Portugal vs. Spain Lineups Confirmed for World Cup: Yamal, Ronaldo to Start

The Portugal vs. Spain lineups are confirmed for today’s Round of 16 World Cup match at 3 p.m. ET. Portugal and Spain are rocking with similar lineups from the Round of 32 on Monday, with LW Álex Baena drawing another start for La Roja in place of the injured LW Nico Williams.

Cristiano Ronaldo made the starting XI and will lead the attacking line for Portugal, while 19-year-old Lamine Yamal will start for Spain.

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Confirmed Portugal Lineup vs. Spain for World Cup 2026

Portugal Formation: 4-2-3-1

• Goalkeeper: Diogo Costa
• Defenders: Nuno Mendes, Renato Veiga, Rúben Dias, João Cancelo
• Midfielders: Vitinha, João Neves, Bruno Fernandes
• Forwards: Joao Félix, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pedro Neto

Portugal subs vs. Spain: Gonçalo Ramos, Gonçalo Guedes, Francisco Conceição, Rafael Leão, Trincão, Bernardo Silva, Samú, Rúben Neves, Gonçalo Inácio, Tomás Araújo, Matheus Nunes, Diogo Dalot, Nélson Semedo, Rui Silva, José Sá

Correction: an earlier version of this article had Rafael Leão starting via an erroneous starting XI. He has been replaced with Joao Félix in this corrected version.

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Confirmed Spain Lineup vs. Portugal for World Cup 2026

Spain Formation: 4-2-3-1

• Goalkeeper: Unai Simón
• Defenders: Marc Cucurella, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsí, Pedro Porro
• Midfielders: Pedri, Rodri, Dani Olmo
• Forwards: Álex Baena, Mikel Oyarzabal, Lamine Yamal

Spain subs vs. Portugal: Ferran Torres, Víctor Muñoz, Borja Iglesias, Nico Williams, Yéremi Pino, Martín Zubimendi, Fabián Ruiz, Mikel Merino, Gavi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Eric García, Marc Pubill, Marcos Llorente, David Raya, Joan García

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Portugal vs. Spain Lineups Analysis: Portugal and Spain Maintain Continuity

Following a gritty win over Croatia in the Round of 32, Portugal is trotting out nearly the same starting lineup against Spain, with only one change.

Manager Roberto Martínez continues to roll with ST Cristiano Ronaldo at the forefront of Portugal’s attack. However, on the left side of the attack, João Félix gets the start over Rafael Leão, who will move to the bench and will likely appear as a sub later in this game.

Leão made his first start of the tournament in the Round of 32, and he put in a fantastic shift, with 2 shots (one off the post) and an assist. Felix did not play vs. Croatia and will not create the same way that Leão does, though he is averaging 0.53 xG per 90 minutes.

Also back on the bench is ST Gonçalo Ramos, who scored a goal as a late substitute for Ronaldo against Croatia.

Manager Luis de la Fuente is electing to deploy the same starting XI that Spain had in the 3-0 victory over Austria in the Round of 32. RW Lamine Yamal played a tournament-best 85 minutes against Austria, and he’s poised to see more minutes if this match remains competitive.

Baena delivered an assist to RB Pedro Porro in the win over Austria, and ST Mikel Oyarzabal is attempting to remain in the Golden Boot race, tallying a brace in two matches to total 4 goals so far.

Spain is the lone team in the 2026 World Cup that has yet to concede a goal, ranking first in xG conceded (0.9), per FotMob. To illustrate Spain’s defensive prowess, Argentina is second in xG conceded (2.1).

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Portugal has not made any changes to their starting XI before a matchup vs. Spain, who also rolls out the same starting attack as they had in the Round of 32. Notably, Baena starts alongside Oyarzabal and Yamal.

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