UEFA Nations League 2025

France 2–0 Croatia

Sunday 23 Mar 2025 · Paris, France

France2–0Croatia

Goals2

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Olise Dembélé

52′1–0Michael Olise France
80′2–0Ousmane Dembélé France

Line-ups

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

France

Came on

Croatia

1Dominik LivakovicGK
2Josip StanisicDF
4Josko GvardiolDF ↓105′
5Duje Caleta-CarDF
6Josip SutaloDF
8Mateo KovacicMF ↓82′
9Andrej KramaricMF ↓71′
10Luka ModricMF ↓82′
14Ivan PerisicMF ↓71′
21Petar SucicMF
11Ante BudimirFW ↓60′

Came on

20Franjo Ivanovic↑60′
15Mario Pasalic↑71′
16Martin Baturina↑71′
7Nikola Moro↑82′
18Kristijan Jakic↑82′
3Marin Pongracic↑105′

Elo

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

France: 2074 → 2088
Croatia: 1973 → 1959

Expected score for France: 76.1% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 12 of 12, 1998–2025.

France wins: 7
Draws: 3
Croatia wins: 2

Form either side

France

Before

4–1 v Israel 10 Oct 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
2–1 v Belgium 14 Oct 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
0–0 v Israel 14 Nov 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
3–1 v Italy 17 Nov 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
0–2 v Croatia 20 Mar 2025 · UEFA Nations League 2025

After

4–5 v Spain 5 Jun 2025 · UEFA Nations League 2025
2–0 v Germany 8 Jun 2025 · UEFA Nations League 2025
2–0 v Ukraine 5 Sep 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
2–1 v Iceland 9 Sep 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
3–0 v Azerbaijan 10 Oct 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025

Croatia

Before

2–1 v Scotland 12 Oct 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
3–3 v Poland 15 Oct 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
0–1 v Scotland 15 Nov 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
1–1 v Portugal 18 Nov 2024 · UEFA Nations League 2024
2–0 v France 20 Mar 2025 · UEFA Nations League 2025

After

7–0 v Gibraltar 6 Jun 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
5–1 v Czech Republic 9 Jun 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
1–0 v Faroe Islands 5 Sep 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
4–0 v Montenegro 8 Sep 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
0–0 v Czech Republic 9 Oct 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025

Road through the tournament

France

0–2 v Croatia 20 Mar 2025
2–0 v Croatia 23 Mar 2025
4–5 v Spain 5 Jun 2025
2–0 v Germany 8 Jun 2025

Croatia

2–0 v France 20 Mar 2025
0–2 v France 23 Mar 2025

Every France v Croatia match12

From France's side.


23 Mar 2025	Croatia	2–0	Home	UEFA Nations League 2025	—
20 Mar 2025	Croatia	0–2	Away	UEFA Nations League 2025	—
13 Jun 2022	Croatia	0–1	Home	UEFA Nations League 2022	—
6 Jun 2022	Croatia	1–1	Away	UEFA Nations League 2022	—
14 Oct 2020	Croatia	2–1	Away	UEFA Nations League 2020	—
8 Sep 2020	Croatia	4–2	Home	UEFA Nations League 2020	—
15 Jul 2018	Croatia	4–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2018	Final
29 Mar 2011	Croatia	0–0	Home	Friendly	—
17 Jun 2004	Croatia	2–2	Neutral	UEFA Euro 2004	Group stage
28 May 2000	Croatia	2–0	Away	Friendly	—
13 Nov 1999	Croatia	3–0	Home	Friendly	—
8 Jul 1998	Croatia	2–1	Home	FIFA World Cup 1998	Semi-final

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