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Croatia vs Spain: match report

Croatia hosted Spain at Stadion Poljud on Tuesday 6 October 2026, in the Nations League (round 4). Erik Lambrechts is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Croatia 1-2 Spain. Goals: Ivan Perisic 17' for Croatia; Mikel Merino 61' for Spain; Mikel Merino 88' for Spain. Attendance: 32,690.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 17' Goal: Ivan Perisic (Croatia) 1-0
  • 22' Yellow card: Ivan Perisic (Croatia)
  • 61' Goal: Mikel Merino (Spain) 1-1
  • 65' Yellow card: Luka Modric (Croatia)
  • 66' Yellow card: Rodri (Spain)
  • 79' Second yellow: Ivan Perisic (Croatia)
  • 88' Goal: Mikel Merino (Spain) 1-2
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Víctor Muñoz (Spain)
Match stats (contains the result)
27.9%Possession72.1%
10Shots10
5Shots on target3
3Corners6
12Fouls10
0Offsides2
1Saves4
1Yellow cards2
1Red cards0

Line-ups

Croatia 4-5-1

Coach: Slaven Bilić

  1. 1 Dominik Livaković GK
  2. 2 Josip Stanišić DEF
  3. 6 Josip Šutalo DEF
  4. 5 Luka Vušković DEF
  5. 4 Joško Gvardiol DEF
  6. 13 Nikola Vlašić MID
  7. 10 Luka Modrić MID
  8. 18 Kristijan Jakić MID
  9. 8 Mateo Kovačić MID
  10. 14 Ivan Perišić FWD
  11. 20 Igor Matanović FWD

Bench

  • 17 Petar Sučić MID
  • 7 Dion Drena Beljo FWD
  • 16 Martin Baturina FWD
  • 15 Mario Pašalić MID
  • 23 Dominik Kotarski GK
  • 12 Ivor Pandur GK
  • 3 Marin Pongračić DEF
  • 9 Andrej Kramarić MID
  • 22 Josip Mišić MID
  • 21 Luka Sučić MID
  • 19 Marco Pašalić MID
  • 11 Ante Budimir FWD

Spain 4-3-3

Coach: Luis de la Fuente

  1. 23 Unai Simón GK
  2. 12 Marc Pubill DEF
  3. 5 Pau Cubarsí DEF
  4. 14 Aymeric Laporte DEF
  5. 22 Marc Cucurella DEF
  6. 10 Dani Olmo MID
  7. 16 Rodri MID
  8. 20 Pedri MID
  9. 19 Lamine Yamal FWD
  10. 21 Mikel Oyarzabal FWD
  11. 15 Álex Baena MID

Bench

  • 6 Mikel Merino MID
  • 9 Fermín López MID
  • 18 Martín Zubimendi MID
  • 7 Víctor Muñoz FWD
  • 11 Yéremi Pino MID
  • 1 David Raya GK
  • 13 Josep Martínez GK
  • 2 Dean Huijsen DEF
  • 17 Fran García DEF
  • 4 Iván Fresneda DEF
  • 3 Robin Le Normand DEF
  • 8 Roberto Fernández FWD
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 29 September 2026: Spain 4-1 Croatia
  • 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