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Cape Verde Islands
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HT 0-0
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

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Match Started
S. Lopes Cabral 16'

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Notable Disciplinary setback
Half Time
J. Cabral → W. Semedo 61'

Substitution

Tactical Fresh impetus
D. Livramento → N. Da Costa 61'

Substitution

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L. Duarte → D. Duarte 61'

Substitution

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F. Ruiz → M. Merino 71'

Substitution

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Gavi → Lamine Yamal 71'

Substitution

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S. Lopes Cabral → Joao Paulo 76'

Substitution

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J. Monteiro → T. Arcanjo 79'

Substitution

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F. Torres → D. Olmo 81'

Substitution

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Rodri → N. Williams 87'

Substitution

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Pedri 90+3'

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Full Time
End of Match

Spain 4-3-3 Luis de la Fuente

Unai Simón 23
Simón
Marc Cucurella 24
Cucurella
Aymeric Laporte 14
Laporte
Pau Cubarsí 22
Cubarsí
Marcos Llorente 5
Llorente
Pedri 20
Pedri
Rodri 16
Rodri
Fabián Ruiz 8
Ruiz
Pablo Gavi 9
Gavi
Mikel Oyarzabal 21
Oyarzabal
Ferran Torres 7
Torres

Starters

  • Unai Simón23 Unai Simón
  • Marc Cucurella24 Marc Cucurella
  • Aymeric Laporte14 Aymeric Laporte
  • Pau Cubarsí22 Pau Cubarsí
  • Marcos Llorente5 Marcos Llorente
  • Pedri20 Pedri
  • Rodri16 Rodri
  • Fabián Ruiz8 Fabián Ruiz
  • Pablo Gavi9 Pablo Gavi
  • Mikel Oyarzabal21 Mikel Oyarzabal
  • Ferran Torres7 Ferran Torres

Substitutes

  • David Raya1 David Raya
  • Marc Pubill2 Marc Pubill
  • Alejandro Grimaldo3 Alejandro Grimaldo
  • Eric García4 Eric García
  • Mikel Merino6 Mikel Merino
  • Dani Olmo10 Dani Olmo
  • Yéremy Pino11 Yéremy Pino
  • Pedro Porro12 Pedro Porro
  • Joan García13 Joan García
  • Alex Baena15 Alex Baena
  • Nico Williams17 Nico Williams
  • Martín Zubimendi18 Martín Zubimendi
  • Lamine Yamal19 Lamine Yamal
  • Victor Muñoz25 Victor Muñoz
  • Borja Iglesias26 Borja Iglesias

Cape Verde Islands 4-1-4-1 Pedro Leitao Brito

Vozinha 1
Vozinha
Sidny Lopes Cabral 13
Cabral
Diney Borges 3
Borges
Pico 4
Pico
Steven Moreira 22
Moreira
Kevin Lenini 6
Lenini
Jovane Cabral 7
Cabral
Jamiro Monteiro 10
Monteiro
Laros Duarte 15
Duarte
Ryan Mendes 20
Mendes
Dailon Rocha Livramento 19
Livramento

Starters

  • Vozinha1 Vozinha
  • Sidny Lopes Cabral13 Sidny Lopes Cabral
  • Diney Borges3 Diney Borges
  • Pico4 Pico
  • Steven Moreira22 Steven Moreira
  • Kevin Lenini6 Kevin Lenini
  • Jovane Cabral7 Jovane Cabral
  • Jamiro Monteiro10 Jamiro Monteiro
  • Laros Duarte15 Laros Duarte
  • Ryan Mendes20 Ryan Mendes
  • Dailon Rocha Livramento19 Dailon Rocha Livramento

Substitutes

  • Stopira2 Stopira
  • Logan Costa5 Logan Costa
  • João Paulo8 João Paulo
  • Gilson Tavares9 Gilson Tavares
  • Garry Rodrigues11 Garry Rodrigues
  • Márcio Rosa12 Márcio Rosa
  • Deroy Duarte14 Deroy Duarte
  • Yannick Semedo16 Yannick Semedo
  • Willy Semedo17 Willy Semedo
  • Telmo Arcanjo18 Telmo Arcanjo
  • Nuno Da Costa21 Nuno Da Costa
  • CJ Dos Santos23 CJ Dos Santos
  • Wagner Pina24 Wagner Pina
  • Kelvin Pires25 Kelvin Pires
  • Hélio Varela26 Hélio Varela

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Spain are applying more pressure
86% 14%

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Spain Cape Verde Islands
  • 7 Shots on Goal 1
  • 10 Shots off Goal 3
  • 25 Total Shots 6
  • 8 Blocked Shots 2
  • 14 Shots insidebox 2
  • 11 Shots outsidebox 4
  • 10 Fouls 1
  • 10 Corner Kicks 1
  • 2 Offsides 3
  • 74% Ball Possession 26%
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Red Cards 0
  • 1 Goalkeeper Saves 7
  • 796 Total passes 278
  • 730 Passes accurate 205
  • 92% Passes % 74%
  • 2.16 expected_goals 0.28
  • 1.46 goals_prevented 1.46

Head-to-Head Stats

Spain Wins 0
Draws 0
Cape Verde Islands Wins 0

League Standings

# Team MP W D L GD Pts
1 Mexico 1 1 0 0 2 3
2 South Korea 1 1 0 0 1 3
3 Czechia 1 0 0 1 -1 0
4 South Africa 1 0 0 1 -2 0
1 Switzerland 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Canada 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Qatar 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 0 1 0 0 1
1 Scotland 1 1 0 0 1 3
2 Morocco 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Brazil 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Haiti 1 0 0 1 -1 0
1 USA 1 1 0 0 3 3
2 Australia 1 1 0 0 2 3
3 Türkiye 1 0 0 1 -2 0
4 Paraguay 1 0 0 1 -3 0
1 Germany 1 1 0 0 6 3
2 Ivory Coast 1 1 0 0 1 3
3 Ecuador 1 0 0 1 -1 0
4 Curaçao 1 0 0 1 -6 0
1 Sweden 1 1 0 0 4 3
2 Japan 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 -4 0
1 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Spain 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Cape Verde Islands 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 France 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Congo DR 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 England 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Brazil 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Qatar 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Czechia 1 0 0 1 -1 0
11 Ecuador 1 0 0 1 -1 0
12 Türkiye 1 0 0 1 -2 0

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