Croatia vs Ghana: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup


Saturday, 27 June 2026 at 21:00 UTC
🏟 Lincoln Financial Field · Philadelphia
🏁 Post-match review
Croatia defeated Ghana 2-1 in a competitive World Cup group-stage encounter. The Eastern Europeans secured a narrow victory despite Ghana's resilient efforts to find an equalizer.
Expectation:Without pre-match market data or a stated lean, the result cannot be directly benchmarked against expectations. However, a one-goal margin suggests this was a closely contested match rather than a dominant performance by either side.
The win keeps Croatia's World Cup campaign alive with three points, though the narrow margin indicates vulnerabilities. Ghana's loss limits their path to progression and underscores the fine margins at tournament football.
Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).
📐 Statistical score reference
Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.
🎓 Coaches / Formations
🔬 Advanced data (averages)
Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football
📈 Recent form
- 2026-07-02 · (A) 1–2 vs Portugal
- 2026-06-27 · (H) 2–1 vs Ghana
- 2026-06-23 · (A) 1–0 vs Panama
- 2026-06-17 · (A) 2–4 vs England
- 2026-07-04 · (A) 0–1 vs Colombia
- 2026-06-27 · (A) 1–2 vs Croatia
- 2026-06-23 · (A) 0–0 vs England
- 2026-06-17 · (H) 1–0 vs Panama
🆚 Head-to-head
- 2026-06-27 · Croatia 2–1 Ghana
🧑⚖️ Referee
Drew Fischer, Canada
Referee averages in this competition · 3 games · PK Sport
✅ Confirmed lineups · Croatia [4-2-3-1]
API-Football · 26 Jul 2026, 20:51 UTC
- 1D. Livakovic
- 2J. Stanisic
- 6J. Sutalo
- 3M. Pongracic
- 14I. Perisic
- 10L. Modric
- 8M. Kovacic
- 13N. Vlasic
- 17P. Sucic
- 16M. Baturina
- 11A. Budimir
✅ Confirmed lineups · Ghana [4-1-4-1]
API-Football · 26 Jul 2026, 20:51 UTC
- 16B. Asare
- 26M. Senaya
- 4J. Adjetey
- 23D. Luckassen
- 14G. Mensah
- 5T. Partey
- 11A. Semenyo
- 15E. Owusu
- 8K. Sibo
- 22K. Sulemana
- 9J. Ayew
Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.
Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net