World Cup 2026 confirmed groups and full line ups as Rodri and Unai Simon begin, TV channel, reside on-line stream and stats
Spain and Cape Verde have confirmed their beginning groups as each groups start their 2026 World Cup campaigns in Atlanta on Monday.
The reigning European champions and 2010 World Cup winners are among the many favourites to triumph this time.
The Blue Sharks certified by beating Eswatini 3-0 at house final October, ending prime of their qualifying group forward of five-time African champions Cameroon.
The match is the primary to happen in Group H, which continues when Saudi Arabia meet Uruguay in Miami at 23:00 BST.
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World Cup 2026: Spain confirmed workforce vs Cape Verde
Spain make one change from their 3-1 win over Peru in Puebla six days in the past, bringing in Gavi for Alex Baena.
Victor Munoz is on the bench, having been a doubt due to muscular overload. Wingers Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams have returned to full coaching after hamstring accidents and are on the bench.
Barcelona wideman Fermin Lopez misses the finals after struggling a fracture in his proper foot shortly earlier than the squad was introduced.
Spain beginning XI: Unai Simon, Marc Cucurella, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marcos Llorente, Fabian Ruiz, Rodri, Pedri, Gavi, Mikel Oyarzabal, Ferran Torres
Spain substitutes: David Raya, Joan Garcia, Marc Pubill, Alex Grimaldo, Eric Garcia, Pedro Porro, Mikel Merino, Alex Baena, Martin Zubimendi, Dani Olmo, Yeremy Pino, Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal, Victor Munoz, Borja Iglesias
World Cup 2026: Cape Verde full line up vs Spain
Cape Verde make seven adjustments from their 3-0 win over Bermuda in East Hartford on June 6, bringing in Vozinha, Pico Lopes, Diney Borges, Sidny Cabral, Kevin Pina, Jamiro Monteiro and Laros Duarte.
Villarreal centre-back Logan Costa, who has not performed in a aggressive worldwide since March 2025 and missed nearly everything of final season with a knee damage, strikes to the bench, as do Marcio Rosa, Telmo Arcanjo, Joao Paulo, Willy Semedo, Deroy Duarte and Stopira.
Former Eire Below-19 worldwide Pico Lopes, who’s a defender for Irish facet Shamrock Rovers, made his Cape Verde debut in 2019 after being recruited by way of LinkedIn, having been born in Dublin to a Cape Verdean father and Irish mom.
Cape Verde beginning XI: Vozinha, Steven Moreira, Pico Lopes, Diney Borges, Sidny Cabral, Ryan Mendes, Kevin Pina, Jamiro Monteiro, Laros Duarte, Jovane Cabral, Dailon Livramento
Cape Verde substitutes: CJ dos Santos, Stopira, Logan Costa, Joao Paulo, Gilson Benchimol, Garry Rodrigues, Marcio Rosa, Deroy Duarte, Yannick Semedo, Willy Semedo, Telmo Arcanjo, Nuno da Costa, Wagner Pina, Kelvin Pires, Helio Varela
The place to look at Spain vs Cape Verde: TV channel, reside on-line stream
Kick-off on Monday is at 17:00 BST (12:00 ET / 09:00 PT). Within the UK, reside protection is on ITV1.
Followers can stream the motion by way of ITV’s web site and ITVX app, which is on the market on an unlimited number of units for viewing on the go.
World Cup 2026: Spain vs Cape Verde stats
- Spain have certified for his or her seventeenth World Cup and their thirteenth in a row since lacking out on the 1974 version, which is their longest ever streak of participations on the match
- Their triumph in 2010 is the one time they’ve reached the semi-finals of the match of their final 14 participations
- They’ve received one in all their final six matches on the World Cup (D4 L1), beating Costa Rica 7-0 within the 2022 group stage.
- La Roja might grow to be the fourth nation to concurrently maintain each the EURO and World Cup, after West Germany (EURO 1972, World Cup 1974), France (World Cup 1998, EURO 2000) and Spain themselves (EURO 2008, World Cup 2010, EURO 2012)
- An unbeaten 31-match run in aggressive matches (W25 D6), since a 2-0 loss at
- Scotland in March 2023, is the nation’s longest ever sequence of non-friendlies with out defeat
- Mikel Oyarzabal – who scored Spain’s late winner within the EURO 2024 ultimate – was one in all three gamers with at the very least 10 objective involvements in European qualifying (6 objectives, 4 assists), together with Erling Haaland (18) and Memphis Depay (12).
- Luis de la Fuente will expertise his second main match as Spain boss after guiding them to victory at EURO 2024. He additionally oversaw their 2022/23 UEFA Nations League triumph
- Cape Verde might grow to be the primary African workforce since Ghana in 2006 to achieve the knockout stage on their maiden look.
- That they had the bottom objective distinction among the many African groups to achieve the 2026 match (+8) and have superior to the knockout stage in three of their 4 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) appearances, with their finest runs coming in 2013 and 2023, after they reached the quarter-finals
- After profitable one in all their first three World Cup qualifiers (D1 L1), Cape Verde received six of their final seven (D1)
- Every of the 4 objectives Dailon Livramento scored in qualifying put Cape Verde forward and had been winners
- Bubista is managing at his first World Cup, having taken cost of the Blue Sharks in January 2020 and led them to the AFCON knockout stage of the on two events: spherical of 16 in 2021 and quarter-finals in 2023, earlier than failing to qualify for the 2025 version
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