Match intelligence
What separated the teams
Portugal had the scoring edge
Portugal controlled more of the ball
Croatia made more recorded interventions
Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.
Completed 2026 World Cup · Round of 32
Portugal won in normal time
53' goal Ivan Perisic, 68' goal Cristiano Ronaldo, 90'+4' goal Gonçalo Ramos
Match intelligence
Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.
Team comparison
Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.
Goals divided by attempts
Control, circulation and progression of the ball.
Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.
Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.
Player leaders





Minute by minute
Goals, cards, penalties and substitutions as recorded.
Key events
Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul
Left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal
Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul
Converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal
Header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner
Assist Rafael Leão · with a cross
Is shown the yellow card
POR · #1 · Goalkeeper
Influence model uses assigned role plus real ESPN involvement, not fabricated tracking coordinates.
Impact changes
5 usedTournament path
All-time World Cup meetings
Source: ESPN completed match report, retrieved Aug 18, 2026. Derived percentages are calculated from the displayed source values; missing fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Adjacent archive results
Archived match data: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.