Montenegro vs Croatia
Ref: Halil Umut Meler, Türkiye
Match recap
Croatia beat Montenegro 3–2 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Osmajić and Krstović scored for Montenegro; Perišić, Jakić, and Vlašić replied for Croatia. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.95 for Montenegro versus 3.14 for Croatia.
First Half
⚽
Osmajić
⚽
Krstović
Assist: Jovetić
29'
Pasalic
Yellow Card
Lončar
Yellow Card
35'
VAR
Penalty confirmed
Rubežić
Yellow Card
37'
⚽
Perišić
Penalty
Second Half
⇄
Rubežić
46'
⇄
Gvardiol
46'
⇄
Ćaleta-Car
55'
⇄
Ivanović
59'
⇄
Matanović
⇄
Jovetić
⇄
Lončar
Osmajić
Yellow Card
72'
⚽
Jakić
73'
VAR
Goal confirmed
⇄
Bulatović
⇄
Vešović
78'
⇄
Perišić
87'
⚽
Vlašić
Match Statistics
MontenegroCroatia
4Won
Statistical edge
4–11
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.95VS3.14
Attack3 · 3 won
13
Shots
17
5
Shots on target
7
5
Shots in the box
14
8
Shots outside box
3
6
Shots off goal
5
5
Corners
3
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
37%
Possession
63%
285
Total passes
488
222
Accurate passes
437
78%
Pass accuracy
90%
Discipline0 · 3 won
17
Fouls
16
3
Yellow cards
1
2
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
4
Goalkeeper saves
3
2
Blocked shots
5
Montenegro
4-3-1-2
Croatia
4-2-3-1
Montenegro
4-3-1-2Starting XI
- 5S. RubežićD
- 6M. TuciD
- 7M. VešovićD
- 8M. JankovićM
- 9N. KrstovićF
- 10S. JovetićM
- 13I. NikićG
- 19S. LončarM
- 20M. OsmajićF
- 21A. BulatovićM
- 23A. MarušićD
Substitutes
- 1B. PopovićG
- 2S. MilićD
- 3R. RadunovićD
- 4M. ŠimunM
- 11M. VukotićM
- 12D. PetkovićG
- 14M. BrnovićM
- 15N. ŠipčićD
- 16M. PerovićM
- 17Vasilije AdžićM
- 18A. KostićF
- 22V. ĐukanovićF
Croatia
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1D. LivakovićG
- 4J. GvardiolD
- 5D. Ćaleta-CarD
- 6J. ŠutaloD
- 8N. MoroM
- 13N. VlašićM
- 14I. PerišićM
- 15Mario PasalicM
- 18K. JakićD
- 20F. IvanovićM
- 21I. MatanovićF
Substitutes
- 2J. StanišićD
- 3M. PongračićD
- 7Marco PasalicF
- 9A. KramarićF
- 10L. ModrićM
- 11P. MusaF
- 12I. PandurG
- 16M. OršićF
- 17P. SučićM
- 19T. FrukM
- 22M. ErlićD
Montenegro
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevan Jovetić(C) | M | 62 | 7.5 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1/1 |
| Nikola Krstović | F | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1/5 |
| Milutin Osmajić | F | 90 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Igor Nikić | G | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marko Janković | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Andrija Bulatovic | M | 77 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Stefan Lončar | M | 62 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Marušić | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Marko Vešović | D | 78 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marko Tuci | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Slobodan Rubežić | D | 45 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Andrej Kostić | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marko Simun | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Viktor Đukanović | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Balša Popović | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefan Milić | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Danijel Petković | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Risto Radunović | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vasilije Adžić | M | 28 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Marko Perović | M | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Miloš Brnović | M | 13 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikola Šipčić | D | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milan Vukotić | M | 28 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Croatia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristijan Jakić | D | 90 | 8.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Mario Pašalić | M | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Nikola Moro | M | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Ivan Perišić(C) | M | 78 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2/2 |
| Nikola Vlašić | M | 90 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2/5 |
| Josip Šutalo | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dominik Livaković | G | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franjo Ivanović | M | 55 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3/5 |
| Joško Gvardiol | D | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Igor Matanović | F | 59 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Duje Ćaleta-Car | D | 45 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Toni Fruk | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martin Erlić | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Petar Sučić | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marco Pašalić | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mislav Oršić | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ivor Pandur | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josip Stanišić | D | 45 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Marin Pongračić | D | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luka Modrić | M | 12 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Andrej Kramarić | F | 35 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Petar Musa | F | 31 | 6.7 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1/1 |