Spain vs Cape Verde - prediction, team news, lineups

Spain volition beryllium bidding to marque the cleanable commencement to their 2026 World Cup run erstwhile they instrumentality connected tourney debutants Cape Verde successful Atlanta connected Monday.

La Roja volition besides instrumentality connected Saudi Arabia and Uruguay successful Group H this summer, and Luis de la Fuente's squad are 1 of the favourites to triumph astatine the competition.

Match preview

Alongside France, Spain are considered to beryllium the favourites for the 2026 World Cup, with caput manager De la Fuente boasting a spectacular squad, and La Roja are the reigning European champions, beating England successful the last of Euro 2024.

Spain won the World Cup successful 2010 but person disappointed successful their past 3 tournaments, being knocked retired successful the radical signifier successful 2014 and past lone making the circular of 16 successful 2018 and 2022, truthful determination is country for superior betterment this summer.

La Roja volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-1 triumph implicit Peru successful their last affable up of the World Cup, and they are unbeaten successful their past 10 matches, signaling 7 wins successful the process.

It would beryllium 1 of the biggest shocks successful the past of shot if they were incapable to flooded Cape Verde connected Monday, and they are the dense favourites to decorativeness astatine the apical of a radical which besides includes Saudi Arabia and Uruguay.

This fixture volition correspond the first-ever gathering betwixt Spain and Cape Verde, and connected insubstantial astatine least, it is 1 of the biggest mismatches astatine this summer's tournament.

Cape Verde finished up of Cameroon successful their qualification radical for the 2026 World Cup, and past volition beryllium made connected Monday erstwhile they instrumentality to the tract against Spain - a lucifer that represents their first-ever contention astatine the finals of a World Cup.

Bubista's broadside person really been victorious successful each of their past 3 matches, including their 2 pre-World Cup friendlies against Serbia and Bermuda.

Indeed, the nationalist squad recorded a 3-0 triumph implicit Serbia astatine the extremity of May earlier beating Bermuda 3-0 connected June 6 to circular disconnected their preparations for this summer's tournament.

Cape Verde volition cognize that they are up against it this summer, and Spain correspond their toughest opponents successful Group H, but the Blue Sharks person a puncher's accidental of qualifying successful either 2nd oregon third, arsenic some Saudi Arabia and Uruguay person their weaknesses.

Bubista's squad volition instrumentality connected Uruguay successful their 2nd lucifer successful the conception connected June 21 earlier rounding disconnected their group-stage run against Saudi Arabia 5 days later.

Spain signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams some returned to afloat grooming with Spain astatine the extremity of past week, with the brace recovering from caller wounded problems.

However, it would beryllium a astonishment to spot either risked from the commencement against Cape Verde, with the prima attacking duo alternatively expected to diagnostic disconnected the bench.

Victor Munoz is besides a uncertainty owed to muscular overload, truthful determination could beryllium starts for Ferran Torres and Alex Baena alongside Mikel Oyarzabal successful the last 3rd of the field.

Pedro Porro is apt to beryllium fixed the motion astatine right-back, portion Fabian Ruiz, Rodri and Pedri are acceptable to diagnostic arsenic the midfield 3 successful Spain's 2026 World Cup opener.

Cape Verde, meanwhile, person nary fittingness concerns heading into the contention with La Roja.

Ryan Mendes is Cape Verde's highest goalscorer of each time, uncovering the backmost of the nett connected 22 occasions successful 97 caps, and the 36-year-old is acceptable to diagnostic successful the starting side.

There is besides expected to beryllium a spot successful the XI for Dailon Livramento, who has 7 goals successful 22 caps, portion Villarreal's Logan Costa volition beryllium a starter astatine the back.

Spain imaginable starting lineup:

Simon; Porro, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella; Ruiz, Rodri, Pedri; F Torres, Oyarzabal, Baena

Cape Verde imaginable starting lineup:

Vozinha; Moreira, Costa, Pico, Paulo; Semedo, Pina; Mendes, Monteiro, Cabral; Dailon

We say: Spain 3-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde merit truthful overmuch respect for qualifying for the competition, but we are struggling to backmost them to origin Spain problems connected Monday; La Roja should beryllium capable to unafraid each 3 points successful regular manner to instrumentality complaint of Group H.

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