Montenegro vs Croatia · World Cup Qualifying · UEFA
Montenegro
3-0-5
2 – 3
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Croatia
7-1-0
Podgorica City Stadium · Podgorica · Montenegro
From two goals down, Croatia went on to beat Montenegro 3-2 at Podgorica City Stadium (crowd 4,673). The first goal went to Milutin Osmajic at the 3-minute mark and Nikola Krstovic added to the lead after 17 minutes; a goal from Ivan Perisic at the 37-minute mark cut it to 2-1 with a penalty and the equaliser came from Kristijan Jakic after 72 minutes. Nikola Vlasic scored the winner late on, at 87 minutes. On 63% of the ball Croatia shot 17 times to 12 for Montenegro. 7 of the 17 shots by Croatia were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- World Cup Qualifying · UEFA UEFA
- Campaign
- 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage
- Ground
- Podgorica City Stadium · Podgorica · Montenegro
- Crowd
- 4,673
- Referee
- Halil Meler
- Montenegro form
- DWWWD
- Croatia form
- LWLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Side by side
17Fouls16
3Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Offsides0
5Corner Kicks3
4Saves3
36.8%Possession63.2%
12Shots17
5On Goal7
40%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals1
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
221Accurate Passes438
285Passes491
80%Pass Completion %90%
5Accurate Crosses7
14Crosses24
40%Cross %30%
61Long Balls42
31Accurate Long Balls27
50%Long Balls %60%
1Blocked Shots5
6Effective Tackles8
16Tackles13
40%Tackle %60%
3Interceptions4
26Effective Clearances22
26Clearances22
Timeline
Full time · 2-3
87'2 - 3
⚽Nikola Vlasic
78'
🔁Luka Modricreplacing Ivan Perisic
🔁Nikola Sipcicreplacing Marko Vesovic
78'
🔁Miloš Brnovicreplacing Andrija Bulatovic
77'
72'2 - 2
⚽Kristijan Jakic
🟨Milutin Osmajic
70'
🔁Vasilije Adzicreplacing Stefan Loncar
62'
🔁Milan Vukoticreplacing Stevan Jovetic
62'
59'
🔁Petar Musareplacing Igor Matanovic
55'
🔁Andrej Kramaricreplacing Franjo Ivanovic
🔁Marko Perovicreplacing Slobodan Rubezic
45'
45'
🔁Josip Stanisicreplacing Josko Gvardiol
45'
🔁Marin Pongracicreplacing Duje Caleta-Car
Half-time · 2-1
37'2 - 1
⚽Ivan PerisicPenalty
🟨Slobodan Rubezic
36'
🟨Stefan Loncar
30'
29'
🟨Mario Pasalic
⚽Nikola KrstovicAssist: Stevan Jovetic
17'2 - 0
⚽Milutin Osmajic
3'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Montenegro4-3-1-2
10↓Jovetic
20⚽🟨Osmajic
8Janković
19🟨↓Loncar
21↓Bulatovic
9⚽Krstovic
23Marusic
5🟨↓Rubezic
7↓Vesovic
6Tuci
13Nikic
Bench
- 4Marko Simun
- 2Stefan Milic
- 16Marko Perovicon for Slobodan Rubezic, 45'
- 1Balsa Popovic
- 17Vasilije Adzicon for Stefan Loncar, 62'
- 15Nikola Sipcicon for Marko Vesovic, 78'
- 14Miloš Brnovicon for Andrija Bulatovic, 77'
- 3Risto Radunovic
- 12Danijel Petković
- 11Milan Vukoticon for Stevan Jovetic, 62'
Croatia4-2-3-1
21↓Matanovic
14⚽↓Perisic
13⚽Vlasic
20↓Ivanovic
8Moro
15🟨Pasalic
4↓Gvardiol
5↓Caleta-Car
18⚽Jakic
6Sutalo
1Livakovic
Bench
- 19Toni Fruk
- 11Petar Musaon for Igor Matanovic, 59'
- 10Luka Modricon for Ivan Perisic, 78'
- 2Josip Stanisicon for Josko Gvardiol, 45'
- 12Ivor Pandur
- 3Marin Pongracicon for Duje Caleta-Car, 45'
- 17Petar Sucic
- 22Martin Erlic
- 9Andrej Kramaricon for Franjo Ivanovic, 55'
- 16Mislav Orsic
- 7Marco Pasalic
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Croatia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | +22 | 22 |
| 2 |  Czechia | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | +10 | 16 |
| 3 |  Faroe Islands | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 12 |
| 4 |  Montenegro | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 9 |
| 5 |  Gibraltar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -25 | 0 |
Meetings
0Montenegro wins
0Level
1Croatia wins
Last times they met
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Croatia
4–0
Montenegro · 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Form
Last games: Montenegro
L2-0L4-0L4-0W2-1W2-1
Last games: Croatia
W1-0W4-0D0-0W3-0W3-1
