Croatia vs Czech Republic
Ref: Jesus Gil Manzano, Spain
Match recap
Croatia beat Czech Republic 5–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Kramarić, Modrić, Perišić, Budimir, and Kramarić scored for Croatia; Souček replied for Czech Republic. Croatia held 61% possession to 39% for Czech Republic.
First Half
VAR
Goal cancelled
⚽
Kramarić
Assist: Gvardiol
Second Half
58'
⚽
Souček
Assist: Krejčí
VAR
Penalty confirmed
⚽
Modrić
Penalty
66'
Coufal
Yellow Card
66'
⇄
Černý
⚽
Perišić
Assist: Kramarić
70'
Holeš
Yellow Card
⚽
Budimir
Penalty
⚽
Kramarić
Assist: Modrić
⇄
Budimir
77'
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Schick
77'
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Sadílek
⇄
Modrić
⇄
Kramarić
88'
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Provod
⇄
Perišić
⇄
Ćaleta-Car
Match Statistics
CroatiaCzech Republic
10Won
Statistical edge
10–5
battles won across 15 metrics
Attack4 · 2 won
18
Shots
14
11
Shots on target
5
12
Shots in the box
11
6
Shots outside box
3
2
Shots off goal
3
0
Corners
6
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
61%
Possession
39%
532
Total passes
330
467
Accurate passes
246
88%
Pass accuracy
75%
Discipline2 · 1 won
3
Fouls
11
0
Yellow cards
2
3
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 2 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
4
5
Blocked shots
6
Croatia
4-2-3-1
Czech Republic
4-2-3-1
Croatia
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1Dominik LivakovićG
- 2Josip StanišićD
- 4Joško GvardiolD
- 5Duje Ćaleta-CarD
- 6Josip ŠutaloD
- 9Andrej KramarićM
- 10Luka ModrićM
- 11Ante BudimirF
- 14Ivan PerišićM
- 15Mario PasalicM
- 17Petar SučićM
Substitutes
- 3Marin PongračićD
- 7Lovro MajerM
- 8Marco PasalicF
- 12Dominik KotarskiG
- 13Nikola MoroM
- 16Martin BaturinaM
- 18Kristijan JakićM
- 19Luka VuškovićD
- 20Franjo IvanovićF
- 21Toni FrukM
- 22Josip JuranovićD
- 23Ivica IvušićG
Czech Republic
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 3Tomáš HolešD
- 5Vladimír CoufalD
- 7Ladislav KrejčíD
- 8Michal SadílekM
- 10Patrik SchickF
- 14Lukáš ProvodM
- 15Pavel ŠulcM
- 16Matěj KovářG
- 17Václav ČernýM
- 20Jaroslav ZelenýD
- 22Tomáš SoučekM
Substitutes
- 1Jindřich StaněkG
- 2David ZimaD
- 4Václav JemelkaD
- 6Martin VitíkD
- 9Filip ZorvanM
- 11Vasil KušejF
- 12Lukáš ČervM
- 13David DouděraM
- 18Jan BořilD
- 19Tomáš ChorýF
- 21Alex KrálM
- 23Martin JedličkaG
Croatia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrej Kramarić | M | 81 | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Luka Modrić(C) | M | 81 | 8.9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2/2 |
| Joško Gvardiol | D | 90 | 8.2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Josip Šutalo | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3/3 |
| Ante Budimir | F | 76 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Ivan Perišić | M | 88 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/3 |
| Dominik Livaković | G | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Petar Sučić | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Josip Stanišić | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Duje Ćaleta-Car | D | 88 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Mario Pašalić | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Luka Vušković | D | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dominik Kotarski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marco Pašalić | F | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Toni Fruk | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Baturina | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marin Pongračić | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lovro Majer | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivica Ivušić | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josip Juranović | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franjo Ivanović | F | 14 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Nikola Moro | M | 9 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristijan Jakić | M | 9 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Czech Republic
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Václav Černý | M | 66 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Tomáš Souček(C) | M | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrik Schick | F | 77 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Michal Sadílek | M | 77 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ladislav Krejčí | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Matěj Kovář | G | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukáš Provod | M | 88 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2/2 |
| Jaroslav Zelený | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Pavel Šulc | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Vladimír Coufal | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Tomáš Holeš | D | 90 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Martin Jedlička | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan Bořil | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Vitík | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lukáš Červ | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Zima | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Zorvan | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jindřich Staněk | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Václav Jemelka | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Doudera | M | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Král | M | 13 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vasil Kušej | F | 24 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Tomáš Chorý | F | 13 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |