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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025 - Round 12 - Group 7

Estadio São Luis - Faro - Portugal

March 26, 2024 - 18:30

Portugal U-21

Portugal

5 - 1

Croatia U-21

Croatia

Assist by Mateus FernandesPedro Santos

Pedro Santos

11'

Pedro Santos

22'

Paulo Bernardo

25'

(penalty) Fabio Silva

63'

15'

Marin Ljubicic (penalty)

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2' - Goal Pedro Santos2

11' - Goal Pedro Santos11

13' - Yellow card Samuel Soares13

15' - Goal Marin Ljubicic

22' - Goal Pedro Santos22

25' - Goal Paulo Bernardo25

30' - Yellow card Dominik Prpic

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46' - Substitution Dino Grozdanicis substituted by Moris Valincic photo Marin Soticek

46' - Substitution Stipe Biukis substituted by Marin Soticek

58' - Yellow card Mauro Perkovic

63' - Goal Fabio Silva63

70' - Substitution Pedro Santosis substituted by João Marques photo Youssef Chermiti

70' - Substitution Fabio Silvais substituted by Youssef Chermiti photo Rodrigo Gomes

70' - Substitution Tiago Tomasis substituted by Rodrigo Gomes70

70' - Substitution Antonio Mauricis substituted by Lovro Zvonarek photo Igor Matanovic

70' - Substitution Marin Ljubicicis substituted by Igor Matanovic

78' - Substitution Rafael Rodriguesis substituted by Tomas Esteves photo Martim Neto

78' - Substitution Paulo Bernardois substituted by Martim Neto78

88' - Substitution Moreno Zivkovicis substituted by Ante Crnac

89' - Yellow card Youssef Chermiti89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portugal U-21

5 - 1

Croatia U-21

Portugal U-21 Croatia U-21

Team line-ups

Portugal U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10P. Santos2221170

Pedro Santos

Portugal

B.date10/02/2003

Age21 years

positionForward

9Silva6370

Fabio Silva

Portugal

B.date19/07/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

11Tomas70

Tiago Tomas

Portugal

B.date16/06/2002

Age21 years

H1m80

positionForward

8Bernardo2578

Paulo Bernardo

Portugal

B.date24/01/2002

Age22 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

6Fernandes

Mateus Fernandes

Portugal

B.date10/07/2004

Age19 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

15Folha

Bernardo Folha

Portugal

B.date23/03/2002

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

5Rodrigues78

Rafael Rodrigues

Portugal

B.date27/01/2002

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

3Veiga

Renato Veiga

Portugal

B.date29/07/2003

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Araújo

Tomás Araújo

Portugal

B.date16/05/2002

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

16T. Santos

Tiago Santos

Portugal

B.date23/07/2002

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Soares13

Samuel Soares

Portugal

B.date15/06/2002

Age21 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Samuel Soares	13	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Tomás Araújo		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rafael Rodrigues	78	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Tiago Santos		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Renato Veiga		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Paulo Bernardo	2578	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Bernardo Folha		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mateus Fernandes		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Pedro Santos	2221170	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Fabio Silva	6370	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Tiago Tomas	70	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

21 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Croatia U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ljubicic1570

Marin Ljubicic

Croatia

B.date28/02/2002

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

11Bukvic

Domagoj Bukvic

Croatia

B.date22/02/2004

Age20 years

positionMidfield

7Biuk46

Stipe Biuk

Croatia

B.date26/12/2002

Age21 years

H1m84

positionWinger

14Mauric70

Antonio Mauric

Croatia

B.date04/11/2003

Age20 years

positionDefender

6Hodza

Veldin Hodza

Croatia

B.date15/10/2002

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

8Sigur

Niko Sigur

Canada

B.date09/09/2003

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Perkovic58

Mauro Perkovic

Croatia

B.date22/03/2003

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

13Prpic30

Dominik Prpic

Croatia

B.date19/05/2004

Age19 years

H1m88

positionDefender

18Zivkovic88

Moreno Zivkovic

Croatia

B.date22/05/2004

Age19 years

positionDefender

2Grozdanic46

Dino Grozdanic

Croatia

B.date27/12/2002

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

23Cavlina

Nikola Cavlina

Croatia

B.date02/06/2002

Age21 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Nikola Cavlina		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dino Grozdanic	46	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Moreno Zivkovic	88	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Antonio Mauric	70	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Dominik Prpic	30	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mauro Perkovic	58	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Niko Sigur		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Domagoj Bukvic		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Veldin Hodza		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marin Ljubicic	1570	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Stipe Biuk	46	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	João Carvalho		19
14	D	Eduardo Quaresma		22
2	D	Tomas Esteves	78	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Rodrigo Gomes	70	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Martim Neto	78	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Gustavo Sá		19
18	M	João Marques	70	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Youssef Chermiti	7089	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Carlos Forbs		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Toni Silic		19
15	D	Moris Valincic	46	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Leon Belcar		22
20	M	Lovro Zvonarek	70	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Igor Matanovic	70	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Ante Crnac	88	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Marin Soticek	46	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Matija Frigan		21
10	F	Gabriel Vidovic		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tiago Santos

