday 17 June 2016: Czechia 2-2 Croatia
  • Wednesday 9 February 2011: Croatia 4-2 Czechia