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Who: Croatia vs Spain
What: UEFA Nations League 2026-27, Group A3 match
Where: Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia
When: Tuesday, October 6, at 8:45pm local time (18:45 GMT)
How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up and live updates from 15:45 GMT.
FIFA World Cup holders Spain can confirm their ticket to the UEFA Nations League quarterfinals when they face Croatia on their trip to Split.
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With a perfect record in the tournament and an overall 41-match unbeaten streak, the odds swing heavily in Spain’s favour to clinch victory.
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La Roja’s attack has been on fire this term – they have netted 10 goals from seven scorers in three games, with teenage sensation Lamine Yamal leading the scoring charts.
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Yamal → net → charts
Unlike Spain, Croatia’s performance has been far from exemplary, with Luka Modric’s side suffering their heaviest defeat in history in the last fixture.
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Before the clash of generations 2.0 between Yamal and Modric, Al Jazeera breaks down everything you need to know:
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The UEFA Nations League was founded in 2018 to reduce the number of meaningless friendlies and give nations competitive matches against equally ranked teams.
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In this competition, countries from across Europe participate in a league structure, which features promotion and relegation.
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which → participate → promotion
How does the UEFA Nations League work?
The teams compete across four divisions, facing every other team in their group twice: Once at home and once away.
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The league phase ends in November.
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In the top league, League A, the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, which take place in March 2027.
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The finals will again be contested between four teams.
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finals → contest → teams
The host and dates of the finals have not been confirmed yet.
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host → confirm → finals
How have Croatia and Spain played in the Nations League?
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Croatia → play → League
(Last five matches; latest match first)
Croatia: L-L-W-L-W
Spain: W-W-W-W-W
Who are the top players to watch?
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The evergreen Modric, very much the heartbeat of the Croatian midfield even at 41 years old, has found the net once in this campaign.
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Modric → find → campaign
With four goals in three games, Yamal is the joint leading scorer in this year’s Nations League, alongside three others, including England’s Harry Kane.
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The Barcelona star has found the net in each game, including a double against Croatia in the initial face-off in Seville.
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star → find → Seville
Atletico Madrid’s Baena, on the other hand, has been influential in more ways than one, bagging two assists and a goal.
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Baena → bag → assists
Team news and predicted lineups
Croatia
Centre-back Martin Erlic is sidelined with injury until mid-October, while Josip Juranovic is unavailable due to illness.
Probable Croatia XI: Dominik Livakovic; Josip Stanisic, Luka Vuskovic, Josko Gvardiol, Ivan Perisic; Luka Modric; Franjo Ivanovic, Petar Sucic, Mateo Kovacic, Martin Baturina; Petar Musa
Spain
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Probable Spain XI: David Raya; Ivan Fresneda, Robin Le Normand, Aymeric Laporte, Fran Garcia; Rodri, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Alex Baena; Roberto Fernandez
Croatia vs Spain: TV channel, livestreaming
- Croatia: gol
- Spain: RTVE PLAY
- United Kingdom: Prime Video UK
- United States: FOX Sports, FuboTV, ViX
- India: Sony Sports Network
- Middle East and North Africa: beIN SPORTS
- South Africa: DStv Stream
You can find your regional broadcaster on UEFA’s official list.
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