{"id":40459,"date":"2026-06-15T03:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/40459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T03:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:57:12","slug":"is-spain-v-cape-verde-on-tv-channel-kick-off-time-and-how-to-watch-world-cup-2026-match-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/40459\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Spain v Cape Verde on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup 2026 match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain football<\/a> are ready to begin their quest to upgrade their status from European champions to world champions at the World Cup 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Luis de la Fuente’s side take on Cape Verde<\/a> initially, with their biggest fear easing in recent days.<\/p>\n

That’s because Barcelona superstar Lamine Yamal<\/a> should be available to play a role off the bench, if needed, in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

For Cape Verde, the second-smallest country by land area after Curacao, there is an opportunity to test themselves against the favourites and show what they can do on this stage on debut.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything you need to know about the World Cup 2026 game:<\/p>\n

When is Spain v Cape Verde?<\/p>\n

Spain battle Cape Verde at 5pm BST (12pm EST) on Monday 15 June at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n

How can I watch it?<\/p>\n

Viewers in the UK can watch the match free-to-air on ITV 1, ITV X, STV and STV Player with coverage starting at 11am BST. It can also be live streamed on ITVX.<\/p>\n

Team news<\/p>\n

Spain now have Lamine Yamal fit enough to play a role off the bench. In his place to start, look for Ferran Torres and Alex Baena to flank Mikel Oyarzabal.<\/p>\n

Nico Williams (hamstring) and Victor Munoz (fatigue) could also miss out here.<\/p>\n

Predicted line-ups<\/p>\n

Spain XI: Simon; Llorente, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella; Fabian, Rodri, Pedri; Torres, Oyarzabal, Baena<\/p>\n

Cape Verde XI: Vozinha; Moreira, Costa, Pico, Paulo; Semedo, Pina; Mendes, Monteiro, Cabral; Dailon<\/p>\n

Latest odds<\/p>\n

Spain to win – 1\/12<\/p>\n

Draw – 9\/1<\/p>\n

Cape Verde to win – 28\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain football are ready to begin their quest to upgrade their status from European champions to world champions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2266,2973,938,4888,17,852,3003],"class_list":["post-40459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-cape-verde","tag-european-champions","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-luis-de-la-fuente","tag-spain","tag-victor-munoz","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}