UEFA Nations League

FT Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Spain WWWWW 4
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Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium · 40,294 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Spain beat Croatia with Yamal double, unbeaten run now at 40

Lamine Yamal fired a double as Spain cruised to a 4-1 win against Croatia in Seville on Tuesday to open up a three-point lead at the top of their Nations League group.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
1
36.3
Possession
63.7
5
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
296
Accurate Passes
568
347
Passes
620
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.3
38
Long Balls
27
21
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
6
17
Effective Clearances
14
17
Clearances
14

Highlights

01:29 Walcott hails 'incredible' Lamine Yamal after brace vs. Croatia Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ESP leads series 4-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 2Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 5Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 22Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 12Marc PubillRB
  6. 18Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 8Fabián RuizLM
  8. 9Fermín LópezRM
  9. 21Mikel OyarzabalF
  10. 15Álex BaenaLF
  11. 19Lamine YamalRF

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 3Marin PongracicCD-L
  3. 6Josip SutaloCD-R
  4. 4Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 2Ivan SmolcicRB
  6. 17Petar SucicAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 22Josip MisicRM
  9. 20Dion Drena BeljoF
  10. 14Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 19Marco PasalicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Spain 1, Croatia 0. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Baena.
  2. 18' Marin Pongracic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Goal! Spain 1, Croatia 1. Dion Beljo (Croatia) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  4. 31' Goal! Spain 2, Croatia 1. Marc Pubill (Spain) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross following a corner.
  5. 37' Petar Sucic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Vuskovic replaces Marin Pongracic.
  7. 49' Álex Baena (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 54' Marco Pasalic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 57' Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Fermín López.
  10. 57' Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  11. 58' Josip Misic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Dion Beljo.
  13. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  14. 63' Goal! Spain 3, Croatia 1. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedri.
  15. 68' Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Álex Baena.
  16. 68' Substitution, Spain. Víctor Muñoz replaces Lamine Yamal.
  17. 72' Substitution, Croatia. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  18. 72' Substitution, Spain. Rodri replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  19. 81' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Petar Sucic.
  20. 89' Goal! Spain 4, Croatia 1. Nico Williams (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikel Merino.

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