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Spain take on Saudi Arabia in a World Cup 2026 Group H game from Atlanta that has more riding on it than many predicted when the draw was first made.
La Roja, so disappointing in their opening round draw, desperately need Lamine Yamal to be fit from the off to kickstart their tournament. The Saudis fancy an upset.
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Spilling points while stumbling over the first hurdle won't have been part of Luis de la Fuente's plan for Spain, but the end of their hopes a 0-0 draw with Cape Verde is not.
Sure, few pundits predicted anything other than a sizeable win for the European champions on the Blue Sharks' doozy of a debut, but 2010 winners Spain struggled. More fool us.
Saudi Arabia, and Salem Al-Dawsari in particular, love an upset. The skipper bagged a memorable winner to topple Argentina in 2022's group stages and the Green Falcons started with an impressive 1-1 draw with Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay in their opening game here.
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Spain vs Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2026 Preview
Standing in the way of the European champions, and the three points that will almost certainly take them through to the round of 32, are Saudi Arabia, who start the game above their opponents on goals scored.
Abdulelah Al-Amri's goal against Uruguay is the difference and it came tantalisingly close to delivering a Saudi win. Uruguay's equaliser 10 minutes from time proved otherwise but Group H, while never looking a foregone conclusion in terms of a top two or three, is altogether closer after 90 minutes than expected.
Whether complacency, timidity or just sheer plain Vozinha explains their shortcomings, La Roja remain favourites to win Group H – for now. But they want – no, need – Yamal fit and firing.
When Spain won the World Cup, they lost to Switzerland in their first group fixture. In the second, Honduras were seen off with relative ease thanks to a David Villa double.
De la Fuente lacks a successor to the country's record scorer. They probably don't need one, at least not directly, but when they searched for a goal to squeak by Cape Verde, a devastating centre-forward would have been handy. Mikel Oyarzabal didn't touch the ball in the first half hour on Monday.
There's no reason on paper to suspect that Spain will falter again in Atlanta today. Big players thrive in big moments and De la Fuente's team have manufactured one all by themselves. Let's see what they can do with it.
Spain vs Saudi Arabia: Group H
Team News
Spain XI: Unai Simon (GK); Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsi, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella; Pedri, Rodri; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Alex Baena; Mikel Oyarzabal
De la Fuente has selected Yamal from the start for his first-ever World Cup appearance. The teenager comes in for Ferran Torres in one of four changes.
Saudi Arabia XI: Mohammed Al-Owais (GK); Saud Abdulhamid, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Ali Lajami, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Moteb Al-Harbi; Nasser Al-Dawsari, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Musab Al-Juwayr; Firas Al-Buraikan, Salem Al-Dawsari
Saudi Arabia make two changes from their draw with Uruguay. Nasser Al-Dawsari and Ali Lajami replace Mohammed Al-Shamat and Mohamed Kanno.
FourFourTwo's prediction
Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia
FourFourTwo predicts a righting of the ship for Spain and a comfortable win to go through.
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