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Iceland 1-2 Croatia · World Cup 2026

Iceland lost to Croatia 1-2 in the World Cup 2026. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Iceland and Croatia met in the World Cup 2026 at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik on Tuesday, 26 June 2018.

Goalscorers

Iceland: G. Sigurðsson 76'. Croatia: M. Badelj 53'; I. Perišić 90'.

How the match went

The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for Iceland, 2 for Croatia).

Line-ups

Iceland started in a 4-2-3-1: Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Birkir Már Sævarsson, Sverrir Ingason, Ragnar Sigurðsson, Hörður Magnússon, Aron Gunnarsson, Emil Hallfreðsson, Jóhann Guðmundsson, Gylfi Sigurðsson, Birkir Bjarnason, Alfreð Finnbogason.

Croatia started in a 4-3-2-1: Lovre Kalinić, Tin Jedvaj, Vedran Ćorluka, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Josip Pivarić, Luka Modrić, Milan Badelj, Mateo Kovačić, Marko Pjaca, Ivan Perišić, Andrej Kramarić.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Iceland 0-0 Croatia.
  2. 53'Goal! Iceland 0-1 Croatia. M. Badelj (Croatia) scores.
  3. 76'Goal! Iceland 1-1 Croatia. G. Sigurðsson (Iceland) converts the penalty.
  4. 90'Goal! Iceland 1-2 Croatia. I. Perišić (Croatia) scores, assisted by M. Badelj.
  5. 90'Full-time. Iceland 1-2 Croatia.
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  1. 1'Kick-off: Iceland vs Croatia.
  2. 14'Yellow card for M. Pjaca (Croatia) for foul.
  3. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  4. 45'Half-time. Iceland 0-0 Croatia.
  5. 46'The second half is under way.
  6. 53'Goal! Iceland 0-1 Croatia. M. Badelj (Croatia) scores.
  7. 59'Yellow card for E. Hallfreðsson (Iceland) for foul.
  8. 64'Yellow card for A. Finnbogason (Iceland) for foul.
  9. 65'Substitution, Croatia: F. Bradarić comes on for L. Modrić.
  10. 70'Substitution, Iceland: B. Sigurðarson comes on for R. Sigurðsson.
  11. 70'Substitution, Croatia: D. Lovren comes on for M. Pjaca.
  12. 76'Goal! Iceland 1-1 Croatia. G. Sigurðsson (Iceland) converts the penalty.
  13. 82'Substitution, Croatia: I. Rakitić comes on for M. Kovačić.
  14. 83'Yellow card for T. Jedvaj (Croatia) for foul.
  15. 84'Yellow card for B. Már Sævarsson (Iceland) for foul.
  16. 85'Substitution, Iceland: A. Guðmundsson comes on for A. Finnbogason.
  17. 90'Goal! Iceland 1-2 Croatia. I. Perišić (Croatia) scores, assisted by M. Badelj.
  18. 90'Substitution, Iceland: A. Traustason comes on for B. Bjarnason.
  19. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  20. 90'Full-time. Iceland 1-2 Croatia.
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