{"id":190728,"date":"2026-07-06T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190728"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:53:56","slug":"portugal-vs-spain-stats-world-cup-round-of-16-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190728","title":{"rendered":"Portugal vs Spain Stats: World Cup Round of 16 &#8211; LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/football\/team\/scm-359\/portugal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portugal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/football\/team\/scm-118\/spain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain<\/a> go head-to-head for a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/competition\/fifa-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA 2026 World Cup<\/a> quarter-finals. Follow along with our Portugal vs Spain stats page.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n<p>Our Opta match centre delivers you all the <a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/football\/team\/scm-359\/portugal\" type=\"team\" id=\"137655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portugal<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/football\/team\/scm-118\/spain\" type=\"team\" id=\"137673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain<\/a> stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup round-of-16 meeting at Dallas Stadium on 6 July.<\/p>\n<p>The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/dataviz.theanalyst.com\/opta-football-match-centre\/?competitionId=70excpe1synn9kadnbppahdn7&amp;seasonId=873cbl9cd9butm4air0mugxzo&amp;matchId=5fim3od605k9wne6uuiw641ec\" width=\"100%\" class=\"resizer\" target=\"_parent\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Portugal vs Spain: Pre-Match Opta Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portugal have won just one of their 12 competitive meetings with Spain across all competitions (D6 L5) \u2013 a 1-0 win in the group stage of UEFA Euro 2004 with Nuno Gomes netting the winner.<\/li>\n<li>Spain have opened up a FIFA World Cup tournament without conceding in any of their first four matches for the first time, the first European nation to do so since Switzerland in 2006; having also drawn 0-0 in their final game in 2022, the Spaniards could be the first team in World Cup history to record six successive clean sheets. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Portugal are aiming to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup for the fourth time and for the first time in back-to-back editions; Sele\u00e7\u00e3o das Quinas haven\u2019t won consecutive knockout stage ties since 2006 however, when beating Netherlands in the round of 16 and England on penalties in the last eight.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Spain are unbeaten in each of their last 34 matches across all competitions (W25 D9), one off their best ever run set between February 2007 and June 2009 (35 matches) \u2013 the only other European nation to have a longer run without defeat are Italy between October 2018 and September 2021 (37).<\/li>\n<li>Since his first appearance against them at Euro 2004, Portugal\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the joint-most goals against Spain across all competitions (4 \u2013 level with Eduardo Vargas) \u2013 that includes when he netted the only major tournament hat-trick scored against La Roja at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure id=\"figure-215899\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/competition\/fifa-world-cup\/articles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fifa-world-cup-stats-opta.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA World Cup Stats Opta\" class=\"wp-image-215899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fifa-world-cup-stats-opta.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fifa-world-cup-stats-opta-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Enjoy this? Add Opta Analyst as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=theanalyst.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">preferred source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Enjoy this? Subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">football newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to receive exclusive weekly content. You should also follow our social accounts over on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/OptaAnalyst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>X<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/optaanalyst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@optaanalyst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theoptaanalyst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/articles\/portugal-vs-spain-stats-world-cup-round-of-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal and Spain go head-to-head for a spot in the FIFA 2026 World Cup quarter-finals. Follow along with our Portugal vs Spain stats page. Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Portugal vs Spain stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup round-of-16 meeting at Dallas Stadium on 6 July. The match centre below includes &#8230; <a title=\"Portugal vs Spain Stats: World Cup Round of 16 &#8211; LIVE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190728\" aria-label=\"Read more about Portugal vs Spain Stats: World Cup Round of 16 &#8211; LIVE\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portugal-vs-spain-stats-live-1-scaled.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":186808,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=186808","url_meta":{"origin":190728,"position":0},"title":"Jordan 1-3 Argentina Stats: Messi Scores Again to Make More World Cup History","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite starting on the bench, Lionel Messi scored his sixth goal at this year\u2019s World Cup in Argentina\u2018s win over Jordan to make history. 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