UEFA Nations League

Spain vs Croatia, 2026-27 UEFA Nations League, League Phase

· UEFA Nations League
Spain
  • 2': Lamine Yamal
  • 31': Marc Pubill
  • 63': Lamine Yamal
  • 89': Nico Williams
FT
4 - 1
Croatia
  • 28': Dion Drena Beljo

Spain beat Croatia with Yamal double, unbeaten run now at 40

Lamine Yamal fired a double as Spain cruised to a 4-1 win against Croatia in Seville on Tuesday to open up a three-point lead at the top of their Nations League group.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Marc Cucurella (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 4': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ivan Smolcic.
  • 7': Ivan Smolcic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  • 9': Offside, Spain. Marc Cucurella is caught offside.
  • 10': Foul by Dion Beljo (Croatia).
  • 10': Dean Huijsen (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 12': Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Spain).
  • 13': Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Dean Huijsen (Spain).
  • 16': Offside, Spain. Álex Baena is caught offside.
  • 18': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Croatia).
  • 18': Pau Cubarsí (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Marin Pongracic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Pubill.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Pau Cubarsí (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 23': Ivan Smolcic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 23': Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  • 24': Foul by Josip Misic (Croatia).
  • 24': Marc Cucurella (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
  • 26': Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Offside, Spain. Marc Cucurella is caught offside.
  • 28': Dion Beljo (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Spain).
  • 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.
  • 31': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
  • 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.
  • 33': Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 36': Offside, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal is caught offside.
  • 37': Foul by Petar Sucic (Croatia).
  • 37': Unai Simón (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Petar Sucic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Dean Huijsen (Spain).
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Fermín López (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 44': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
  • 44': Marc Pubill (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Fermín López (Spain) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Pau Cubarsí.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Spain 2, Croatia 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Vuskovic replaces Marin Pongracic.
  • 45': Second Half begins Spain 2, Croatia 1.
  • 47': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ivan Smolcic.
  • 49': Ivan Smolcic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  • 49': Álex Baena (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  • 50': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Dion Beljo (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  • 54': Foul by Marco Pasalic (Croatia).
  • 54': Marc Cucurella (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Marco Pasalic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
  • 57': Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Fermín López.
  • 57': Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 58': Foul by Josip Misic (Croatia).
  • 58': Álex Baena (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Josip Misic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Dion Beljo.
  • 60': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  • 62': Marco Pasalic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
  • 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.
  • 67': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
  • 68': Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Álex Baena.
  • 68': Substitution, Spain. Víctor Muñoz replaces Lamine Yamal.
  • 69': Foul by Ivan Smolcic (Croatia).
  • 69': Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 72': Substitution, Croatia. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 72': Substitution, Spain. Rodri replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  • 73': Handball by Luka Vuskovic (Croatia).
  • 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.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Nico Williams (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 79': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
  • 81': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Petar Sucic.
  • 82': Offside, Spain. Víctor Muñoz is caught offside.
  • 83': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Marc Pubill.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Spain 4, Croatia 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Spain 4, Croatia 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 9
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 5
2 Corner Kicks 6
3 Saves 1
36.3 Possession 63.7
5 SHOTS 16
2 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
296 Accurate Passes 568
347 Passes 620
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 3
12 Crosses 11
0.4 Cross % 0.3
38 Long Balls 27
21 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 3
14 Effective Tackles 7
21 Tackles 15
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
8 Interceptions 6
17 Effective Clearances 14
17 Clearances 14

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Location: Sevilla, Spain
Attendance: 40,294

UEFA Nations League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Spain 4 +7 12
2 England 4 +11 9
3 Croatia 4 -10 3
4 Czechia 4 -8 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

ESP Spain (4-3-3)

No. Name
23 Unai Simón (GK)
2 Dean Huijsen
5 Pau Cubarsí
22 Marc Cucurella
12 Marc Pubill
18 Martín Zubimendi
8 Fabián Ruiz
9 Fermín López
21 Mikel Oyarzabal
15 Álex Baena
19 Lamine Yamal
Spain Substitutes:
David Raya, Víctor Muñoz, Josep Martínez, Iván Fresneda, Pedri, Mikel Merino, Nico Williams, Dani Olmo, Aymeric Laporte, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ferran Torres, Rodri.

CRO Croatia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
3 Marin Pongracic Yellow Card
6 Josip Sutalo
4 Josko Gvardiol
2 Ivan Smolcic
17 Petar Sucic Yellow Card
8 Mateo Kovacic
22 Josip Misic Yellow Card
20 Dion Drena Beljo
14 Ivan Perisic
19 Marco Pasalic Yellow Card
Croatia Substitutes:
Andrej Kramaric, Martin Baturina, Luka Sucic, Dominik Kotarski, Ante Budimir, Mario Pasalic, Ivor Pandur, Kristijan Jakic, Franjo Ivanovic, Nikola Vlasic, Luka Modric, Luka Vuskovic.

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