Croatia v Canada, 27 November 2022

Kick-off: 7.00pm local (4.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Croatia 12, Canada 41 . Having lost their first two games, Canada would now be eliminated from this World Cup tournament at the end of the group stage. . Croatia had yet to still lose their second group game at a World Cup finals (played six, won five). . Croatia had now won 12 and lost one of their last 18 games. . Canada had now lost all five games they had played at the World Cup finals. Only El Salvador had now played more games at the tournaments without avoiding defeat (six). . In their fifth game, Alphonso Davies scored Canada’s first-ever goal at the World Cup finals. Timed at 67 seconds, it was also the quickest goal so far at this tournament. Croatia conceded the quickest goal at the 2018 finals in Russia (57 seconds in the Round of 16 against Denmark). . Canada avoided becoming the second nation to fail to score in their first five World Cup finals games after Bolivia (1930-94). . Trinidad and Tobago, China PR, Zaire and Dutch East Indies were now the only nations that had played at World Cup finals but had not scored a goal. . Canada remained without a win against European opposition since 29 March 2011 when they beat Belarus 1-0 in a friendly played in Antalya, Turkey (played 14, lost nine). . Atiba Hutchinson became the first player to play in 100 internationals for the Canada men’s team. The 39-year-old was now also the second oldest-ever outfield player to play at the World Cup finals after Cameroon legend Roger Milla (42 years and 39 days). . This was the first ever meeting between Croatia and Canada.