Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Own goal compounds Saudi misery as Spain make it 4-0

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Own goal! Oh dear…just so unfortunate. Cucurella makes a powerful strike at the goal. Altambakti stands in the way to defend it, but the ball ricochets off him and goes into the post. The Saudi dugout is surely frustrated.

Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia, 49 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: You already got a goal out of him. No need to risk him with the better part of the tournament still left. Yamal is getting substituted for the second half. Oyarzabal too. They are replaced by Ferran and Yeremi

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: The two-time European champions will look to add more to the scoreline, given Uruguay is in their group. Can Saudi prevent that from happening in the final 45 minutes of play?

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: It’s half-time in Atlanta. Spain have not disturbed the scoreline since the hydration break, but Saudi Arabia have shown a bit more commitment. Yet, Spain have been equally threatening, and have been asking the right questions all through.

Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia, 45 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Five minutes of extra time has been added to the clock.

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: The Spanish star is looking to become the figth player to score a World Cup hat-trick. Has been asking the questions, but the effort fails to make any impact.

Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia, 43 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Crazy passage of play! Alamri, out of nowhere, spots the Spanish goalkeeper put of his position and ambitiously fires a shot from just outside the the Saudi Arabia defense line. But it makes not impact. And just secends later, the Saudi goalkeeper, initially reluctant, makes a run to deny the corner, but the hots lands in the foot of Oyarzabal, who curls in a shot, but it hits the crossbar.

Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia 36 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Oyarzabal has got two goals in a blink of an eye. There was lack of creativity for Spain in the last game. But they are playing very differently today.

Spain 3-0 Saudi Arabia, 24 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: He didn’t have a single touch in the opening half hour against Cabo Verde. But not today. Makes a run to put his name on the score sheet, but the ball is put away before he can pull the trigger.

Corner for Spain. The ball deflects. Oyarzabal comes out of nowhere to collect the ball and slots it into the goal.

Spain 2-0 Saudi Arabia, 21 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Lamine Yamal has arrived at the World Cup and this is his stage. He has made the impact that Spain were raving in the first game. Wonderful cross played and Yamal sprints to make a last-gap space to tap it in.

Spain 1-0 Saudi Arabia, 11 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: They take control of the possession in the defense, convert it into attack immediately as the winger sprints to play the cross to Salem inside the box, but could not make much of the touch-on.

Spain 0-0 Saudi Arabia, 6 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: This 18-year-old is special. Puts in another cross, looks for Alex on the far left, who almost puts the header back into play, but the keeper intervenes to get hold of the ball.

Spain 0-0 Saudi Arabia, 3 minutes

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Yamal makes his presence feel already. Cuts past the defender on the right plank, puts in the cross, but is put away by the defender.

Spain 0-0 Saudi Arabia, 1 minute

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Group H clash begins in Atlanta. Can Spain bounce back after opening-day setback?

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Both teams make their way out on to the field. It’s time for the national anthems.

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Stats provider Opta’s supercomputer has given Spain 86.7% chance to win, while there stands a 9 per cent probability of a draw.

What do you reckon?

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Spain have never lost to Saudi Arabia before, winning on all three occasions. Their only face-off at the World Cup took place in 2006, where Spain won 1-0 in the group stage.

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: It was under Hervé Renard that Saudi Arabia stunned Argentina with a 2-1 win in their 2022 World Cup opener, and incumbent coach Donis hopes the team can draw inspiration from that miraculous win. “It’s nice to have miracles in football, and we’ve seen it many times. We’ve seen it in the World Cup, we’ve seen it in other tournaments, we’ve seen favourites losing against underdogs,” the Greek coach said. “It’s great to have great memories in our national team, such as the game against Argentina.”

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: All four teams in the group – Spain, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Cape Verde – have a point each from their respective draws in the first round of the league stage. Uruguay stand top of the table due to the highest team conduct score. Saudi Arabia are second, Spain third, and Cape Verde bottom. Given the scenario, all teams have an equal chance of making the Round of 32.

According to the format, the top two teams from each group will automatically make the cut, and they will be joined by eight other best third-placed teams – a first-of-its-kind rule introduced at this World Cup.

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Saudi Arabia. who had recorded their best show in 1994 with a round-of-16 finish, made just two changes – Mohamed Kanno and Abu Alshamat Mohammed replaced by Ali Lajami and Nasser Aldawsari.

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: The former champions have named their starting XI – Unai Simon; Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsi, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella; Pedri, Rodri; Alex Baena, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo; Mikel Oyarzabal

Spain vs Saudi Arabia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: Lamine Yamal has been named in the starting XI, but is unlikely to play for the entire duration of 90 minutes owing to his injury concerns. In the last game, against Cape Verde, he came off the bench in the 71st minute.

“I feel good physically, I’m ready for whatever the boss wants,” Yamal said on Friday in a Spanish television interview.

“It’s very early, it’s unnecessary (to play 90 minutes). I have a process of adaptation. It isn’t the moment to play a full game but I’ll play the minutes the boss wants.”

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