Portugal vs Croatia — World Cup 2026

Tale of the tape.

The auto-generated comparison for Portugal vs Croatia. Editorial detail lands closer to kickoff.

Win probability.

A first-pass split off the FIFA rankings — replace with the live model once the form data lands.

The bench faceoff.

Portugal · Head coach

Roberto Martínez

Croatia · Head coach

S. Oreščanin

Where to watch.

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Both line-ups.

Every name in the frame — tap a player for their dossier, or a crest for the full team.

Portugal

POR · Full dossier →

Goalkeepers3

1Diogo Costa12José Sá22Rui Silva

Defenders8

2Nélson Semedo3Rúben Dias4Tomás Araújo5Diogo Dalot13Renato Veiga14Gonçalo Inácio20João Cancelo25Nuno Mendes

Midfield12

6Matheus Nunes8Bruno Fernandes10Bernardo Silva11João Félix15João Neves16Trincão17Rafael Leão18Pedro Neto21Rúben Neves23Vitinha24Samú Costa26Francisco Conceição

Attack3

7Cristiano Ronaldo9Gonçalo Ramos19Gonçalo Guedes

Croatia

CRO · Full dossier →

Goalkeepers5

–Raul Bezeljak1D. Livakovic12I. Pandur12A. Rajić23D. Kotarski

Defenders14

2J. Stanisic3M. Pongracic4J. Gvardiol5L. Puljić5D. Caleta-Car5M. Zebić6J. Sutalo13K. Mandić17Dorian Migalic17Ante Sušak22L. Vuskovic22Branimir Mlačić25M. Erlic38L. Hodak

Midfield18

–L. Bošnjak7N. Moro8D. Reić8M. Kovacic9A. Kramaric10L. Modric13N. Vlasic14I. Perisic15Mario Pasalic16M. Baturina17P. Sucic18Niko Farkaš18K. Jakic19T. Fruk20Antonio Baždarić21L. Sucic24Marco Pasalic37N. Skoko

Attack9

–M. Jovičić–Lovre Kulušić7N. Đurković11A. Budimir12F. Živković20I. Matanovic26P. Musa34B. Durdov43D. Babić