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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
SPAIN
4 0
SAUDI ARABIA
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▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 10' Lamine Yamal Yamal swept in Oyarzabal's pass for his first World Cup goal on his first start
  • 21' Mikel Oyarzabal Oyarzabal headed in Laporte's delivery to double the lead
  • 24' Mikel Oyarzabal Oyarzabal completed a two-and-a-half-minute brace, finishing Olmo's cutback
  • 30' 🟨 Salem Al-Dawsari Foul to halt a Spain break
  • 46'
  • 46'
  • 46'
  • 46'
  • 49' Hassan Al Tambakti Al Tambakti turned a Spain cross into his own net to make it four
  • 60'
  • 60'
  • 61'
  • 61'
  • 70'
  • 90'
  • 90' Ferran Torres A late Ferran Torres goal was ruled out for offside after VAR review
▶ MATCH STATS
ESP 67% POSSESSION 33% KSA
ESP 19 SHOTS 5 KSA
ESP 8 SHOTS ON TARGET 1 KSA
ESP 10 FOULS 2 KSA
ESP 1 SAVES 5 KSA
ESP 0 RED CARDS 0 KSA
▶ LINE-UPS
SPAIN
STARTING XI
  1. GKUnai Simón
  2. RBPedro Porro
  3. CBPau Cubarsí
  4. CBAymeric Laporte
  5. LBMarc Cucurella
  6. DMRodri
  7. CMDani Olmo▼ 61'
  8. CMPedri▼ 70'
  9. RWLamine Yamal▼ 46'
  10. STMikel Oyarzabal▼ 46'⚽⚽
  11. LWÁlex Baena▼ 61'
SUBSTITUTES
  • Yéremi Pino▲ 46'
  • Ferran Torres▲ 46'
  • Mikel Merino▲ 61'
  • Nico Williams▲ 61'
  • Fabián Ruiz▲ 70'
SAUDI ARABIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKMohammed Al Owais
  2. RBMoteb Al-Harbi
  3. CBAbdulelah Al Amri▼ 60'
  4. CBAli Lajami
  5. CBHassan Al Tambakti
  6. CBSaud Abdulhamid
  7. RMMusab Al-Juwayr▼ 46'
  8. CMAbdullah Alkhaibari▼ 46'
  9. CMNasser Al-Dawsari▼ 90'
  10. LMSalem Al-Dawsari🟨
  11. STFiras Al-Buraikan▼ 60'
SUBSTITUTES
  • Abdullah Al-Hamdan▲ 46'
  • Mohamed Kanno▲ 46'
  • Alaa Hajji▲ 60'
  • Mohammed Abu Al Shamat▲ 60'
  • Khalid Al Ghannam▲ 90'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

SPAIN
La Roja (The Red Fury)
EST. 1913
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H2H
4—0
ESP LEADS · 4–0
MEETINGS
4
SAUDI ARABIA
The Green Falcons
EST. 1956
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