The story

Saudi Arabia have not been first to score in six of their seven most recent World Cup matches and have failed to score an early goal in all seven of those fixtures. Both teams drew their most recent World Cup match, played six days apart, and all six of the all-time World Cup meetings between these sides have finished under 3.5 goals. Ferran Torres carries Spain's highest average xG among their last ten World Cup matches at 1.07, while Marc Cucurella leads the squad in average match rating at 7.66.