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France 4-2 Croatia - July 15, 2018 / World Cup 2018

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World Cup 2018 - Final

BSA Luzhniki - Moscow - Russia

July 15, 2018 - 21:00

78 011

France

4 - 2

Croatia

(o.g) Mario Mandzukic

18'

(penalty) Antoine Griezmann

38'

(left foot) Paul Pogba

59'

Assist by Lucas Hernandez (right foot) Kylian Mbappé

65'

28'

Ivan Perisic (left foot) Assist by Domagoj Vida

69'

Mario Mandzukic (right foot)

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18' - Own goal Mario Mandzukic18

28' - Yellow card N'Golo Kanté28

28' - Goal Ivan Perisic

38' - Goal Antoine Griezmann38

41' - Yellow card Lucas Hernandez41

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54' - Substitution N'Golo Kantéis substituted by Steven Nzonzi54

59' - Goal Paul Pogba59

65' - Goal Kylian Mbappé65

69' - Goal Mario Mandzukic

71' - Substitution Ante Rebicis substituted by Andrej Kramaric

73' - Substitution Blaise Matuidiis substituted by Corentin Tolisso73

81' - Substitution Olivier Giroudis substituted by Nabil Fekir81

81' - Substitution Ivan Strinicis substituted by Marko Pjaca

92' - Yellow card Sime Vrsaljko

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match

France

4 - 2

Croatia

France Croatia

Team line-ups

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Giroud81

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age31 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

14Matuidi73

Blaise Matuidi

France

B.date09/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

7Griezmann38

Antoine Griezmann

France

B.date21/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m74

positionSecond striker

10Mbappé65

Kylian Mbappé

France

B.date20/12/1998

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

13Kanté5428

N'Golo Kanté

France

B.date29/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

6Pogba59

Paul Pogba

France

B.date15/03/1993

Age25 years

H1m88

positionBox-to-box midfielder

21Hernandez41

Lucas Hernandez

France

B.date14/02/1996

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

5Umtiti

Samuel Umtiti

France

B.date14/11/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

4Varane

Raphaël Varane

France

B.date25/04/1993

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Pavard

Benjamin Pavard

France

B.date28/03/1996

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

1Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hugo Lloris		31	104	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Samuel Umtiti		24	25	6.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Raphaël Varane		25	49	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Lucas Hernandez	41	22	12	5.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Benjamin Pavard		22	12	4.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	N'Golo Kanté	5428	27	31	3.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Blaise Matuidi	73	31	72	4.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Paul Pogba	59	25	60	7.4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Olivier Giroud	81	31	81	4.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kylian Mbappé	65	19	22	7.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Antoine Griezmann	38	27	61	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Croatia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Mandzukic1869

Mario Mandzukic

Croatia

B.date21/05/1986

Age32 years

H1m86

positionStriker

4Perisic28

Ivan Perisic

Croatia

B.date02/02/1989

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Modric

Luka Modric

Croatia

B.date09/09/1985

Age32 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

18Rebic71

Ante Rebic

Croatia

B.date21/09/1993

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

11Brozovic

Marcelo Brozovic

Croatia

B.date16/11/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

7Rakitic

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age30 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

3Strinic81

Ivan Strinic

Croatia

B.date17/07/1987

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

21Vida

Domagoj Vida

Croatia

B.date29/04/1989

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

6Lovren

Dejan Lovren

Croatia

B.date05/07/1989

Age29 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Vrsaljko92

Sime Vrsaljko

Croatia

B.date10/01/1992

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

23Subasic

Danijel Subasic

Croatia

B.date27/10/1984

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Danijel Subasic		33	44	4.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dejan Lovren		29	46	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Domagoj Vida		29	65	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ivan Strinic	81	30	48	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sime Vrsaljko	92	26	41	5.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Marcelo Brozovic		25	41	5.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Modric		32	113	7.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Perisic	28	29	73	7.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ivan Rakitic		30	98	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ante Rebic	71	24	22	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Mario Mandzukic	1869	32	89	7.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Alphonse Areola		25
16	G	Steve Mandanda		33
3	D	Presnel Kimpembe		22
17	D	Adil Rami		32
19	D	Djibril Sidibé		25
22	D	Benjamin Mendy		23
12	M	Corentin Tolisso	73	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Steven Nzonzi	54	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Florian Thauvin		25
8	M	Thomas Lemar		22
18	F	Nabil Fekir	81	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ousmane Dembélé		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Lovre Kalinic		28
1	G	Dominik Livakovic		23
15	D	Duje Caleta-Car		21
22	D	Josip Pivaric		29
5	D	Vedran Corluka		32
13	D	Tin Jedvaj		22
14	M	Filip Bradaric		26
19	M	Milan Badelj		29
8	M	Mateo Kovacic		24
9	F	Andrej Kramaric	71	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Marko Pjaca	81	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Didier Deschamps

