Spain vs Iraq live online: score, stats and updates, World Cup 2026 friendly game
“La Roja” play their penultimate friendly match ahead of the 2026 World Cup with Iraq the visitors to La Coruña tonight.
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Spain's seventh international at Riazor
The stadium in Galicia bodes well for the Spanish national side who have never lost a game at the Estadio de Riazor, having recorded four wins and two draws.
The last time 'La Roja' played at Depor's home was back in 2022 when they swept Iceland aside with a 5-0 win,.
Subs bences for both sides:
Spain: Unai Simón, Leo Román, Llorente, Javi Rodríguez, Marc Pubill, Cubarsí, Eric García, Sergio Gómez, Javi Guerra, Turrientes, Mikel Merino, Jesús Rodríguez, Yeremy Pino y Gonzalo.
Iraq: Talib, Hassan, Sulaka, Yahya, Saadoon, Younis, Putros, Iqbal, Sher, Yakob, Qasem, Hussein, Mohanad Ali, Amyn y Yousif.
Full house expected at Riazor
All tickets for tonight's game have been snapped up with the 'sold out' sign on display at the Estadio Riazor ticket office.
Over 32,000 supporters are expected tonight to bid farewell to De la Fuente and his side as they look to secure Spain's second ever World Cup win.
Iraq will also play one more friendly match prior to the curtain coming up at the World Cup as they face the Vinotinto of Venezuela in Chicago on June 9th.
Many of the Iraqi squad play their football domestically with others playing in far flung places from Thailand, Poland, Italy and the US.
Arnold names his Iraq XI
Spain to wear red home jersey tonight
Luis de la Fuente's men will sport their traditional red jersey tonight for the game against Iraq (who will wear white).
Many fans anticipated La Roja to wear their cream away jersey which is causing a stir and is set to become one of the best sellers during the World Cup.
Spain XI confirmed
Joan García; Pedro Porro, Laporte, Jon Martín, Grimaldo; Gavi, Marc Bernal, Dani Olmo; Ferran Torres, Borja Iglesias & Baena.
Borja Iglesias starts for Spain !
Spain v Iraq (previous meetings)
La Roja have only faced Iraq one before with that meeting taking place in 2017.
The game came during the FIFA Confederations Cup (a precursor to the 2018 World Cup) in Russia with the Spaniards coming out on top with a 1-0 win.
David Villa was on target for La Roja.
Iraq face tough World Cup test
The Asian side have been pitted in Group I at the forthcoming World Cup and will face the likes of France, Senegal and Norway in a tough group at the tournament.
Ángel Martínez / RFEF
Special night for Borja Iglesias
The Celta Vigo striker is the only Galician native in the Spain squad with the 33-year-old born in neighboring city Santiago de Compostela.
Iglesias is set to play for Spain at his first ever World Cup and is expected to play tonight at the home of Celta's arch enemy, Deportivo.
This will be Luis de la Fuentes' team penultimate friendly game ahead of the 2026 World Cup as they will face Peru in the Mexican city of Puebla next week with their opening match at the World Cup earmarked for June 15th in Atlanta.
Spain vs Iraq
The action at the Estadio Riazor (home to newly promoted Deportivo la Coruña) gets underway at 9pm (local time) 3pm ET/12om PT.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Spain vs Iraq live from the Galician city of La Coruña with both sides using the game as a warm-up for their imminent World Cup adventure.
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