Spain vs England: Preview, expected line-ups, stats and where to watch

UEFA Nations League,
League A – 6

Spain
ESP

15/11/2026
19:45

England
ENG

Riyadh Air Metropolitano

Clement Turpin

Where to watch Spain vs England: TV channel, live online streams

Spain vs England kicks off at 19:45 GMT (14:45 ET / 11:45 PT) on Sunday, November 15 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid.

The Nations League match is live on ITV1 in the UK, with streaming on the ITVX app. In the US, it’s on Fox, Fubo and ViX.

If you live outside the UK or the US, visit UEFA’s Nations League broadcaster list to find out where to watch it in your region.

Spain vs England Nations League preview

Spain stayed perfect by navigating a tricky test on Nations League Matchday 5 in Czechia, where Alex Baena’s first-half penalty and Marc Pubill’s 96th-minute goal gave the visitors a 2-0 victory as preparation for a decider to win Group A3 against England.

The reigning world champions need a point at Atletico Madrid’s Metropolitano to finish top, with both teams assured of a place in the quarter-finals in March and La Roja in pole position because of their 3-2 win at Wembley Stadium on Matchday 1.

“It’s an important, exciting match,” Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi told Teledeporte. “A real test against World Cup semi-finalists.

“We won on their home turf, so it should be a great game… and the goal is to win.”

England won 2-1 at home to Croatia on Thursday, Harry Kane scoring the winning second-half penalty on the night the Ballon d’Or holder broke Peter Shilton’s all-time record of 125 caps for the Three Lions’ men’s team.

Kane also scored in England’s defeat to Spain as his side came from behind to lead at half-time, only to spurn the advantage in their first game after the 2026 World Cup.

“We now have exactly what we wanted: a final to win the group, playing against the world champions,” England head coach Thomas Tuchel said after the win over Croatia.

“We feel we should have got and deserved a better result in the first match [against Spain]. So it’s a little revenge, and let’s go.”

The draw for the knockout stage will take place in Nyon, Switzerland from 11:00 GMT on Friday.

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Spain vs England Nations League team news

Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal both scored against England in London but neither featured against Czechia.

Head coach Luis de la Fuente said the winger could return from a knee injury and Oyarzabal is in contention following illness.

Most of England’s absentees are in defence: Ezri Konsa missed the  win over Croatia with a knee injury and Marc Guehi withdrew from the squad with a hip issue, while John Stones (hamstring) and Trevoh Chalobah (muscle) were unavailable for call-ups.

James Hill received a first call-up and Dan Burn was called upon late, the Bournemouth player remaining an unused substitute on Thursday while his Newcastle counterpart started.

Wing-back Djed Spence could return following a fitness problem but forward Bukayo Saka (quad) is out.

Spain vs England predicted line ups

Spain: Unai Simon, Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsi, Dean Huijsen, Marc Cucurella, Martin Zubimendi, Fabian Ruiz, Alex Baena, Fermin Lopez, Yeremy Pino, Ferran Torres

England: Jordan Pickford, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jarell Quansah, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Rogers, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane

Spain vs England Nations League stats, form

• Spain are on a competition-record current run of 10 successive group stage wins and have started a Nations League campaign with five straight victories for the first time
• They have scored in each of their last 14 Nations League matches and ended a run of conceding in 10 straight games in the competition with their clean sheet against Czechia
• Counting games that go to penalties as draws, Spain are unbeaten in their last 42 matches (W33 D9) since a 1-0 defeat to Colombia in a friendly in London in March 2024, representing their longest-ever such run and a record for a European nation
• Before the start of Friday’s action, Spain (31) were one of five teams in this season’s competition to have had at least 30 attempts on target, alongside Albania (30), France (32) and the Netherlands and Switzerland (37 each)
• They had completed the most passes during the group stage (3,088), immediately ahead of France (3,022) and England (2,781)
• England have won nine of their last 11 Nations League matches (L2), scoring at least two goals in 11 of their last 12
• They have 13 wins to Spain’s 12 in the history of the fixture, although La Roja have won three of the last four encounters, with all four settled by a goal
• The first two of the four draws between the sides took place in Spain: a 1-1 draw in a friendly in 1955 and a goalless stalemate during the 1982 World Cup
• Kane has scored in each of his last six Nations League appearances and netted 24 times in his last 24 outings for England
• Anthony Gordon started for England against Croatia but failed to score for the first time in four Nations League appearances

Spain vs England prediction

Spain

2 – 1

England

England perhaps have more of a point to prove after falling short against the elite at the World Cup and losing to Spain at Wembley, but La Roja remain the superior side and can be backed to make home advantage count.

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