At the Opus Arena, four goals in 13 second-half minutes from Croatia saw them romp to a 5-1 victory over Czechia to also maintain their perfect start to qualifying.
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Match Report
Andrej Kramaric headed Croatia into a 41st-minute lead before Tomas Soucek restored parity just before the hour with a towering header at the back post.
But Croatia captain Luka Modric put his team back in front four minutes later from the penalty spot after Ante Budimir had been fouled inside the box by Tomas Holes.
From then, Zlatko Dalic's side turned on the style as Ivan Perisic propelled Croatia further ahead before Holes gave away another spot-kick, this time for a handball.
Budimir dispatched the penalty before Kramaric concluded the scoring with a cool finish past Matej Kovar after collecting Modric's clever pass into the area.
Data Debrief: Haaland leading Norway to glory
Norway have now scored in their last four games in the World Cup qualifiers, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition since a run of six games back in 2021.
And part of their scoring success has been down to the imperious form of Haaland, who ended the contest against Estonia with team-high totals for shots (seven), touches in the opposition box (nine) and aerial duels won (six).
Croatia's second-half flurry was in stark contrast to their display in the first 45 minutes. They finished the first half with an expected goals (xG) total of 1.1, but concluded the match with a tally of 3.6 from their 18 attempts.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' Highlight from Croatia vs Czech
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36' Match Event for Croatia vs Czech
39' Match Event for Croatia vs Czech
41' GOAL! Croatia 1-0 Czech
53' Highlight from Croatia vs Czech
57' GOAL! Croatia 1-1 Czech
62' Penalty Goal! Croatia 2-1 Czech (Luka Modrić)
68' GOAL! Croatia 3-1 Czech (Ivan Perišić)
71' Penalty Goal! Croatia 4-1 Czech
75' GOAL! Croatia 5-1 Czech (Andrej Kramaric)
80' Highlight from Croatia vs Czech
Line-ups
Croatia XI: Modric, Perisic, Budimir, Kramaric, D. Livaković, Pasalic, Caleta-Car, Stanisic, Josip Sutalo, Gvardiol, Petar Sučić
Subs: Ivica Ivusic, Nikola Moro, Josip Juranovic, Kristijan Jakic, Marin Pongracic, Kotarski, Lovro Majer, Marco Pasalic, Toni Fruk, Martin Baturina, Franjo Ivanovic, Luka Vuskovic
Czech XI: Jaroslav Zelený, Vladimír Coufal, Tomas Holes, Schick, Vaclav Cerny, Lukas Provod, Soucek, Michal Sadílek, Ladislav Krejci, Kovar, Pavel Sulc
Subs: Jan Boril, Tomas Chory, Jindrich Stanek, Filip Zorvan, Vaclav Jemelka, Vasil Kusej, Alex Král, Martin Jedlicka, David Doudera, David Zima, Martin Vitík, Lukas Cerv