Spain will face Portugal in a 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16 showdown on Monday, July 6, 2026, at Dallas Stadium on FOX.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After topping Group H, Spain defeated Austria 3-0 in the round of 32 to win a World Cup knockout game for the first time since the 2010 final.<\/p>\n
Spain has not allowed a goal so far this tournament and is now unbeaten in 34 straight games (25W-9D-0L) since March 2024, the second-longest undefeated run in team history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lamine Yamal\u2019s minutes have increased in each match of this tournament, peaking with 85 against Austria on Thursday. The 18-year-old superstar is expected to be a full go on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Portugal survived a huge scare. In a 2-1 win over Croatia in the round of 32, Portugal got its second-ever World Cup comeback win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty vs Croatia, becoming the oldest player to score in the World Cup knockout stage. It was his first career World Cup knockout-stage goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two historic nations have a lot of recent history. In the 2018 group stage, Ronaldo completed his only World Cup hat trick by equalizing in the 88th minute on a direct free kick to force a 3-3 draw.<\/p>\n
The two sides also met in the 2025 UEFA Nations League final, where Portugal beat Spain in a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n
We are about to witness a 23-year age gap between two of the world’s biggest superstars with a trip to the quarterfinals on the line. So let\u2019s check out the odds for the massive Spain vs. Portugal matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Cristiano Ronaldo is +150 to score against Spain (Photo by Patrick Smith – FIFA\/FIFA via Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n From FOX Sports Research:<\/p>\n Let’s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Spain will face Portugal in a 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16 showdown on Monday, July 6, 2026, at Dallas Stadium on FOX.\u00a0 After topping Group H, Spain defeated Austria 3-0 in the round of 32 to win a World Cup knockout game for the first time since the 2010 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}