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Deschamps vs Croatia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 15, 2018

Deschamps vs Dalic

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 15, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Zlatko Dalic

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Dalic vs France

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 15, 2018

Dalic vs Deschamps

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 15, 2018

Referee

Néstor Pitana

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	France3 matches	General total	Croatia2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	France2 matches	Season total	Croatia2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 15, 2018					Latest figure on July 15, 2018

4th official

Bjorn Kuipers

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	General total	Croatia3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Croatia2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 15, 2018					Latest figure on June 13, 2021

Video referee

Massimiliano Irrati

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	General total	Croatia2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 15, 2018					Latest figure on June 13, 2021

LIVE

Full LIVE

Important actions

90+6'		End of game.
90+2'		Yellow card! Sime Vrsaljko is shown a YELLOW CARD.
90+1'		There will be 5 min. of additional time.
90'		Foul on Paul Pogba conceded by Andrej Kramaric.
89'		Ivan Rakitic misses the target with the right foot.
86'		Foul on Nabil Fekir conceded by Ivan Rakitic.
84'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by Ivan Rakitic.
82'		Ivan Strinic is substituted by Marko Pjaca.
81'		Olivier Giroud is substituted by Nabil Fekir.
78'		Ivan Rakitic misses the target with the left foot.
75'		Cross repelled by defense by Ivan Perisic.
73'		Blaise Matuidi is substituted by Corentin Tolisso.
73'		Foul on Samuel Umtiti conceded by Mario Mandzukic.
71'		Ante Rebic is substituted by Andrej Kramaric.
69'		GOOOAAAAL!! Mario Mandzukic scores.
65'		GOOOAAAAL!! Kylian Mbappé scores. Assist by Lucas Hernandez.
62'		Corner.
59'		GOOOAAAAL!! Paul Pogba scores with the left foot.
58'		Completely missed cross by Ivan Perisic.
58'		Foul on Dejan Lovren conceded by Olivier Giroud.
58'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper by Ivan Strinic.
54'		N'Golo Kanté is substituted by Steven Nzonzi.
54'		Mario Mandzukic misses the target headershot.
52'		Kylian Mbappé shoots with the right foot from inside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
50'		Sime Vrsaljko shoots with too much angle with the right foot from outside the box.
50'		Corner, conceded by Blaise Matuidi.
48'		Ante Rebic oblige with the left foot from inside the box le gardien à un arrêt de grande classe.
47'		Antoine Griezmann shoots with the left foot from outside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
45'		Second half.
45+4'		Half time.
45+3'		Cross at the second post by Sime Vrsaljko.
45+1'		Domagoj Vida has his shot headershot from close range end up close to the posts.
45+1'		There will be 3 min. of additional time.
44'		Corner, conceded by Raphaël Varane.
43'		Dejan Lovren voit son tir with the right foot contré filer en corner.
41'		Yellow card! Lucas Hernandez is shown a YELLOW CARD.
41'		Foul on Ante Rebic conceded by Lucas Hernandez.
40'		Ante Rebic shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
38'		GOOOAAAAL!! Antoine Griezmann scores.
37'		Handball in the box, so it's a PENALTY conceded by Ivan Perisic.
35'		Blaise Matuidi misses the target.
34'		Corner.
33'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper by Ante Rebic.
31'		Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
28'		GOOOAAAAL!! Ivan Perisic scores. Assist by Domagoj Vida.
28'		Yellow card! N'Golo Kanté is shown a YELLOW CARD.
28'		Foul on Ivan Rakitic conceded by N'Golo Kanté.
24'		Ivan Rakitic envoie le ballon with the left foot directement dans les tribunes.
23'		Foul conceded by Benjamin Pavard.
21'		Domagoj Vida misses the target headershot.
19'		GOOOAAAAL!! Mario Mandzukic marque un but contre son camp.
18'		Foul on Antoine Griezmann conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
17'		Cross repelled by defense by Kylian Mbappé.
9'		Foul on Paul Pogba conceded by Ante Rebic.
9'		Cross repelled by defense by Luka Modric.
8'		Ivan Strinic gets a corner, conceded by Kylian Mbappé.
5'		Cross repelled by defense by Sime Vrsaljko.
0'		First half.

