Match Report
5 points for Portugal (2nd), 6 for Croatia (2nd): a 1-point gap. On recent form Portugal sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Portugal 2 scored and 0.33 conceded per game, Croatia 1.67 and 1.67, with the league averaging 1.49.
8 matches unbeaten backed Portugal's arrival.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Portugal wins, 1 for Croatia, 2 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 80% of the meetings.
Toronto Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 45,700. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo (68'), Gonçalo Ramos (90') · Croatia: Ivan Perišić (53')
Key stats
Possession: Portugal 60% · Croatia 40% · Total shots: 15-13 · On target: 3-6 · Corners: 9-5