Poland vs Croatia 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

Poland

5': Piotr Zielinski
45': Nicola Zalewski
68': Sebastian Szymanski

FT
3 - 3

Croatia

19': Borna Sosa
24': Petar Sucic
26': Martin Baturina
76': Dominik Livakovic

Poland fight back to draw with Croatia in 6-goal affair

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Poland fought back from two goals down to snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw with visitors Croatia in the Nations League on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
5': Goal! Poland 1, Croatia 0. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kacper Urbanski.
19': Goal! Poland 1, Croatia 1. Borna Sosa (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
24': Goal! Poland 1, Croatia 2. Petar Sucic (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Baturina.
26': Goal! Poland 1, Croatia 3. Martin Baturina (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
32': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Substitution, Poland. Kamil Piatkowski replaces Pawel Dawidowicz because of an injury.
45': Goal! Poland 2, Croatia 3. Nicola Zalewski (Poland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
45'+3': First Half ends, Poland 2, Croatia 3.
61': Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Igor Matanovic.
62': Substitution, Poland. Robert Lewandowski replaces Karol Swiderski.
62': Substitution, Poland. Michael Ameyaw replaces Jakub Kaminski.
62': Substitution, Poland. Maxi Oyedele replaces Jakub Moder.
68': Goal! Poland 3, Croatia 3. Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
70': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
70': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
74': Substitution, Poland. Bartosz Kapustka replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
76': Dominik Livakovic (Croatia) is shown the red card.
78': Martin Baturina (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
80': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Martin Baturina.
81': Substitution, Croatia. Nediljko Labrovic replaces Martin Erlic.
90'+2': Ante Budimir (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: PGE Narodowy
Location: Warsaw, Poland

UEFA Nations League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+4	Portugal	4	10	0
+1	Croatia	4	7	1
-2	Poland	4	4	2
-3	Scotland	4	1	3

Full Table

Statistics

CRO		POL
9	Fouls	14
3	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	5
52.7	Possession	47.3
15	SHOTS	14
8	ON GOAL	6
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
412	Accurate Passes	356
479	Passes	418
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	2
10	Crosses	19
0.2	Cross %	0.1
59	Long Balls	39
38	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	2
7	Effective Tackles	15
15	Tackles	21
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	9
19	Effective Clearances	19
19	Clearances	19

Line-Ups

Poland (3-5-2)

No.	Name
12	Marcin Bulka (GK)
5	Jan Bednarek
14	Jakub Kiwior
3	Pawel Dawidowicz
10	Piotr Zielinski
20	Sebastian Szymanski
8	Jakub Moder
21	Nicola Zalewski
13	Jakub Kaminski
7	Kacper Urbanski
11	Karol Swiderski

Substitutes:

Robert Lewandowski, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Lukasz Skorupski, Krzysztof Piatek, Kamil Piatkowski, Bartosz Kapustka, Bartosz Bereszynski, Michael Ameyaw, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Maximillian Oyedele, Bartosz Mrozek.

Croatia (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Livakovic (GK)
5	Martin Erlic
4	Josko Gvardiol
6	Josip Sutalo
13	Petar Sucic
10	Luka Modric
19	Borna Sosa
14	Ivan Perisic
22	Igor Matanovic
9	Andrej Kramaric
16	Martin Baturina

Substitutes:

Nediljko Labrovic, Kristijan Jakic, Luka Ivanusec, Marko Pjaca, Mario Pasalic, Luka Sucic, Mislav Orsic, Bruno Petkovic, Marco Pasalic, Duje Caleta-Car, Ivica Ivusic, Ante Budimir.