Videos

February 26, 2024

Comments

Key figures

France keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 27/03/2018). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/09/2010-15/06/2012 time period (23 matches).

End of streak for Croatia after 5 consecutive matches without a loss surterrainneutre in World Cup (since 16/06/2018). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/06/2014 (3 matches)

It's the first time Paul Pogba scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VFrance 2-1 Australia16/06/2018

VFrance 1-0 Peru21/06/2018

DDenmark 0-0 France26/06/2018

VFrance 4-3 Argentina30/06/2018

VUruguay 0-2 France06/07/2018

VFrance 1-0 Belgium10/07/2018

Overall

VFrance 2-1 Australia16/06/2018

VFrance 1-0 Peru21/06/2018

DDenmark 0-0 France26/06/2018

VFrance 4-3 Argentina30/06/2018

VUruguay 0-2 France06/07/2018

VFrance 1-0 Belgium10/07/2018

Current form

Neutral ground

LBrazil 2-0 Croatia03/06/2018

VCroatia 2-0 Nigeria16/06/2018

VArgentina 0-3 Croatia21/06/2018

VIceland 1-2 Croatia26/06/2018

DCroatia 1-1 Denmark01/07/2018

VCroatia 2-1 England11/07/2018

Overall

VCroatia 2-0 Nigeria16/06/2018

VArgentina 0-3 Croatia21/06/2018

VIceland 1-2 Croatia26/06/2018

DCroatia 1-1 Denmark01/07/2018

DRussia 2-2 Croatia07/07/2018

VCroatia 2-1 England11/07/2018

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	6	10
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	3	3
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	7
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Antoine Griezmann	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Luka Modric
Antoine Griezmann	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Luka Modric
Antoine Griezmann	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Luka Modric
Antoine Griezmann	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Luka Modric
Olivier Giroud	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ivan Perisic
Olivier Giroud	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Ivan Perisic
Antoine Griezmann	3 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	Ivan Perisic

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

9 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

3 gf

9 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 13, 1999
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

March 29, 2011 - Rencontres amicales 2011

France

0 - 0

Croatia

June 17, 2004 - Euro 2004

Croatia

2 - 2

France

May 28, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Croatia

0 - 2

France

November 13, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

France

3 - 0

Croatia

July 08, 1998 - Coupe du Monde 1998

France

2 - 1

Croatia

Best historical scorers against Croatia

Robert Pirès	2 goals	1999 - 2000
David Trezeguet	2 goals	2000 - 2004
Lilian Thuram	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Tony Vairelles	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Florian Maurice	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/07/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against France

Dado Prso	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Davor Suker	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Milan Rapaic	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/07/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Zinédine Zidane	4 matches	1998 - 2004
Marcel Desailly	4 matches	1998 - 2004
Lilian Thuram	4 matches	1998 - 2004
Robert Pirès	3 matches	1999 - 2004
Thierry Henry	3 matches	1998 - 2004
Didier Deschamps	3 matches	1998 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/07/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Mario Stanic	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Dario Simic	3 matches	1998 - 2004
Aljosa Asanovic	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Zvonimir Soldo	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Davor Suker	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Robert Jarni	3 matches	1998 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/07/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

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France 4-2 Croatia - July 15, 2018 / World Cup 2018

France

4 - 2

Croatia

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Deschamps vs Croatia

Deschamps vs Dalic

Manager

Dalic vs France

Dalic vs Deschamps

Referee

4th official

Video referee

LIVE

Full LIVE

Important actions

Yellow card!

GOOOAAAAL!!

GOOOAAAAL!!

GOOOAAAAL!!

Yellow card!

GOOOAAAAL!!

GOOOAAAAL!!

Yellow card!

GOOOAAAAL!!

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Croatia

Best historical scorers against France

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Players with most games played vs France