Match Report
Spain comfortably beat Austria 3-0 at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles on 2 July 2026. Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring in the 36th minute for Spain, set up by Cucurella, to make it 1-0. Pedro Porro added to the tally in the 66th minute for Spain, set up by Álex Baena, to make it 2-0. Mikel Oyarzabal added to the tally in the 89th minute for Spain, set up by Cucurella, to make it 3-0. Stefan Posch (83') was booked. The ranking gap was wide: Spain sit 70 of 4449 in our Elo model, Austria 2809. The model had favoured Spain at 76.9%, and the match followed the form book. Spain came in on 2.8 points per game from 10 (9W 1D 0L, 18 for, 3 against); Austria came in on 1.25 points per game from 8 (3W 1D 4L, 13 for, 15 against). Expected goals put the gap at 2.84 to 0.32. It was only their second meeting; the first, on 1978-06-03, finished 1-2.