Spain vs Cape Verde Islands

FIFA World Cup · 2026 · Group Stage - 1

Spain

Full time

Cape Verde Islands

Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Timeline

Kick-off
16'Yellow card. S. Lopes CabralYellow Card · FoulTeam: Cape Verde Islands
0-0Half time
Second half
61'Substitution. L. Duarte replaced by Deroy DuarteSubstitution 1Team: Cape Verde Islands
61'Substitution. Dailon Rocha Livramento replaced by Nuno da CostaSubstitution 2Team: Cape Verde Islands
61'Substitution. Jovane Cabral replaced by Willy SemedoSubstitution 3Team: Cape Verde Islands
71'Substitution. Gavi replaced by Lamine YamalSubstitution 1Team: Spain
71'Substitution. Fabián Ruiz replaced by Mikel MerinoSubstitution 2Team: Spain
76'Substitution. S. Lopes Cabral replaced by João PauloSubstitution 4Team: Cape Verde Islands
79'Substitution. Jamiro Monteiro replaced by Telmo ArcanjoSubstitution 5Team: Cape Verde Islands
81'Substitution. Ferran Torres replaced by Dani OlmoSubstitution 3Team: Spain
87'Substitution. Rodri replaced by Nico WilliamsSubstitution 4Team: Spain
90+3'Yellow card. PedriYellow Card · FoulTeam: Spain
0-0Full time

Line-ups

Spain

Formation 4-3-3

Unai Simón7.2

Marcos Llorente7.9

Aymeric Laporte8.3

Pau Cubarsí Paredes7.9

Marc Cucurella7.2

Fabián Ruiz7.2

Rodri8.7

Pedri9.0

Ferran Torres5.9

Gavi6.6

Mikel Oyarzabal6.0

Cape Verde Islands

Formation 4-1-4-1

Vózinha9.6

Diney Borges8.3

Pico7.7

S. Lopes Cabral6.9

Steven Moreira6.3

Kevin Pina6.5

Jovane Cabral6.6

Jamiro Monteiro6.6

L. Duarte6.5

Ryan Mendes6.9

Dailon Rocha Livramento6.3

Spain

4-3-3

Substitutes

Cape Verde Islands

4-1-4-1

Substitutes

2Stopira
5Logan Costa
8João Paulo
9Gilson Benchimol
11Garry Rodrigues
12Márcio Rosa
14Deroy Duarte
16Yannick Semedo
17Willy Semedo
18Telmo Arcanjo
21Nuno da Costa
23C. dos Santos
24Wagner Pina
25Kelvin Pires
26Hélio Varela

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Match statistics

74%
Possession: 26%; 27
Shots: 6; 7
Shots on target: 1; 12
Shots off target: 3; 8
Shots blocked: 2; 16
Shots inside the box: 2; 11
Shots outside the box: 4; 1
Saves: 7; 11
Corners: 1; 2
Offsides: 3; 10
Fouls: 1; 1
Yellow cards: 1; 800
Passes: 278; 734
Accurate passes: 205; 92%
Pass accuracy: 74%

FIFA World Cup

Group H
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Spain	2	1	1	0	+4	4
2Cape Verde Islands	2	0	2	0	0	2
3Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	-4	1

Spain and Cape Verde Islands drew 0-0 in the FIFA World Cup on Monday 15 June. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

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