How to get Spain vs Belgium tickets: World Cup prices, Quarterfinal fixture information, last-minute sales & more<\/a><\/p>\nTactical tempo traps vs transition pace to decide terms<\/p>\n
The strategic blueprint will focus entirely on a fascinating battle for central territory and vertical speed.\u00a0Spain\u2019s blueprint centres on absolute midfield restriction and possession control.\u00a0The 2024 Ballon d’Or winner Rodri will anchor the deep pivot, flanked by Pedri and Dani Olmo, looking to choke supply lines, compress space, and meticulously probe the half-spaces to supply in-form forward Mikel Oyarzabal, who leads Spain with four tournament goals.<\/p>\n
Belgium\u2019s counter-strategy must capitalise heavily on rapid, direct transitions to exploit Spain’s high defensive line. In the absence of Onana, Youri Tielemans and Nicolas Raskin must provide immense discipline to shield the back four, aiming to quickly bypass Spain’s counter-press and feed De Bruyne. From there, the electric pace of J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku out wide and the physicality of Romelu Lukaku will be Belgium’s primary avenue to disrupt La Roja’s shape.<\/p>\n
Settled structures face ultimate examination<\/p>\n
Spain faces the ultimate test of their historic defensive record against a Belgian attack that has racked up 12 goals across their last three matches and scored freely from multiple positions.<\/p>\n
Belgium faces the daunting task of containing Spain’s fluid width without their primary midfield enforcer.\u00a0Success hinges entirely on their defensive block preventing Lamine Yamal and \u00c1lex Baena from carving open crossing lanes into the penalty box.<\/p>\n
Likely Spain XI vs Belgium<\/p>\n
Sim\u00f3n; Porro, Cubars\u00ed, Laporte, Cucurella; Rodri, Pedri, Olmo; Yamal, Oyarzabal, Baena<\/p>\n
Likely Belgium XI vs Spain<\/p>\n
Courtois; Castagne, Ngoy, Mechele, De Cuyper; Vanaken, Tielemans; Lukebakio, De Bruyne, Trossard; De Ketelaere<\/p>\n
Spain vs Belgium facts & figuresThe two nations have met 22 times across all competitions. Spain has won 12 matches, Belgium has won 5, and 5 have ended in a draw.They have squared off twice in the World Cup. The 1986 quarterfinal in Mexico ended in a 1-1 draw before Belgium advanced on penalties. Spain won the most recent World Cup encounter 2-1 in the 1990 group stage.Their last matchup was a September 2016 international friendly, which Spain won 2-0.Luis de la Fuente’s squad is unbeaten in the tournament and has famously\u00a0not conceded a single goal. Their defensive record has been bolstered by goalkeeper Unai Sim\u00f3n, who has set a new tournament record for minutes without conceding.Coached by Rudi Garcia, the Red Devils carry an impressive 18-match unbeaten streak across all competitions. In the Round of 16, they defeated the United States 4-1 in Seattle.\u00a0Spain 26-man squad<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers:\u00a0Unai Sim\u00f3n, David Raya, Joan Garcia <\/p>\n
Defenders:\u00a0Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Pedro Porro, Aymeric Laporte, Eric Garc\u00eda, Pau Cubars\u00ed, Marc Cucurella, Alejandro Grimaldo<\/p>\n
Midfielders:\u00a0Rodri, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Pedri, Gavi, Fabian Ruiz, Alex Baena <\/p>\n
Forwards:\u00a0Yeremy Pino, V\u00edctor Mu\u00f1oz, Mikel Oyarzabal, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Nico Williams, Borja Iglesias<\/p>\n
Belgium 26-man squad<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Senne Lammens, Mike Penders<\/p>\n
Defenders: Timothy Castagne, Zeno Debast, Maxim De Cuyper, Koni De Winter, Brandon Mechele, Thomas Meunier, Nathan Ngoy, Joaquin Seys, Arthur Theate<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne, Amadou Onana, Nicolas Raskin, Youri Tielemans, Hans Vanaken, Axel Witsel<\/p>\n
Attackers: Charles De Ketelaere, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku, Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Romelu Lukaku, Dodi Lukebakio, Diego Moreira, Alexis Saelemaekers, Leandro Trossard<\/p>\n
Team news & squads<\/p>\n
Spain are managed by Luis de la Fuente. No injuries or suspensions are currently listed for the squad, and no confirmed starting lineup has been announced ahead of the quarterfinal. Further team news will be added closer to kick-off.<\/p>\n
Belgium are led by Rudi Garcia. The squad also has no confirmed lineup available at this stage, though it is worth noting that Amadou Onana was forced off during the win over the United States with what appeared to be a knee problem. No official update on his availability has been provided. Team news will be updated as information becomes available.<\/p>\n
Injuries and Suspended playersForm<\/p>\n
Spain have won four and drawn one of their last five matches, all at this World Cup. Their most recent result was a 1-0 win over Portugal in the round of 16, settled by Mikel Merino’s stoppage-time finish. Earlier in the tournament they beat Austria 3-0 and Saudi Arabia 4-0, with a 1-0 victory over Uruguay and a 0-0 draw against Cabo Verde completing the run. Spain have scored eight goals and conceded none across those five matches, keeping a clean sheet in every game at this tournament.<\/p>\n
Belgium have won three and drawn two of their last five fixtures, also all at this World Cup. Their most recent outing was the 4-1 defeat of the United States in Seattle, with De Ketelaere, Vanaken, and Lukaku among the scorers. Before that, they beat Senegal 3-2 in a dramatic round of 32 comeback and defeated New Zealand 5-1. Draws against Iran and Egypt in the group stage preceded that run. Belgium have scored 13 goals across their last five matches and conceded four.<\/p>\n
Head-to-Head RecordGames over 2.5 goals2\/5Both teams scored1\/5<\/p>\n
The most recent competitive meeting between these sides in the provided dataset came in a friendly in September 2016, when Spain won 2-0 with Belgium as the nominal home side. Before that, Spain beat Belgium 5-0 in a World Cup qualifier in 2009, following a 2-1 win in Brussels in October 2008. Across the five matches listed, Spain have won all five, scoring 11 goals and conceding one.<\/p>\n
Standings<\/p>\n
Belgium finished top of Group G at this World Cup. Spain won Group H and enter the quarterfinal as group winners on their side of the bracket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain vs Belgium: Match details Spain vs Belgium will kick-off on 10 July 2026 at 19:00 GMT and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2881,17,22445,5003,369],"class_list":["post-52425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-belgium","tag-spain","tag-spain-vs-belgium","tag-tv-guide-streaming","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52425","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=52425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}