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Spain
FT
4–1
29 Sep 2026
Croatia
Nations League Tue 29 Sep, 19:45London Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Sevilla Serdar Gözübüyük 40,294 attendance

Timeline

  1. 2' Lamine Yamal assist Álex Baena
  2. 18' Marin Pongracic Yellow Card
  3. 28' Dion Drena Beljo assist Ivan Perisic
  4. 31' Marc Pubill assist Lamine Yamal
  5. 37' Petar Sucic Yellow Card
  6. 45' Luka Vuskovic for Marin Pongracic
  7. 49' Álex Baena Yellow Card
  8. 54' Marco Pasalic Yellow Card
  9. 57' Mikel Merino for Fermín López
  10. 57' Pedri for Fabián Ruiz
  11. 58' Josip Misic Yellow Card
  12. 60' Ante Budimir for Dion Drena Beljo
  13. 60' Mario Pasalic for Mateo Kovacic
  14. 63' Lamine Yamal assist Pedri
  15. 68' Nico Williams for Álex Baena
  16. 68' Víctor Muñoz for Lamine Yamal
  17. 72' Franjo Ivanovic for Ivan Perisic
  18. 72' Rodri for Martín Zubimendi
  19. 81' Luka Modric for Petar Sucic
  20. 89' Nico Williams assist Mikel Merino

Match stats

63.7% Possession 36.3%
16 Shots 5
7 On target 2
9 Fouls 10
1 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
5 Offsides 0
1 Saves 3
568 Accurate passes 296

Lineups

Spain 4-3-3
23 Simón
22 Cucurella 2 Huijsen 5 Cubarsí 12 Pubill
8 Ruiz 18 Zubimendi 9 López
15 Baena 21 Oyarzabal 19 Yamal
Croatia 4-2-3-1
1 Livakovic
4 Gvardiol 3 Pongracic 6 Sutalo 2 Smolcic
8 Kovacic 22 Misic
14 Perisic 17 Sucic 19 Pasalic
20 Beljo
Spain 4-3-3
  1. 23 Unai Simón G
  2. 2 Dean Huijsen CD-L
  3. 5 Pau Cubarsí CD-R
  4. 22 Marc Cucurella LB
  5. 12 Marc Pubill RB
  6. 18 Martín Zubimendi ▼ CM
  7. 8 Fabián Ruiz ▼ LM
  8. 9 Fermín López ▼ RM
  9. 21 Mikel Oyarzabal F
  10. 15 Álex Baena ▼ LF
  11. 19 Lamine Yamal ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 11 Víctor Muñoz ▲ SUB
  2. 20 Pedri ▲ SUB
  3. 6 Mikel Merino ▲ SUB
  4. 17 Nico Williams ▲ SUB
  5. 16 Rodri ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 1 David Raya SUB
  2. 13 Josep Martínez SUB
  3. 4 Iván Fresneda SUB
  4. 10 Dani Olmo SUB
  5. 14 Aymeric Laporte SUB
  6. 3 Alejandro Grimaldo SUB
  7. 7 Ferran Torres SUB
Croatia 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Dominik Livakovic G
  2. 3 Marin Pongracic ▼ CD-L
  3. 6 Josip Sutalo CD-R
  4. 4 Josko Gvardiol LB
  5. 2 Ivan Smolcic RB
  6. 17 Petar Sucic ▼ AM
  7. 8 Mateo Kovacic ▼ LM
  8. 22 Josip Misic RM
  9. 20 Dion Drena Beljo ▼ F
  10. 14 Ivan Perisic ▼ AM-L
  11. 19 Marco Pasalic AM-R

