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Spain v Saudi Arabia team news: Yamal, Olmo + Porro start

21 June 2026 89 comments
FPL Marc FPL Marc
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Held to a stunning goalless draw by Cape Verde in Round 1, Spain next face Saudi Arabia, who famously beat eventual champions Argentina in 2022.

Kick-off in Atlanta is at 17:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Therefore, the European giants make four changes to their starting XI, headlined by the inclusion of Lamine Yamal ($10.0m).

He, Pedro Porro ($5.5m), Dani Olmo ($7.7m) and Alex Baena ($6.0m) come in for Ferran Torres ($7.8m), Marcos Llorente ($5.5m), Gavi ($6.5m) and Fabian Ruiz ($6.8m).

Meanwhile, popular picks Mikel Oyarzabal ($8.1m) and Marc Cucurella ($5.1m) remain in the lineup.

As for Saudi Arabia, Ali Lajami ($3.5m) and Nasser Al Dawsari ($5.2m) replace Mohamed Kanno ($5.1m) and Mohammed Abu Al Shamat ($5.5m). Then again, none of their individuals has more than 0.6% ownership.

LINE-UPS

Spain XI: Simon; Porro, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella; Olmo, Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Oyarzabal, Baena

Subs: Raya, Joan Garcia, Pubill, Grimaldo, Eric Garcia, Llorente, Merino, Ruiz, Gavi, Zubimendi, Torres, Pino, Williams, Munoz, Iglesias

Saudi Arabia XI: Al Owais; Abdulhamid, Al Amri, Al Tambakti, Lajami, Al Harbi; N Al Dawsari, Al Khaibari; Al Juwayr, Al Brikan, S Al Dawsari

Subs: Alaqidi, Majrashi, Washl, Kadish, Thikri, Abu Al Shamat, Al Johani, Al Hejji, Kanno, Yahya, Al Shehri, Al Ghannam, Al Hamddan, Mandash

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  1. MOTHRA
    • 10 Years
    22 hours, 30 mins ago

    I’m surprised Rodri has stayed on… the delicate flower.

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  2. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    22 hours, 22 mins ago

    Ozerbal to e Valencia going well to get vinny in !

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      22 hours, 17 mins ago

      You’ve lost me?

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        22 hours, 16 mins ago

        Sorry I get it now 😆

        Nevermind haha, apologies for your pain

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        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          22 hours, 2 mins ago

          Ha yeah
          Was to fund musiala to vinny

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    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      22 hours, 2 mins ago

      If I had an extra free transfer I would have taken Oz out for Havertz

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      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        22 hours, 1 min ago

        Yeah, oz was poor first game

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  3. Scratch
    • 16 Years
    22 hours, 1 min ago

    Really annoyed. I swapped Raphinha captain to Wirtz yesterday. Checked after the match it had reverted back to Raph.
    Then today I swapped from Raphinha to Oyarz.. double checked I saved this time.
    Now it's reverted back to Raphinha again. I was able to swap (c) in round 1 with no issue

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    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      22 hours ago

      Had few issues, especially with app

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    2. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      21 hours, 42 mins ago

      Unlucky. Happened once here. One must confirm changes twice. During the first confirmation & then after that, below the subs.

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  4. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    21 hours, 52 mins ago

    Stick cucurella 20 pts as c? Mbappe 12th man so only real options olise or Haaland

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      21 hours, 51 mins ago

      I’m in a similar enough situation. Have Olise, Haaland and Diaz. Will probably twist.

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    2. MOTHRA
      • 10 Years
      21 hours, 36 mins ago

      I’d twist that one. You’ve 2 good chances. 12 points I’d stick, so it’s close.

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    3. Travel Notes
      • 3 Years
      21 hours, 22 mins ago

      I've got Messi, Haaland and Mbappe up top, but 20 points on Cucurella does look nice at the moment.

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      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        19 hours, 54 mins ago

        Its a high scoring WC and the big names seem to be trying to one up one another. It feels it could be more risky to stick with 10, than it does to twist.

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