The story
Croatia won 3-0 away to Cyprus in the FIFA World Cup Qualification, matchday 7.
The goals came from Ivan Perisic (45+3'), Josko Gvardiol (80') and Marko Livaja (90+2').
It was 0-1 at half-time.
Luka Modric missed a penalty for Croatia (54').
Croatia had 74% of the ball and 27 shots to Cyprus' 7.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 45+3' Ivan Perisic Goal · Croatia 0-1 Assist: Luka Modric
- 54' Luka Modric Penalty missed · Croatia
- 80' Josko Gvardiol Goal · Croatia 0-2
- 90+2' Marko Livaja Goal · Croatia 0-3 Assist: Josip Brekalo
Line-ups
Cyprus
- Neofytos MichailGoalkeeper
- Nikolas IoannouDefender
- Stelios AndreouDefender
- Andreas Avraamoff 61'Defender
- Paris PsaltisDefender
- Costas SoteriouDefender
- Grigoris KastanosMidfielder
- Kostakis Artymatasoff 69'Midfielder
- Ioannis Pittasoff 46'Forward
- Pieros Sotiriouoff 85'Forward
- Fotis Papoulisoff 69'Forward
Croatia
- Dominik LivakovicGoalkeeper
- Borna SosaDefender
- Josko GvardiolDefender
- Duje Caleta-CarDefender
- Josip StanisicDefender
- Mateo Kovacicoff 63'Midfielder
- Nikola Vlasicoff 68'Midfielder
- Luka Modricoff 84'Midfielder
- Marcelo Brozovicoff 84'Midfielder
- Ivan PerisicForward
- Andrej Kramaricoff 68'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 33' 🟨 Mateo Kovacic
- 34' 🟨 Kostakis Artymatas
- 44' 🟨 Andreas Avraam
- 45+3' ⚽ Ivan Perisicassist Luka Modric
- 54' ✕ Luka Modric missed penalty
- 61' 🟨 Josip Stanisic
- 80' ⚽ Josko Gvardiol
- 90+2' ⚽ Marko Livajaassist Josip Brekalo
Head to head
0Cyprus wins0Draws1Croatia wins

