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Spain vs Croatia: match report

Spain hosted Croatia at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium on Tuesday 29 September 2026, in the Nations League (round 2). Serdar Gözübüyük is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.1.

Result and scorers

Spain 4-1 Croatia. Goals: Lamine Yamal 2' for Spain; Dion Drena Beljo 28' for Croatia; Marc Pubill 31' for Spain; Lamine Yamal 63' for Spain; Nico Williams 89' for Spain. Attendance: 40,294.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 2' Goal: Lamine Yamal (Spain) 1-0
  • 18' Yellow card: Marin Pongracic (Croatia)
  • 28' Goal: Dion Drena Beljo (Croatia) 1-1
  • 31' Goal: Marc Pubill (Spain) 2-1
  • 37' Yellow card: Petar Sucic (Croatia)
  • 49' Yellow card: Álex Baena (Spain)
  • 54' Yellow card: Marco Pasalic (Croatia)
  • 58' Yellow card: Josip Misic (Croatia)
  • 63' Goal: Lamine Yamal (Spain) 3-1
  • 89' Goal: Nico Williams (Spain) 4-1
Match stats (contains the result)
63.7%Possession36.3%
16Shots5
7Shots on target2
6Corners2
9Fouls10
5Offsides0
1Saves3
1Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Spain 4-2-3-1

Coach: Luis de la Fuente

  1. 23 Unai Simón GK
  2. 12 Marc Pubill DEF
  3. 5 Pau Cubarsí DEF
  4. 2 Dean Huijsen DEF
  5. 22 Marc Cucurella DEF
  6. 8 Fabián Ruiz MID
  7. 18 Martín Zubimendi MID
  8. 19 Lamine Yamal FWD
  9. 9 Fermín López MID
  10. 15 Álex Baena MID
  11. 21 Mikel Oyarzabal FWD

Bench

  • 6 Mikel Merino MID
  • 20 Pedri MID
  • 17 Nico Williams FWD
  • 11 Víctor Muñoz FWD
  • 16 Rodri MID
  • 1 David Raya GK
  • 13 Josep Martínez GK
  • 14 Aymeric Laporte DEF
  • 4 Iván Fresneda DEF
  • 3 Alejandro Grimaldo MID
  • 10 Dani Olmo MID
  • 7 Ferrán Torres FWD

Croatia 4-2-3-1

Coach: Slaven Bilić

  1. 1 Dominik Livaković GK
  2. 2 Ivan Smolčić DEF
  3. 6 Josip Šutalo DEF
  4. 3 Marin Pongračić DEF
  5. 4 Joško Gvardiol DEF
  6. 22 Josip Mišić MID
  7. 8 Mateo Kovačić MID
  8. 19 Marco Pašalić FWD
  9. 17 Petar Sučić MID
  10. 14 Ivan Perišić FWD
  11. 20 Dion Drena Beljo FWD

Bench

  • 5 Luka Vušković DEF
  • 15 Mario Pašalić MID
  • 11 Ante Budimir FWD
  • 7 Franjo Ivanović FWD
  • 10 Luka Modrić MID
  • 23 Dominik Kotarski GK
  • 12 Ivor Pandur GK
  • 9 Andrej Kramarić MID
  • 18 Kristijan Jakić MID
  • 21 Luka Sučić MID
  • 13 Nikola Vlašić MID
  • 16 Martin Baturina FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 15 June 2024: Spain 3-0 Croatia
  • Sunday 18 June 2023: Croatia 0-0 Spain
  • Monday 28 June 2021: Croatia 3-5 Spain
  • Thursday 15 November 2018: Croatia 3-2 Spain
  • Tuesday 11 September 2018: Spain 6-0 Croatia