The story
Croatia beat Cyprus 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup Qualification, matchday 2.
The goal came from Mario Pasalic (40').
It was 1-0 at half-time.
Croatia had 68% of the ball and 17 shots to Cyprus' 3.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 40' Mario Pasalic Goal · Croatia 1-0
Line-ups
Croatia
- Dominik LivakovicGoalkeeper
- Duje Caleta-CarDefender
- Dejan LovrenDefender
- Borna BarisicDefender
- Sime Vrsaljkooff 46'Defender
- Luka ModricMidfielder
- Mario Pasalicoff 66'Midfielder
- Marcelo BrozovicMidfielder
- Ivan Perisicoff 77'Forward
- Ante Budimiroff 57'Forward
- Josip Brekalooff 66'Forward
Cyprus
- Dimitris Dimitriouoff 39'Goalkeeper
- Nikolas IoannouDefender
- Konstantinos Laifisoff 82'Defender
- Konstantinos SotiriouDefender
- Paris PsaltisDefender
- Charalampos KyriakouMidfielder
- Ioannis KousoulosMidfielder
- Kostakis Artymatasoff 67'Midfielder
- Ioannis PittasForward
- Marinos Tzionisoff 67'Forward
- Marios Iliaoff 46'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (4)
- 40' ⚽ Mario Pasalic
- 48' 🟨 Duje Caleta-Car
- 69' 🟨 Ivan Perisic
- 90+3' 🟨 Mateo Kovacic
Head to head
1Croatia wins0Draws0Cyprus wins

