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Croatia

2 — 1 Jun 28, 2026 · 02:30 AM IST

Ghana

World Cup Grp. L · Round 3

Venue Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Referee Drew Thomas Fischer

Attendance 68,324

Player of the Match Luka Modric 8.1 90' played

Match Events

31' Home ⚽ Petar Sucic — 1-0

HT

46' Away ↔ Kojo Peprah Oppong → Jonas Adjetey

46' Away ↔ Abdul Fatawu → Elisha Owusu

66' Home ↔ Igor Matanovic → Ante Budimir

68' Home Ivan Perisic

71' Away ↔ Brandon Thomas-Asante → Jordan Ayew

71' Away ↔ Ernest Nuamah → Kamaldeen Sulemana

73' Away ⚽ Derrick Luckassen — 1-1

78' Home ↔ Mario Pasalic → Mateo Kovacic

83' Home ⚽ Nikola Vlasic — 2-1

85' Away ↔ Caleb Yirenkyi → Kwasi Sibo

88' Home ↔ Marco Pasalic → Martin Baturina

88' Home ↔ Josko Gvardiol → Nikola Vlasic

90 + 4' Away Kojo Peprah Oppong

FT

Match Stats

53 47

Ball possession

0.42 0.64

Expected goals (xG)

8 6

Total shots

4 1

Shots on target

9 9

Touches in opposition box

0 2

Big chances

0 1

Big chances missed

477 (91%) 402 (88%)

Accurate passes

1 1

Yellow cards

3 2

Corners

Lineups

Croatia (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Starting XI

1 Dominik Livakovic 6.8

2 Josip Stanisic 6.4

6 Josip Sutalo 7.6

3 Marin Pongracic 7.3

14 Ivan Perisic 7.5

10 Luka Modric 8.1

8 Mateo Kovacic 7.5

13 Nikola Vlasic 8

17 Petar Sucic 7.9

16 Martin Baturina 7.1

11 Ante Budimir 6.1

Substitutes

20 Igor Matanovic 6.7

15 Mario Pasalic 6.3

4 Josko Gvardiol

24 Marco Pasalic

23 Dominik Kotarski

12 Ivor Pandur

5 Duje Caleta-Car

22 Luka Vuskovic

25 Martin Erlic

9 Andrej Kramaric

18 Kristijan Jakic

21 Luka Sucic

7 Nikola Moro

19 Toni Fruk

26 Petar Musa

Ghana (4-1-2-3)

Coach: Carlos Queiroz

Starting XI

16 Benjamin Asare 5.6

26 Marvin Senaya 6.6

4 Jonas Adjetey 6.2

23 Derrick Luckassen 7.5

14 Gideon Mensah 6.9

5 Thomas Partey 6

15 Elisha Owusu 5.9

8 Kwasi Sibo 5.9

11 Antoine Semenyo 5.8

9 Jordan Ayew 6

22 Kamaldeen Sulemana 6.2

Substitutes

21 Kojo Peprah Oppong 6

7 Abdul Fatawu 6.6

24 Ernest Nuamah 7.2

10 Brandon Thomas-Asante 6.2

3 Caleb Yirenkyi

12 Joseph Anang

1 Lawrence Ati-Zigi

6 Abdul Mumin

17 Abdul Rahman Baba

2 Alidu Seidu

18 Jerome Opoku

13 Christopher Bonsu Baah

20 Augustine Boakye

19 Iñaki Williams

25 Prince Adu