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Portugal

2 — 1 Jul 03, 2026 · 04:30 AM IST

Croatia

World Cup · Round 1/16

Venue Toronto Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Referee Espen Eskås

Attendance 43,036

Player of the Match Rafael Leão 8.2 90' played

Match Events

17' Home Rúben Dias

HT

46' Away ↔ Igor Matanovic → Ante Budimir

53' Away ⚽ Ivan Perisic — 0-1

59' Away Luka Modric

62' Home ↔ Francisco Conceição → Pedro Neto

62' Home ↔ Bernardo Silva → Vitinha

62' Home ↔ Nélson Semedo → Bruno Fernandes

62' Home ↔ Gonçalo Ramos → João Cancelo

68' Away ↔ Mario Pasalic → Martin Baturina

68' Home ⚽ Cristiano Ronaldo — 1-1

81' Home ↔ Rúben Neves → Cristiano Ronaldo

90 + 2' Away ↔ Josko Gvardiol → Nikola Vlasic

90 + 4' Home ⚽ Gonçalo Ramos — 2-1

90 + 6' Away ↔ Andrej Kramaric → Mateo Kovacic

90 + 8' Away Ivan Perisic

FT

Match Stats

60 40

Ball possession

2.20 1.34

Expected goals (xG)

15 13

Total shots

3 6

Shots on target

19 22

Touches in opposition box

3 4

Big chances

2 3

Big chances missed

533 (91%) 312 (84%)

Accurate passes

1 2

Yellow cards

9 5

Corners

Lineups

Portugal (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Roberto Martínez

Starting XI

1 Diogo Costa 7.6

20 João Cancelo 7.4

3 Rúben Dias 7.8

13 Renato Veiga 7.7

25 Nuno Mendes 7.6

15 João Neves 7.5

23 Vitinha 7.5

18 Pedro Neto 6.7

8 Bruno Fernandes 6.7

17 Rafael Leão 8.2

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 7.7

Substitutes

2 Nélson Semedo 6.5

10 Bernardo Silva 6.1

26 Francisco Conceição 6.2

9 Gonçalo Ramos 7.4

21 Rúben Neves

12 José Sá

22 Rui Silva

5 Diogo Dalot

14 Gonçalo Inácio

6 Matheus Nunes

4 Tomás Araújo

24 Samú

16 Trincão

19 Gonçalo Guedes

11 Joao Félix

Croatia (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Starting XI

1 Dominik Livakovic 6.1

2 Josip Stanisic 7.2

6 Josip Sutalo 6.7

3 Marin Pongracic 6.5

14 Ivan Perisic 7.5

10 Luka Modric 6.8

8 Mateo Kovacic 6.9

13 Nikola Vlasic 6.6

17 Petar Sucic 6.4

16 Martin Baturina 6.1

11 Ante Budimir 5.9

Substitutes

20 Igor Matanovic 5.4

15 Mario Pasalic 6.4

4 Josko Gvardiol

9 Andrej Kramaric

23 Dominik Kotarski

12 Ivor Pandur

5 Duje Caleta-Car

22 Luka Vuskovic

25 Martin Erlic

18 Kristijan Jakic

21 Luka Sucic

24 Marco Pasalic

7 Nikola Moro

19 Toni Fruk

26 Petar Musa