Croatia beat Russia 1-0. The winner had to work for it: 1 from 19 shots. Best on the pitch was Luka Modrić, rated 8.3.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   CRO 4-3-3·4-3-3 RUS
   Coach: Z. Dalić · V. KarpinReferee: D. Makkelie📍 Stadion Poljud
2. 1. Second half
   2. 51'
      

      RUS
      Yellow card
      Aleksandr Golovin
   3. 55'
      

      RUS
      Yellow card
      Fyodor Smolov
   4. 57'
      

      RUS
      Substitution
      ▲A. Zabolotny▼Fyodor Smolov
   5. 57'
      

      RUS
      Substitution
      ▲D. Chistyakov▼Aleksandr Golovin
   6. 57'
      

      RUS
      Substitution
      ▲R. Zobnin▼Aleksei Ionov
   7. 58'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Bruno Petković▼Nikola Vlašić
   8. 75'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Josip Brekalo▼J. Juranovic
   9. 75'
      

      CRO
      Substitution
      ▲Marko Livaja▼Mario Pašalić
   10. 78'
       

       RUS
       Substitution
       ▲A. Mostovoy▼Z. Bakaev
   11. 80'
       

       RUS
       Substitution
       ▲D. Glebov▼D. Fomin
   12. 81'
       

       RUS
       Own goalFyodor Kudryashov
   13. 86'
       

       CRO
       Substitution
       ▲J. Stanisic▼Andrej Kramarić
   14. 89'
       

       CRO
       Yellow card
       Marko Livaja
   15. 90+3'
       

       CRO
       Yellow card
       I. Grbić