Panama and Croatia meet at the World Cup for the very first time.

Panama have faced European opposition 2 times at the World Cup — lost both (0-3 vs Belgium and 1-6 vs England, both in 2018).

Croatia have faced North & Central American opposition 4 times at the World Cup — W2 D0 L2.

Ante Budimir is the oldest player ever to score for Croatia at a World Cup, aged 34 years, 336 days.

Panama have conceded in every one of their 5 World Cup matches (13 goals).

Croatia kept a clean sheet — their first World Cup clean sheet in 6 matches, since 2022 (vs Belgium).

Croatia have won 11 of their 14 World Cup matches in which they scored first (W11 D1 L2).

Ante Budimir’s winner against Panama was the third substitute goal in Croatia's last eight World Cup strikes—prior to that, substitutes had scored only one of their 36 goals at the World Cup.

Panama is the sixth team in World Cup history to lose its first five matches—Iraq (also this year) being the only nation outside CONCACAF on the list.