Matchday 3 · World Cup 2026 · June 27, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Croatia 2–1 Ghana: lucky or expected?
Croatia beat Ghana 2–1, but the goals call it even: Croatia win 4 of 10, Ghana 3, 3 end level. Rated on this tournament’s goals, Croatia were expected to score 1.2 here and Ghana 1.2.
What the goals say
Luck index +50 Croatia lucky · −50 Ghana
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the tournament say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Croatia win 4, 3 end level, Ghana win 3.
- 1 CRO 2 GHA 1
- 2 CRO 1 GHA 0
- 3 CRO 3 GHA 1
- 4 CRO 4 GHA 1
- 5 CRO 1 GHA 1
- 6 CRO 0 GHA 0
- 7 CRO 1 GHA 1
- 8 CRO 0 GHA 2
- 9 CRO 0 GHA 1
- 10 CRO 1 GHA 2
The goals
Croatia’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 31' | Petar Sucic (Croatia) | 1–0 | +27% Croatia |
| 2. 73' | Derrick Luckassen (Ghana) | 1–1 | +39% Ghana |
| 3. 83' | Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) | 2–1 | +45% Croatia |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the tournament’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Croatia win 50% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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