How to watch Spain v Austria, team news, predicted line-ups and more | OneFootball

The round of 32 continues as tournament heavyweights Spain take on Austria, with the winner setting up a clash with the winner of Portugal v Croatia.

Topping Group H despite their opening draw with Cape Verde, Spain came into the the 2026 World Cup ranked second in FIFA’s world rankings. Austria, managed by former Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick, came through Group J second to face Luis de la Fuente’s side at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the game…

Kick-off time

Thursday 2nd July, 8pm BST

How to watch in the UK

TV Channel: BBC One

Streaming: BBC iPlayer

Team news

Spain are dealing with a double injury blow, after both Nico Williams and Yeremy Pino were sidelined following the match against Uruguay, the latter with a suspected fractured collarbone. 

Only Marko Arnautovic and David Alaba are believed to be suffering from minor discomfort following their six-goal thriller against Algeria, but Rangnick has Michael Gregoritsch and Kevin Danso at his disposal to replace either should they need to be rested.  

Predicted line-ups

Predicted Spain XI: (4-2-3-1) Simon; Llorente, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella; Rodri, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Olmo, Baena; Oyarzabal

Predicted Austria XI: (4-2-3-1) A. Schlager; Posch, Lienhart, Alaba, Mwene; Siewald, X. Schlager; Laimer, Schmid, Sabitzer; Arnautovic

Recent form

Spain are yet to concede a goal in their World Cup campaign, even though they began with an underwhelming 0-0 draw with minnows Cape Verde. De la Fuente’s team followed it up with a more convincing 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia and 1-0 win over Uruguay to close out their group with seven points.

Austria began their tournament in North America with a 3-1 win over Jordan before a 2-0 loss to Argentina in their second game. Scoring an added-time equaliser against Algeria was enough to beat their opponents to second place in the group.

What’s been said?

De la Fuente acknowledged that his side are the favourites to win the tie and said: “We’re continuing to grow under pressure; I love that high expectations are placed on us. Now it’s up to us to live up to those expectations – because obviously there’s no margin for error now; we have to win the next match.”

Austrian coach Rangnick: “We’re massive underdogs. We couldn’t be more of an underdog than we are in this game. We’ll need everyone to be at their very best. We have to be outstanding tactically and physically.

“We’ve got nothing to lose and a great deal to gain. I see it as a duty to give absolutely everything,” he added.