Thursday , 20 August 2026

Portugal vs Spain, Worldcup 2026 LAST 16

FIFA World Cup · 2026
Portugal
0 – 1
Full Time
Spain
Mon 6 Jul 2026 · 19:00 UTC AT&T Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 90+1' Mikel Merino
Bernardo Silva 89' Y
Renato Veiga 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Portugal vs Spain — Worldcup at AT&T Stadium.

  • Portugal 3 games · 5 pts (2026/26)
  • Spain 3 games · 7 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

  • Referee Anthony Taylor
  • Assistant 1 Gary Beswick
  • Assistant 2 Adam Nunn
19 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curaçao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
3
2
Portugal 6 games · Avg 2.8 goals Spain
Last 5 meetings
2026-07-06 Portugal 0–1 Spain 2018-06-15 Portugal 3–3 Spain 2018-01-20 Spain 3–2 Portugal 2017-09-26 Portugal 3–0 Spain 2017-03-03 Portugal 0–0 Spain

Recent Form

Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Jul Spain H 0–1 L
02 Jul Croatia H 2–1 W
27 Jun Colombia A 0–0 D
23 Jun Uzbekistan H 5–0 W
17 Jun Congo DR H 1–1 D
05 Jul France H 3–5 L
Spain
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Jul Portugal A 1–0 W
02 Jul Austria H 3–0 W
27 Jun Uruguay A 1–0 W
21 Jun Saudi Arabia H 4–0 W
15 Jun Cape Verde Islands H 0–0 D
14 Jul England H 2–1 W

Season Stats

Portugal Spain
#42 Position #29
5 Points 7
3 Played 3
1 / 2 / 0 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 0
6 Scored 5
1 Conceded 0
+5 GD +5
1.67 PPG 2.33
33% Win % 67%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
40% Clean Sheets
Portugal this season
88% Clean Sheets
Spain this season

Portugal are 42nd (5 pts). Spain are 29th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portugal
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
1/–
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Spain
0-15
1/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/–
76+
4/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo 3 G
Spain
Mikel Oyarzabal 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Portugal to score. At the same time, Spain does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at AT&T Stadium. Portugal seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' Joao Felix needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 25' Spain has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 30' It looks surprising Portugal does not make any changes. Pedro Porro has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 35' Cucurella has been relatively quiet despite scoring 13 goals in his last 241 appearances.
  • 40' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 45' Spain is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 50' Spain seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 55' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 56' The supporters are chanting for Nelson Semedo. He replaces Nuno Mendes on 56 minute.
  • 61' Lamine Yamal has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 3 goals to his name this season.
  • 66' It’s high time Luis de la Fuente made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 71' Another substitution for Portugal to replace Joao Felix by Rafael Leao on 71 minute.
  • 75' A change in the Spain ranks — Alex Baena exits the field as Ferran Torres enters on 75.
  • 80' Spain have won 64 goals from 126 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 83' The Portugal manager makes a substitution. Vitinha departs to be replaced by Bernardo Silva.
  • 85' A tactical swap from Spain — Mikel Merino on, Dani Olmo off on 85 minutes.
  • 89' The referee shows Portugal player a card on 89.
  • 90' Renato Veiga is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • 90' Mikel Merino does the damage! The net is bulging and Spain surge ahead!
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Portugal 0-1 Spain.

Lineups

Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roberto Martínez

Spain Lineups

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luis de la Fuente

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.63 Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.84 Spain xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 81% + Spain or Draw 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Portugal26% Draw37% Spain37%
Actual: Spain win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes28% 0% No72%
Avg goals/match: 1.47
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 74%
26%
± 1.5 44%
56%
± 2.5 19%
81%
± 3.5 7%
93%
± 4.5 2%
98%

Double Chance

Portugal or Draw
62%
Draw or Spain
74%
Portugal or Spain
63%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portugal15% Draw63% Spain22%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
25.7%
0 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
13.2%
1 – 0
12.9%
0 – 2
7.5%
1 – 2
5.2%
2 – 0
4.2%
2 – 1
3.9%
0 – 3
2.1%
2 – 2
1.8%
1 – 3
1.5%
3 – 0
0.9%

Asian Handicap — Portugal

Handicap Portugal covers Push Spain covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 5% 94%
-1.5 6% — 94%
-1 6% 17% 76%
-0.5 24% — 76%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 23% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 9% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Portugal keeps clean sheet
44% ✓
Spain keeps clean sheet
53% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.