Updated 6 October 2026, after full time.
Croatia 1-2 Spain in the UEFA Nations League at Stadion Poljud, Split on 6 October 2026. Scorers: Ivan Perišić for Croatia; Mikel Merino ×2 for Spain. In their last 3 meetings, Croatia have won 0, Spain 2, with 1 draw.
Croatia 1-2 Spain was the final score in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday 6 October 2026 at Stadion Poljud. Scorers: Ivan Perišić for Croatia; Mikel Merino (2) for Spain. The Stats tab of this page has both teams' shots, fouls, cards and tackles from the game, and every player's numbers.
Croatia vs Spain was played at Stadion Poljud in Split on Tuesday 6 October 2026, the home ground of Croatia, which holds 34,198 people. It finished Croatia 1-2 Spain in the UEFA Nations League, with kick-off at 19:45 UK time.
Croatia have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 4 of their last 5 games, scoring 5 and conceding 16, with results reading L W L L L from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 1-2 defeat at home to Spain in the UEFA Nations League on 6 October.
Spain have won 5, drawn 0 and lost 0 of their last 5 games, scoring 13 and conceding 5, with results reading W W W W W from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 2-1 win away to Croatia in the UEFA Nations League on 6 October.
Across the last 3 meetings Croatia have won 0, Spain have won 2 and 1 was drawn, with Croatia scoring 1 goals to Spain's 7. The most recent was Spain 4-1 Croatia on 29 September 2026 in the UEFA Nations League.
Ivan Perišić leads Croatia with 4 assists across their last 10 games, 0.4 a game, the most of any Croatia player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Croatia player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Mikel Merino leads Spain with 5 goals across their last 10 games, 0.5 a game, the most of any Spain player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Spain player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Erik Lambrechts refereed Croatia vs Spain, averaging 26.0 fouls and 4.3 yellow cards per game across 3 games this season. That is 0.00 red cards a game, and the referee card on this page sets the record beside both teams' fouls and cards.
| Date | Competition | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | UEFA Nations League | Spain vs Croatia | 4-1 |
| 15 Jun 2024 | European Championship | Spain vs Croatia | 3-0 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | UEFA Nations League | Croatia vs Spain | 0-0 |
| Stat | Croatia | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 28% | 72% |
| Shots | 10 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 3 |
| Corners | 3 | 6 |
| Fouls | 12 | 10 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 2 |
| Tackles | 7 | 10 |
| Passes | 300 | 777 |
Croatia: I. Perisic 17', I. Perisic (red card) 79'. Spain: M. Merino 61', M. Merino 88'.
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 1 | 30 of 54 |
| Goals against | 3.5 | 53 of 54 |
| Shots | 10.8 | 39 of 54 |
| Shots on target | 3.3 | 39 of 54 |
| Fouls | 10.3 | 43 of 54 |
| Tackles | 13.5 | 34 of 54 |
| Passes | 408 | 41 of 54 |
| Corners | 3 | 40 of 54 |
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 3 | 3 of 54 |
| Goals against | 1.3 | 33 of 54 |
| Shots | 14.8 | 16 of 54 |
| Shots on target | 6.3 | 8 of 54 |
| Fouls | 11.5 | 29 of 54 |
| Tackles | 16.8 | 10 of 54 |
| Passes | 669.3 | 2 of 54 |
| Corners | 5 | 19 of 54 |