European champions Spain will look to safe a spot within the spherical of 16 on the World Cup tonight once they face Austria.
Luis de la Fuente’s facet had a sluggish begin with a shock goalless draw in opposition to Cape Verde however have appeared spectacular of their two subsequent video games, in opposition to Saudi Arabia and Uruguay, profitable each with out conceding.
And with Lamine Yamal trying sharper because the event progresses, they may take some stopping.
It’s, due to this fact, a sizeable process for an Austria facet who scraped by means of the group stage courtesy of a last-minute equaliser in a pulsating 3-3 draw with Algeria.
The place to look at Spain v Austria: TV channel, reside on-line streams
Kick-off on Thursday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Within the UK, reside TV protection is on BBC One.
Streaming on an enormous vary of units is on the market by means of the BBC iPlayer app and BBC Sport web site.
World Cup 2026: Spain v Austria stats
- Spain received no less than two group-stage matches in a single FIFA World Cup version for the primary time since 2010, once they beat Honduras and Chile, whereas additionally ending a World Cup group stage with out conceding for the primary time of their historical past.
- Spain haven’t had much less possession than their opponent in a FIFA World Cup match since their 2002 quarter-final in opposition to Korea Republic, once they recorded 49% possession (25 consecutive matches with increased possession together with tonight’s match).
- Spain are the second group to complete their 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage with out conceding a single aim, following Mexico; Argentina and Ghana may additionally be part of this record tomorrow
- Rodri has tried (350) and accomplished (328) essentially the most passes of any participant nonetheless concerned within the competitors who’s but to play within the final 32. The Manchester Metropolis midfielder has additionally performed essentially the most profitable passes of anybody on the World Cup within the remaining third (109)
- Aymeric Laporte has carried the ball essentially the most distance (1,059 metres) of any participant nonetheless concerned and carried essentially the most progressive distance total (868.7m)
- Austria have superior past the preliminary group stage for the primary time since 1982, when the event came about in Spain
- Sasa Kalajdzic scored 61 seconds after approaching as an alternative. That was the third-fastest aim by a substitute on this yr’s FIFA World Cup and the eight-fastest ever.
- Marko Arnautovic turned the primary participant who’s no less than 37 years outdated to have each a aim and a yellow card in the identical FIFA World Cup match.
- Marko Arnautovic has scored two FIFA World Cup objectives since turning 37. The one different gamers in FIFA World Cup historical past to attain a number of objectives at 37 or older are Lionel Messi (6), Roger Milla (5), and Cristiano Ronaldo (3)
- Tonight’s match was Austria’s twelfth consecutive FIFA World Cup match conceding no less than one aim. The one European groups to have an extended such streak in FIFA World Cup play are Switzerland (22, 1934 – 1994) and Sweden (15, 1974 -1994).
