With one week to go until the World Cup, Spain face Iraq in their latest warm-up match as preparations for this summer’s tournament continue.
La Roja remain one of the favourites to win the biggest prize in football, and Luis de la Fuente is still fine-tuning his squad ahead of next Thursday’s curtain-raiser.
Iraq are also getting ready for the World Cup, with three tough opponents in Norway, Senegal and France to come.
It is a tough ask for the Middle Eastern side, but there are not many better preparations than facing the European champions.
We’ve got all of the team news covered right here on 101GreatGoals.
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Spain team news
Spain starting XI: Garcia, Porro, Laporte, Martin, Grimaldo, Bernal, Gavi, Olmo, Ferran, Alex B, Iglesias
Spain substitutes: To follow
Iraq team news
Iraq starting XI: Basil, Ali, Tahseen, Hashem, Doski, Al Ammari, Ismail, Farji, Bayesh, Jassim, Al Hamadi
Iraq substitutes: To follow
Where to watch Spain v Iraq: TV and online streams
Spain versus Iraq kicks off on Thursday night at 8pm UK time. You can watch it on Amazon Prime PPV.
Stats for Spain v Iraq
- European champions Spain are second in the FIFA rankings
- Iraq are down in 57th place
- Spain are unbeaten in 16 home games
- Spain have not lost in 90 minutes since a friendly defeat to Colombia over two years ago
- Iraq are preparing for their first World Cup appearance since 1986
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