FIFA World Cup 2018 · Group stage · Group [object Object]

Croatia 2–0 Nigeria

Saturday 16 Jun 2018 · Kaliningrad, Russia (neutral)

Croatia2–0Nigeria

Goals2

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Etebo Modric

32′1–0Peter Etebo Croatia · own goal
71′2–0Luka Modric Croatia · penalty

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Croatia

Came on

11Marcelo BrozovicMF↑60′
8Mateo KovacicMF↑78′
20Marko PjacaFW↑86′

Nigeria

Came on

7Ahmed MusaFW↑62′
14Kelechi IheanachoFW↑72′
13Simeon NwankwoFW↑88′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Croatia: 1899 → 1924
Nigeria: 1734 → 1709

Expected score for Croatia: 72.1% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 1 of 1, 2018–2018.

Croatia wins: 1
Draws: 0
Nigeria wins: 0

Form either side

Croatia

Before

0–0 v Greece 12 Nov 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
0–2 v Peru 23 Mar 2018 · Friendly
1–0 v Mexico 27 Mar 2018 · Friendly
0–2 v Brazil 3 Jun 2018 · Friendly
2–1 v Senegal 8 Jun 2018 · Friendly

After

3–0 v Argentina 21 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
2–1 v Iceland 26 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
1–1 v Denmark 1 Jul 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
2–2 v Russia 7 Jul 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
2–1 v England 11 Jul 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018

Nigeria

Before

1–0 v Poland 23 Mar 2018 · Friendly
0–2 v Serbia 27 Mar 2018 · Friendly
1–1 v DR Congo 28 May 2018 · Friendly
1–2 v England 2 Jun 2018 · Friendly
0–1 v Czech Republic 6 Jun 2018 · Friendly

After

2–0 v Iceland 22 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
1–2 v Argentina 26 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
3–0 v Seychelles 8 Sep 2018 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2018
2–1 v Liberia 11 Sep 2018 · Friendly
4–0 v Libya 13 Oct 2018 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2018

Group D

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Croatia	3	3	0	0	+6	9
2Argentina	3	1	1	1	-2	4
3Nigeria	3	1	0	2	-1	3
4Iceland	3	0	1	2	-3	1

Road through the tournament

Croatia

2–0 v Nigeria Group stage
3–0 v Argentina Group stage
2–1 v Iceland Group stage
1–1 v Denmark Round of 16
2–2 v Russia Quarter-final
2–1 v England Semi-final
2–4 v France Final

Nigeria

0–2 v Croatia Group stage
2–0 v Iceland Group stage
1–2 v Argentina Group stage

Every Croatia v Nigeria match1

From Croatia's side.


16 Jun 2018	Nigeria	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2018	Group stage

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: Fjelstul · Cards: Fjelstul