Croatia 1-2 Spain
UEFA Nations League
· League A - 4
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FT
Croatia
1 - 2
Spain
6 Oct 2026 · 18:45
Venue: Stadion Poljud
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Match events
14'
17'
22'
45'
61'
65'
65'
66'
66'
71'
71'
71'
78'
79'
87'
88'
88'
90'+2
Lineups
Croatia
Formation: 4-5-1
Coach: S. Bilić
Starting XI
- 1D. LivakovićG
- 2J. StanišićD
- 6J. ŠutaloD
- 5L. VuškovićD
- 4J. GvardiolD
- 13N. VlašićM
- 10L. ModrićM
- 18K. JakićM
- 8M. KovačićM
- 14I. PerišićM
- 20I. MatanovićF
Substitutes
- 7D. BeljoF
- 22J. MišićM
- 19Marco PasalicF
- 3M. PongračićD
- 15Mario PasalicM
- 12I. PandurG
- 16M. BaturinaM
- 21L. SučićM
- 11A. BudimirF
- 23D. KotarskiG
- 17P. SučićM
- 9A. KramarićF
Spain
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Luis de la Fuente
Starting XI
- 23Unai SimónG
- 12Marc PubillD
- 5Pau Cubarsí ParedesD
- 14Aymeric LaporteD
- 22Marc CucurellaD
- 16RodriM
- 20PedriM
- 19Lamine YamalM
- 10Dani OlmoM
- 15Álex BaenaM
- 21Mikel OyarzabalF
Substitutes
- 4Iván FresnedaD
- 17Fran GarcíaD
- 2D. HuijsenD
- 3Robin Le NormandD
- 13Josep MartínezG
- 6Mikel MerinoM
- 7Víctor MuñozF
- 11Yeremy PinoM
- 1David RayaG
- 18Martín ZubimendiM
- 9FermínM
- 8Roberto FernándezF
Statistics
28%
Possession
72%
10
Shots
10
5
On target
3
300
Passes
777
12
Fouls
10
3
Corners
6
0
Offsides
2
Match analysis
Croatia lost 1-2 to Spain.
Goalscorers: Ivan Perišić, Mikel Merino and Mikel Merino.
The match featured 1 red card.
9 substitutions were made during the match.