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Padraig Whelan·2. Juli 2026
FIFA World Cup 26™: What to look out for in Spain v Austria 🇪🇸🇦🇹

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Padraig Whelan·2. Juli 2026

Los Angeles Stadium is the venue for an all-European FIFA World Cup 26™ round of 32 match-up as Spain take on Austria.
This is everything you need to know about this clash from California.
Spain came through Group H as winners to set up this contest and, along with Mexico, are one of only two sides who have yet to concede a goal in this tournament.
Stars like Aymeric Laporte, who registered a Defensive Score of 8.10 in their most recent win over Uruguay in the FIFA Power Ranking - powered by Aramco, and Rodri, who was just behind with 8.00 for that fixture, have played their part in keeping the opposition out.
They followed up an opening game scoreless stalemate with Cabo Verde with a 4-0 victory against Saudi Arabia and tetchy 1-0 win over Uruguay.
Austria came through as runners-up behind Argentina, who defeated them 2-0 either side of a 3-1 win over Jordan and a dramatic 3-3 draw with Algeria in their final fixture.

Aside from the defensive stalwarts doing their best at the back, Spain have also had some key performers at the other end too.
Alex Baena had an Attacking Score of 8.20 against Uruguay and the same Creativity Score for his deadly deliveries and set-piece prowess against Saudi Arabia, a game in which Mikel Oyarzabal's Attacking Score topped all players with 8.50, while Lamine Yamal was second with 7.70.
Austria have scored three goals in two separate games in this competition and will be confident that they can end Spain's streak of keeping the opposition out.
Romano Schmid had their highest Attacking Score in the win over Jordan with 8.00, a game in which Xavier Schlager had his side's best Creativity Score (7.30).
Last time out against Algeria, with Creativity Scores of 7.20 and 7.00 respectively, Florian Grillitsch and David Alaba were the standout names for their side.
How do Spain's stars relax between games? With some intense in-house competition of course!







































