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Venue
- Nuevo Carlos Tartiere
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Referee
- Vassilis Fotias
Preview for Spain v Czechia
Spain can be aiming to keep up their excellent begin to the UEFA Nations League once they welcome the Czech Republic to Oviedo on Saturday night time.
La Roja sit prime of League A Group 3 with six factors from their opening two matches, whereas the guests are backside after starting their marketing campaign with successive defeats.
Luis de la Fuente’s aspect started with a powerful 3-2 win over England at Wembley earlier than following that resul with a convincing 4-1 overcome Croatia on Tuesday.
Spain have now received 9 successive matches throughout all competitions and haven’t been overwhelmed inside 90 minutes since dropping a pleasant towards Colombia in March 2024.
La Roja received the Nations League in 2022-23 earlier than reaching the ultimate once more in 2024-25, the place they had been overwhelmed by Portugal on penalties.
The Czech Republic arrive in Oviedo underneath significantly extra stress after dropping their opening two matches.
Santi Denia’s aspect started with a 2-1 dwelling defeat towards Croatia earlier than England left Prague with a 2-0 victory three days later.
That leaves the Czech Republic backside of Group 3 and not using a level and going through two tough assignments towards Spain and England.
The UEFA Nations League Desk
League A – Group C
- Place 1, 2 : Play Offs: Quarter-finals
- Place 3 : Relegation Playoffs
- Place 4 : Relegation
Group Information for Spain v Czechia
De la Fuente may make a number of modifications to the Spain group that began the 4-1 victory over Croatia.
Aymeric Laporte is amongst these pushing to return in defence, whereas Rodri and Dani Olmo may each come again into the midfield.
Nico Williams and Ferran Torres are additionally contenders to begin in assault as De la Fuente takes benefit of the depth out there in his squad.
The Czech Republic can be with out Pavel Sulc following his purple card towards England.
Adam Karabec can also be a serious doubt after being pressured off throughout the first half of the defeat to the Three Lions.
Alex Kral and Ondrej Lingr may due to this fact be launched into the beginning XI, whereas Adam Hlozek ought to proceed because the guests’ central striker.
Anticipated line-ups for Spain v Czechia
Spain: Simon; Pubill, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella; Ruiz, Rodri; Yamal, Olmo, N Williams; F Torres.
Czech Republic: Kovar; Chaloupek, Hranac, Krejci, Slama; Sadilek, Cerv; Radosta, Kral, Lingr; Hlozek.
ℹ️ Official lineups are usually not out there but. They’re normally introduced 20–40 minutes earlier than kickoff, relying on the competitors.
Latest Type & Stats for Spain v Czechia
- Spain have received each of their opening Nations League matches this season.
- La Roja have scored seven targets throughout victories over England and Croatia.
- Spain have received their final 9 matches throughout all competitions.
- Spain are unbeaten towards the Czech Republic in seven earlier conferences, recording 5 wins and two attracts.
- The Czech Republic have misplaced each of their opening Nations League matches.
- Santi Denia’s aspect have conceded 4 targets and scored simply as soon as throughout these two video games.
- Spain beat the Czech Republic 2-0 when the groups final met in June 2022.
- The Czech Republic have received 10, drawn three and misplaced 10 of their 23 Nations League matches.
The place to Watch Spain v Czechia: TV and on-line streams
Spain v Czech Republic kicks off at 7:45pm BST on Saturday, October 3. The match can be out there to observe reside within the UK on Amazon Prime Video, with subscribers capable of stream the sport by means of the Prime Video app and web site.
Prediction for Spain v Czechia
Spain have began the brand new Nations League marketing campaign strongly, scoring seven instances towards England and Croatia to take management of the group.
The Czech Republic have struggled on the different finish of the desk and now face arguably their hardest task of the marketing campaign towards the reigning world and European champions.
With Yamal in wonderful type and De la Fuente capable of clean up his beginning XI with gamers equivalent to Rodri, Olmo and Williams, Spain ought to have far an excessive amount of attacking high quality for his or her guests.
