Croatia beat Slovakia 0-1. The winner had to work for it: 1 from 13 shots. Best on the pitch was Marcelo Brozović, rated 8.2.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   SVK 4-3-3·4-2-3-1 CRO
   Coach: Š. Tarkovič · Z. DalićReferee: B. Frankowski📍 Štadión Tehelné pole
2. 1. First half
   2. 38'
      

      SVK
      Yellow card
      Peter Pekarík
3. 1. Second half
   2. 55'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Mario Pašalić▼Nikola Vlašić
   3. 55'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Ivan Perišić▼Luka Ivanušec
   4. 55'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Marko Livaja▼A. Čolak
   5. 62'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲Róbert Boženík▼Ivan Schranz
   6. 62'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Andrej Kramarić▼Mislav Oršić
   7. 63'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲Ondrej Duda▼Marek Hamšík
   8. 79'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲Erik Jirka▼Róbert Mak
   9. 80'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲Martin Koscelník▼Vladimír Weiss
   10. 84'
       

       CRO
       Substitution
       ▲Lovro Majer▼Mateo Kovačić
   11. 86'
       

       CRO
       GOOOAL!Marcelo Brozović
   12. 89'
       

       SVK
       Substitution
       ▲David Strelec▼Peter Pekarík
   13. 90+3'
       

       SVK
       Yellow card
       Róbert Boženík
   14. 90+3'
       

       CRO
       Yellow card
       I. Ivusic