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4 — 1 Sep 30, 2026 · 12:15 AM IST

Croatia

UEFA Nations League A Grp. 3 · Round 2

Venue Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla

Referee Serdar Gözübüyük

Attendance 40,294

Player of the Match Lamine Yamal 9.3 68' played

Match Events

2' Home ⚽ Lamine Yamal — 1-0

18' Away Marin Pongračić

28' Away ⚽ Dion Drena Beljo — 1-1

31' Home ⚽ Marc Pubill — 2-1

37' Away Petar Sučić

HT

46' Away ↔ Luka Vušković → Marin Pongračić

49' Home Álex Baena

54' Away Marco Pašalić

57' Home ↔ Mikel Merino → Fermín López

57' Home ↔ Pedri → Fabián Ruiz

58' Away Josip Mišić

60' Away ↔ Ante Budimir → Dion Drena Beljo

60' Away ↔ Mario Pašalić → Mateo Kovačić

63' Home ⚽ Lamine Yamal — 3-1

68' Home ↔ Nico Williams → Álex Baena

68' Home ↔ Víctor Muñoz → Lamine Yamal

72' Away ↔ Franjo Ivanović → Ivan Perišić

72' Home ↔ Rodri → Martín Zubimendi

81' Away ↔ Luka Modrić → Petar Sučić

89' Home ⚽ Nico Williams — 4-1

FT

Match Stats

64 36

Ball possession

1.81 0.47

Expected goals (xG)

16 5

Total shots

7 2

Shots on target

38 12

Touches in opposition box

4 1

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

568 (92%) 296 (86%)

Accurate passes

1 4

Yellow cards

6 2

Corners

Lineups

Spain (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Luis de la Fuente

Starting XI

23 Unai Simón 7.1

12 Marc Pubill 8.6

5 Pau Cubarsí 7.7

2 Dean Huijsen 7.2

22 Marc Cucurella 7.4

8 Fabián Ruiz 7.2

18 Martín Zubimendi 7.4

19 Lamine Yamal 9.3

9 Fermín López 7.5

15 Álex Baena 7.7

21 Mikel Oyarzabal 6.5

Substitutes

6 Mikel Merino 7.1

20 Pedri 7.4

17 Nico Williams 7.3

11 Víctor Muñoz 6.2

16 Rodri 6.6

1 David Raya

13 Josep Martínez

14 Aymeric Laporte

4 Iván Fresneda

3 Alejandro Grimaldo

10 Dani Olmo

7 Ferrán Torres

Croatia (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Slaven Bilić

Starting XI

1 Dominik Livaković 5.2

2 Ivan Smolčić 5.5

6 Josip Šutalo 5.4

3 Marin Pongračić 5.5

4 Joško Gvardiol 5.4

22 Josip Mišić 6

8 Mateo Kovačić 6

19 Marco Pašalić 6.3

17 Petar Sučić 6.9

14 Ivan Perišić 7.5

20 Dion Drena Beljo 7.1

Substitutes

5 Luka Vušković 6.9

15 Mario Pašalić 6

11 Ante Budimir 5.7

7 Franjo Ivanović 6.7

10 Luka Modrić

23 Dominik Kotarski

12 Ivor Pandur

9 Andrej Kramarić

18 Kristijan Jakić

21 Luka Sučić

13 Nikola Vlašić

16 Martin Baturina