Rodrigo Gomes

OUT

Samuel Soares

João Carvalho

OUT

Bernardo Folha

Vasco Sousa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Moreno Zivkovic

Moris Valincic

OUT

Antonio Mauric

Igor Matanovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rui Jorge

102

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

72 %

Rui Jorge vs Croatia U-21

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2024

Rui Jorge vs Skocic

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Dragan Skocic

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Skocic vs Portugal U-21

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2024

Skocic vs Rui Jorge

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2024

Referee

Rohit Saggi

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal U-211 match	General total	Croatia U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal U-211 match	Season total	Croatia U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 26, 2024					Latest figure on March 26, 2024

4th official

Kai Erik Steen

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal U-211 match	General total	Croatia U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal U-211 match	Season total	Croatia U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 26, 2024					Latest figure on March 26, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Portugal U-21 keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Croatia U-21 in UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying running (since 13/11/1999). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Paulo Bernardo scores 1 goal vs Croatia U-21 in his professional career

It's the first time in his career that Pedro Santos scores at least 3 goals during the same game in his professional career

Read the next 4 key stats

General ranking

	1	Portugal U-21	18 pts	7 rd
+1	2	Greece U-21	14 pts	8 rd
-1	3	Croatia U-21	13 pts	6 rd
	4	Faroe Islands U-21	7 pts	6 rd
	5	Belarus U-21	6 pts	9 rd

General ranking

	1	Portugal U-21	18 pts	7 rd
+1	2	Greece U-21	14 pts	8 rd
-1	3	Croatia U-21	13 pts	6 rd
	4	Faroe Islands U-21	7 pts	6 rd
	5	Belarus U-21	6 pts	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortugal 5-1 Czech Republic U-2118/11/2022

LPortugal 1-2 Japan U-2122/11/2022

VPortugal 3-0 Andorra U-2108/09/2023

VPortugal 6-1 Belarus U-2113/10/2023

VPortugal 2-0 Greece U-2117/10/2023

VPortugal 4-0 Faroe Islands U-2121/03/2024

Overall

VPortugal 3-0 Andorra U-2108/09/2023

VBelarus U-21 0-5 Portugal12/09/2023

VPortugal 6-1 Belarus U-2113/10/2023

VPortugal 2-0 Greece U-2117/10/2023

LGreece U-21 2-1 Portugal20/11/2023

VPortugal 4-0 Faroe Islands U-2121/03/2024

Current form

Away

VEstonia U-21 0-4 Croatia08/06/2022

LDenmark U-21 2-1 Croatia27/09/2022

DCroatia 0-0 Romania U-2127/06/2023

VFaroe Islands U-21 2-4 Croatia12/09/2023

DGreece U-21 2-2 Croatia13/10/2023

VAndorra U-21 0-3 Croatia21/03/2024

Overall

DCroatia 0-0 Romania U-2127/06/2023

VFaroe Islands U-21 2-4 Croatia12/09/2023

DGreece U-21 2-2 Croatia13/10/2023

VCroatia 2-0 Belarus U-2117/10/2023

VBelarus U-21 0-1 Croatia20/11/2023

VAndorra U-21 0-3 Croatia21/03/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	7	8
Scoring streak	25	6
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	5
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.4
3.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-2 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fabio Silva	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Marin Ljubicic
Fabio Silva	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Marin Ljubicic
Fabio Silva	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Luka Sucic
Francisco Conceição	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Fabio Silva	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Mateo Lisica
Francisco Conceição	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Dion Beljo
Mateus Fernandes	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Marin Ljubicic

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 02, 2013
Home	2 - 0	June 02, 2013

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 17, 1999
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 25, 2021 - Euro Espoirs 2021

Portugal U-21

1 - 0

Croatia U-21 logo Croatia

June 02, 2013 - Rencontres amicales Espoirs 2013

Portugal U-21

2 - 0

Croatia U-21 logo Croatia

November 17, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2000

Croatia U-21

3 - 0

Portugal U-21 logo Portugal

November 13, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2000

Portugal U-21

2 - 0

Croatia U-21 logo Croatia

Best historical scorers against Croatia U-21

Fabio Vieira

1 goal

2021 - 2021

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Best historical scorers against Portugal U-21

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Players with most games played vs Croatia U-21

Dany Mota	1 match	2021 - 2021
Gedson Fernandes	1 match	2021 - 2021
Thierry Correia	1 match	2021 - 2021
Pedro Goncalves	1 match	2021 - 2021
Fabio Vieira	1 match	2021 - 2021
Francisco Conceição	1 match	2021 - 2021

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Players with most games played vs Portugal U-21

Nikola Moro	1 match	2021 - 2021
Luka Ivanusec	1 match	2021 - 2021
Mihael Zaper	1 match	2021 - 2021
Marin Sverko	1 match	2021 - 2021
Dario Spikic	1 match	2021 - 2021
Domagoj Bradaric	1 match	2021 - 2021

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Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Portugal U-21	18	7	6	0	1	26	4	+22
+12	Greece U-21	14	8	4	2	2	10	7	+3
-13	Croatia U-21	13	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4
4	Faroe Islands U-21	7	6	2	1	3	8	15	-7
5	Belarus U-21	6	9	1	3	5	6	19	-13
6	Andorra U-21	3	8	0	3	5	3	12	-9

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Portugal U-21 5-1 Croatia U-21 - March 26, 2024 / UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025

Portugal U-21

5 - 1

Croatia U-21

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Rui Jorge vs Croatia U-21

Rui Jorge vs Skocic

Manager

Skocic vs Portugal U-21

Skocic vs Rui Jorge

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Croatia U-21

Best historical scorers against Portugal U-21

Players with most games played vs Croatia U-21

Players with most games played vs Portugal U-21

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking