9 matches today 0 live right now 23 competitions covered All times UTC
RU

Croatia — Spain, 6 October 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 1:2

match finished UEFA Nations League · Matchday 4 Tuesday 6 October · 18:45 UTC
Croatia Croatia 3th · 3 pts LLLW
1 : 2 1st half 1:0
Spain 1th · 12 pts WWWW Spain
Stadion Poljud · referee E. Lambrechts
Match predictionSafe

Spain to score

93% · Both teams scored in 4 of 4 Spain games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Spain to score”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Croatia 19% draw 18% Spain 63%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Spain win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Spain win — they got it right.

fans 82 votes
Croatia 16% draw 10% Spain 74%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
S. Bilic 14'
I. Perisic 1-0 17'
I. Perisic 22'
M. Merino assist: D. Olmo 1-1 61'
L. Modric 65'
Rodri 66'
I. Perisic 80'
I. Perisic 80'
M. Merino assist: M. Zubimendi 1-2 88'
V. Munoz 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Croatia Croatia 4-5-1 4-3-3 Spain Spain
1 Dominik Livaković
2 Josip Stanišić 6 Josip Šutalo 5 Luka Vušković 4 Joško Gvardiol
13 Nikola Vlašić 10 Luka Modrić 18 Kristijan Jakić 8 Mateo Kovačić 14 Ivan Perišić
20 Igor Matanović
19 Lamine Yamal 21 Mikel Oyarzabal 15 Alex Baena
10 Dani Olmo 16 Rodri 20 Pedri
12 Marc Pubill 5 Pau Cubarsí 14 Aymeric Laporte 22 Marc Cucurella
23 Unai Simón
Croatia bench
  1. 9Andrej Kramarić
  2. 11Ante Budimir
  3. 7Dion Drena Beljo
  4. 23Dominik Kotarski
  5. 12Ivor Pandur
  6. 22Josip Mišić
  7. 21Luka Sučić
  8. 19Marco Pašalić
  9. 3Marin Pongračić
  10. 15Mario Pašalić
  11. 16Martin Baturina
  12. 17Petar Sučić
Spain bench
  1. 1David Raya
  2. 2Dean Huijsen
  3. 9Fermín López
  4. 17Fran García
  5. 4Iván Fresneda
  6. 13Josep Martínez
  7. 18Martín Zubimendi
  8. 6Mikel Merino
  9. 8Roberto Fernández
  10. 3Robin Le Normand
  11. 7Víctor Muñoz
  12. 11Yéremy Pino

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match
28%Possession72%
10Shots10
5Shots on target3
3Shots off target3
2Blocked shots4
9Shots inside box7
1Shots outside box3
60Attacks143
21Dangerous attacks75
3Corners6
0Offsides2
12Fouls10
3Yellow cards2
1Red cards0
1Saves4
298Passes778
234Accurate passes697
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
CroatiaCroatiaSpainSpainThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Croatia and Spain met on matchday 4 of the UEFA Nations League on 6 October at Stadion Poljud. Final score — 1:2.

Croatia sit 3th on 3 points after 4 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches. Spain sit 1th on 12 points after 4 matches (4 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches.

Of the last 1 meeting Croatia won 0, Spain won 1. Aggregate score — 1:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Croatia Croatia last five Spain Spain
LLLW form WWWW
4 Matches 4
1 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 0 — 0
4 — 14 Scored — conceded 12 — 5
0.75 Points per game 3
1 Goals scored per game 3
0 Clean sheets 0
1 Failed to score 0
winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 4

Croatia at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 1—9, 0 points per match.

Spain away: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 5—3, 3 points per match.

Head-to-head

1 match in our database
0 Croatia wins 0 draws 1 Spain win goals 1:4 Croatia — Spain
29/09/2026 Spain — Croatia 4:1 UEFA Nations League