Came on

  1. 11 Ante Budimir ▲ SUB
  2. 15 Mario Pasalic ▲ SUB
  3. 7 Franjo Ivanovic ▲ SUB
  4. 10 Luka Modric ▲ SUB
  5. 5 Luka Vuskovic ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 9 Andrej Kramaric SUB
  2. 16 Martin Baturina SUB
  3. 21 Luka Sucic SUB
  4. 23 Dominik Kotarski SUB
  5. 12 Ivor Pandur SUB
  6. 18 Kristijan Jakic SUB
  7. 13 Nikola Vlasic SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Spain 4, Croatia 1.
  2. 90'+3' Second Half ends, Spain 4, Croatia 1.
  3. 90'+1' Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
  4. 90' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  5. 90' Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Unai Simón (Spain). Assisted by Franjo Ivanovic.
  6. 89' Goal! Spain 4, Croatia 1. Nico Williams (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikel Merino.
  7. 83' Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Marc Pubill.
  8. 82' Offside, Spain. Víctor Muñoz is caught offside.
  9. 81' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Petar Sucic.
  10. 79' Corner, Spain. Conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
  11. 79' Attempt saved. Pedri (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Dominik Livakovic (Croatia). Assisted by Nico Williams.
  12. 77' Attempt missed. Franjo Ivanovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Pasalic.
82 earlier entries
  1. 76' Attempt missed. Nico Williams (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
  2. 73' Attempt missed. Víctor Muñoz (Spain) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Dean Huijsen with a cross.
  3. 73' Handball by Luka Vuskovic (Croatia).
  4. 72' Substitution, Spain. Rodri replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  5. 72' Substitution, Croatia. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  6. 69' Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  7. 69' Foul by Ivan Smolcic (Croatia).
  8. 68' Substitution, Spain. Víctor Muñoz replaces Lamine Yamal.
  9. 68' Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Álex Baena.
  10. 67' Corner, Spain. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
  11. 63' Goal! Spain 3, Croatia 1. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedri.
  12. 62' Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  13. 62' Marco Pasalic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  15. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Dion Beljo.
  16. 58' Josip Misic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 58' Álex Baena (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  18. 58' Foul by Josip Misic (Croatia).
  19. 57' Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  20. 57' Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Fermín López.
  21. 57' Corner, Spain. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
  22. 54' Marco Pasalic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 54' Marc Cucurella (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  24. 54' Foul by Marco Pasalic (Croatia).
  25. 52' Attempt blocked. Dion Beljo (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  26. 50' Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
  27. 50' Attempt blocked. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  28. 49' Álex Baena (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
  29. 49' Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  30. 49' Ivan Smolcic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  31. 47' Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ivan Smolcic.
  32. 45' Second Half begins Spain 2, Croatia 1.
  33. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Vuskovic replaces Marin Pongracic.
  34. 45'+2' First Half ends, Spain 2, Croatia 1.
  35. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  36. 45' Fermín López (Spain) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Pau Cubarsí.
  37. 44' Marc Pubill (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  38. 44' Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
  39. 44' Attempt blocked. Fermín López (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  40. 38' Foul by Dean Huijsen (Spain).
  41. 38' Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  42. 37' Petar Sucic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  43. 37' Unai Simón (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  44. 37' Foul by Petar Sucic (Croatia).
  45. 36' Offside, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal is caught offside.
  46. 36' Attempt saved. Fermín López (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dominik Livakovic (Croatia). Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  47. 35' Attempt missed. Fermín López (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pau Cubarsí.
  48. 33' Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  49. 33' Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  50. 31' Goal! Spain 2, Croatia 1. Marc Pubill (Spain) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross following a corner.
  51. 31' Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
  52. 28' Goal! Spain 1, Croatia 1. Dion Beljo (Croatia) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  53. 28' Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Spain).
  54. 28' Dion Beljo (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  55. 27' Offside, Spain. Marc Cucurella is caught offside.
  56. 26' Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  57. 26' Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
  58. 24' Marc Cucurella (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 24' Foul by Josip Misic (Croatia).
  60. 23' Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  61. 23' Ivan Smolcic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  62. 20' Attempt missed. Pau Cubarsí (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  63. 20' Attempt blocked. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Pubill.
  64. 18' Marin Pongracic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  65. 18' Pau Cubarsí (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  66. 18' Foul by Marin Pongracic (Croatia).
  67. 16' Offside, Spain. Álex Baena is caught offside.
  68. 13' Foul by Dean Huijsen (Spain).
  69. 13' Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 12' Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Spain).
  71. 12' Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  72. 10' Dean Huijsen (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 10' Foul by Dion Beljo (Croatia).
  74. 9' Offside, Spain. Marc Cucurella is caught offside.
  75. 7' Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  76. 7' Ivan Smolcic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 4' Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ivan Smolcic.
  78. 4' Attempt blocked. Marc Cucurella (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  79. 4' Attempt saved. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Dominik Livakovic (Croatia). Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
  80. 2' Goal! Spain 1, Croatia 0. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Baena.
  81. First Half begins.
  82. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Spain W W W W W

  • W at Portugal 1-0 FIFA World Cup
  • W Belgium 2-1 FIFA World Cup
  • W at France 2-0 FIFA World Cup
  • W Argentina 1-0 FIFA World Cup
  • W at England 3-2 UEFA Nations League

Croatia W L W W L

  • L at England 4-2 FIFA World Cup
  • W at Panama 1-0 FIFA World Cup
  • W Ghana 2-1 FIFA World Cup
  • L at Portugal 2-1 FIFA World Cup
  • W at Czechia 2-1 UEFA Nations League

Head to head

ESP leads series 4-1

  • 15 Jun 2024 Spain 3–0 Croatia 2024 European Championship
  • 18 Jun 2023 Croatia 0–0 Spain 2022-23 UEFA Nations League
  • 28 Jun 2021 Croatia 3–5 Spain 2020 European Championship
  • 15 Nov 2018 Croatia 3–2 Spain 2018-19 UEFA Nations League
  • 11 Sep 2018 Spain 6–0 Croatia 2018-19 UEFA Nations League

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