France vs Spain Prediction: World Cup 2026 Match Preview ...Middle East

Can Les Bleus reach a third straight World Cup final or will the European champions beat them for a third straight time? We look ahead to this semi-final clash with our France vs Spain prediction and preview.

France vs Spain: The Key Insights

Indomitable duo France and Spain, the two favourites for the 2026 World Cup, go head-to-head in a mouth-watering semi-final match-up at Dallas Stadium on Tuesday.

The Opta supercomputer’s latest projections make France the favourites to be crowned champions with a 34.6% probability, but they will have to overcome their closest rivals in the shape of Spain (23.8%) if they are to advance to the final against England or Argentina.

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France made it six straight victories at this World Cup by beating Morocco 2-0 in the quarter-finals, and are now looking to become just the second European side to win seven in a row, after Italy across the 1934 and 1938 editions.

It will be their eighth appearance in the final four of the World Cup, with only Germany reaching this stage more often (12). Although France lost their first three in 1958, 1982 and 1986, they have progressed in each of the past four (1998, 2006, 2018 and 2022) and won the most recent three without conceding.

France now have an opportunity to emulate the feats of Germany (1982, 1986 and 1990) and Brazil (1994, 1998 and 2002) by reaching three consecutive World Cup finals.

Mikel Merino followed up his goal against Portugal in the last 16 by becoming the first player in World Cup history to score a winner in two knockout matches as a substitute. The only player to net in three straight substitute appearances at a single World Cup edition is Romelu Lukaku this year.

It is not just at this tournament that La Roja have been difficult to beat, either. Spain have lost just one of their 27 matches at major tournaments (W16 D10) since the start of the 2018 World Cup. They are unbeaten in 14 since a 2-1 loss to Japan at the 2022 World Cup, conceding just five goals and never more than one in a game (9 clean sheets).

That solidity has helped carry them to just their second World Cup semi-final, with their previous appearance coming when they went all the way in 2010. Across seven semi-final outings at all major tournaments, their only elimination came when they lost 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw against Italy at Euro 2020.

Should they manage to overcome France, Spain will become the first European nation to win eight consecutive knockout games at major tournaments – surpassing the seven in a row for Italy from 1934-1938 and themselves from 2008-2012.

Neither side has any suspensions to content with, but France will be closely managing the fitness of Aurélien Tchouaméni – who has sat out their past two matches with a muscle injury.

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