Portugal vs Spain
Competition/Round: 2026 World Cup, Round of 16
Spain Outs & Doubts: Yeremi Pino, Nico Williams, Victor Muñoz (doubt)
Portugal Outs & Doubts: None
Date/Time: Monday, July 6, 2026, 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 12.30am IST (India, Tuesday)
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Venue: AT&T Stadium, Dallas, United States
Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)
How to look at on TV: FOX (USA), BBC One (UK), United8 Sports 1 (India), SuperSport (Nigeria), TVE La 1 (Spain), others
How to look at online: FuboTV (USA), BBC iPlayer (UK), ZEE5 (India), DAZN (Spain), others
Following a dominant victory over Austria to win their first knockout match since 2010, Spain return to motion for a must-see World Cup Round of 16 conflict in opposition to Portugal in Dallas on Monday afternoon.
La Roja arrive at this stage after their finest efficiency of the match within the Round of 32, cruising previous Austria and dominating each section of the sport. They lastly performed like title contenders, however now face a monster check on the street to the quarter-finals.
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Portugal’s pre-tournament credentials positioned them as one of many favorites resulting from their depth of world-class expertise in nearly each place, however their World Cup efficiency has not been wherever close to adequate.
In truth, Portugal can depend themselves extraordinarily fortunate to be right here after being totally outplayed by Croatia and needing a really late winner and a really controversial VAR resolution to keep away from extra-time and escape the Round of 32.
Roberto Martínez’s aspect don’t seem like favorites or one thing even near that, but it surely’s unimaginable to assume this might be simple for Spain. Portugal are inclined to rise to the event, and so they beat Spain in final 12 months’s Nations League Final. They have an excessive amount of expertise to be taken without any consideration, and so they’ll require La Roja’s best possible.
The duel between Lamine Yamal and Nuno Mendes was a giant speaking level in that Nations League conflict and is as soon as once more the massive spotlight matchup on this one, and Lamine’s means to beat one in every of his hardest opponents might be essential to Spain’s means to advance to the quarters.
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Spain confirmed within the final spherical they’re a greater staff than Portugal, however their opponents have a loopy proficient assortment of people. It’s time to see what wins on the greatest stage.
Let’s dance.
(Be cautious, Lamine.)
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Spain (4-2-3-1): Simón; Porro, Cubarsí, Laporte, Cucurella; Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Baena; Oyarzabal
Portugal (4-2-3-1): Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Veiga, Mendes; Neves, Vitinha; Neto, Fernandes, Leão; Ronaldo
PREDICTION
Portugal is messy and needs to be overwhelmed, however their expertise merely can’t be taken without any consideration. This might be enjoyable and open and stuffed with probabilities, and I’m selecting Spain to discover a option to win a thriller: 3-2 La Roja.