UEFA Nations League League A - 4
Croatia
1-2
Full time
Spain
- Ivan Perišić 17'
- Mikel Merino 61', 88'
Stadion Poljud, Split
Last updated: Saturday, 10 October 2026 (4 weeks ago). This data may not reflect the latest updates.
Match details
- Date
- Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Time
- 18:45
- Status
- Full time
- Competition
- UEFA Nations League
- Round
- League A - 4
- Venue
- Stadion Poljud, Split
- Referee
- Erik Lambrechts
- Home
- Croatia
- Away
- Spain
Match report
Automatic report from match dataSpain beat Croatia 2-1 in the UEFA Nations League. Goals: Ivan Perišić (17'), Mikel Merino (61'), Mikel Merino (88'). Ivan Perišić was sent off. Croatia had 28% possession to Spain's 72%. Shots were 10 to 10.
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- 17' Ivan Perišić
- 61' Mikel Merino
- 88' Mikel Merino
Match summary
- 28%Possession72%
- 5On target3
- 3Corners6
- 3🟨 1🟥Cards2🟨 0🟥
Stadion Poljud
Split · 8. Mediteranskih igara 2
Capacity: 34,448 seats · Natural grass
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
- Referee
- Erik Lambrechts
- Venue
- Stadion Poljud
- Season
- 2026/2027
- Half-time score
- 1 - 0
Match events
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0'45'90'
- 14' Yellow card: Slaven Bilic Yellow Card
- 17' Goal: Ivan Perišić Normal Goal
- 22' Yellow card: Ivan Perišić Yellow Card
- 45' Substitution: Alejandro Baena Rodríguez for Mikel Merino
- 61' Goal: Mikel Merino assist: Daniel Olmo Carvajal
- 65' Yellow card: Luka Modrić Yellow Card
- 65' Substitution: Igor Matanovic for Dion Drena Beljo
- 66' Substitution: Luka Modrić for Petar Sučić
- 66' Yellow card: Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante Yellow Card
- 71' Substitution: Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante for Martín Zubimendi
- 71' Substitution: Daniel Olmo Carvajal for Fermín López
- 71' Substitution: Nikola Vlašić for Martin Baturina
- 78' Substitution: Lamine Yamal for Víctor Muñoz
- 79' Red card: Ivan Perišić Red Card
- 87' Substitution: Pedri for Yeremy Pino
- 88' Substitution: Mateo Kovačić for Mario Pašalić
- 88' Goal: Mikel Merino assist: Martín Zubimendi
- 90+2' Yellow card: Víctor Muñoz Yellow Card
Match statistics
- 231 Accurate passes 696
- 9 Shots insidebox 7
- 1 Shots outsidebox 3
- 2 Blocked shots 4
- 10 Free Kicks 10
- 5 On target 3
- 1 Goalkeeper saves 4
- 3 Off target 3
- 300 Passes 777
- 1 Red cards 0
- 10 Shots 10
- 1 Yellow cards 2
- 3 Corners 6
- 0 Offsides 2
- 12 Fouls 10
- 28% Possession 72%
Croatia
4-5-1Coach: S. Bilić
20Matanović
14Perišić
8Kovačić
18Jakić
10Modrić
13Vlašić
4Gvardiol
5Vušković
6Šutalo
2Stanišić
1Livaković
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
4-2-3-1Coach: Luis de la Fuente
21Oyarzabal
15Baena
10Olmo
19Yamal
20Pedri
16Rodri
22Cucurella
14Laporte
5Paredes
12Pubill
23Simón
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
Head-to-head summary
Last meeting · Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Spain
4 - 1
Croatia
Last 4 meetings from Croatia's side
Croatia 3-5 SpainCroatia 0-0 SpainSpain 3-0 CroatiaSpain 4-1 Croatia
0 Win · 1 Draw · 3 Loss
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Live commentary
Yellow card: Víctor Muñoz (Spain)
Goal! Mikel Merino scores for Spain assisted by Martín Zubimendi
Substitution for Croatia: Mateo Kovačić on, Mario Pašalić off
Substitution for Spain: Pedri on, Yeremy Pino off
Red card: Ivan Perišić (Croatia)
Substitution for Spain: Lamine Yamal on, Víctor Muñoz off
Substitution for Croatia: Nikola Vlašić on, Martin Baturina off
Substitution for Spain: Daniel Olmo Carvajal on, Fermín López off
Substitution for Spain: Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante on, Martín Zubimendi off
Yellow card: Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante (Spain)
Substitution for Croatia: Luka Modrić on, Petar Sučić off
Substitution for Croatia: Igor Matanovic on, Dion Drena Beljo off
Yellow card: Luka Modrić (Croatia)
Goal! Mikel Merino scores for Spain assisted by Daniel Olmo Carvajal
Substitution for Spain: Alejandro Baena Rodríguez on, Mikel Merino off
Yellow card: Ivan Perišić (Croatia)
Goal! Ivan Perišić scores for Croatia
Yellow card: Slaven Bilic (Croatia)