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

UEFA Nations League,
League A – 6

Spain
esp

11/15/2026
7:45 p.m

England
ENG

Riyadh Air Metropolitan

Clement Turpin

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

Spain v 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 League of Nations The 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 US, please visit List of UEFA Nations League broadcasters to find out where to watch it in your region.

Previous Spain vs England League of Nations

Spain remained perfect to overcome a tricky test on Matchday 5 of the Nations League in the Czech Republic, where Alex Baena’s first-half penalty and Marc Pubill’s 96th-minute goal gave the visitors a 2-0 win in preparation for a Group A3-winning decider against England.

The reigning world champions need a point at the Metropolitano de Atlético de Madrid to finish top, with both teams assured of a place in the quarter-finals in March and La Roja in pole position thanks to a 3-2 win at Wembley Stadium on matchday one.

“It’s an important and exciting game,” Spanish midfielder Martin Zubimendi told Teledeporte. “A real test against the semi-finalists of the World Cup.

“We won at home so it should be a big game … and the goal is to win.”

England won 2-1 at home to Croatia on Thursday, with Harry Kane scoring the winning second-half penalty on a night that saw the Ballon d’Or winner break Peter Shilton’s all-time record of 125 appearances for the Three Lions men’s team.

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

“Now we have exactly what we wanted – a final to win the group, to play the world champions,” England manager Thomas Tuchel said after the win against Croatia.

“We think we should have got and deserved a better result in the first game (against Spain). So it’s a bit of revenge, and let’s go for it.”

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

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News of the Spain vs England League of Nations team

Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal scored against England in London, but none against the Czech Republic.

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

Most of England’s absentees are in defence, with Ezri Konsa missing the win over Croatia with a knee injury and Marc Guehi withdrawn from the squad with a hip problem, while John Stones (hamstring) and Trevoh Chalobah (muscle) were unavailable for the squads.

With James Hill given an early call-up and Dan Burn a late call-up, the Bournemouth man remained an unused substitute on Thursday while his Newcastle counterpart started.

Full-back Djed Spence could return after a fitness problem, but forward Bukayo Saka (quad) is sidelined.

Expected lineups between Spain and England

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

Statistics Spain vs England League of Nations, form

• Spain are on a 10-match group stage winning streak and have started a Nations League campaign with five straight wins for the first time.
• They have scored in each of their last 14 Nations League games and ended a 10-match run of conceding in the competition with their clean sheet against the Czech Republic.
• Counting matches that go to penalties as draws, Spain are unbeaten in their last 42 games (33 wins, 9 draws) since losing 1-0 to Colombia in a friendly in London in March 2024, representing their longest such run and a record for a European nation.
• Ahead 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, along with Albania (30), France (32) and the Netherlands and Switzerland (37 each).
• They completed the most passes during the group stage (3,088), just ahead of France (3,022) and England (2,781).
• England have won nine of their last 11 Nations League games (L2), scoring at least two goals in 11 of their last 12.
• They add up to 13 wins against the 12 Spanish in the history of the game, although La Roja has won three of the last four meetings, with all four being decided by one goal.
• The first two of the four ties between the teams took place in Spain: a 1-1 friendly in 1955 and a goalless draw during the 1982 World Cup.
• Kane has scored in each of his last six Nations League appearances and has 24 goals 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

Prediction Spain-England

Spain

2-1

England

England may have more points to prove after coming up short against the elite at the World Cup and losing to Spain at Wembley, but La Roja are still the top side and can be backed to make home advantage count.