Picture : Spain’s Unai Simón has gone 429 minutes without conceding a goal in the World Cup.
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 16 (June 26) – Group H
Uruguay vs Spain 0-1 (Group H)
*This is Spain’s 2nd World Cup victory in history against a team that had previously been world champions.
The first was against Germany (1-0) in the 2010 South Africa semi-final.
Previous Spain’s record against champions: 1 win, 6 draws, and 6 losses in 13 meetings.
*Spain have two World Cup victories in the 2026 World Cup so far: their highest total in a single edition of the competition since 2010 (6).
*Spain have never lost to Uruguay: 5 wins and 5 draws in 10 meetings.
Spain are the team against which Uruguay have played the most matches (10) without winning a single one.
In the meantime, Uruguay are the national team against which Spain have played the most matches (10) without losing a single one.
*Spain have gone already 34 competitive matches without a loss (27 wins and 7 draws) since their defeat against Scotland (2-0 in March 2023).
They have thus beaten Brazil’s world record (33 games between 1993 and 1998).
*Spain have completed a group stage without conceding a single goal for the first time in the history of the World Cup.
*Spain’s Unai Simón has gone 429 minutes without conceding a goal in the World Cup. This is the 10th longest unbeaten run by a goalkeeper in the history of the competition.
He is just 88 minutes away from breaking the record set by Walter Zenga in 1990.
*Uruguay have been eliminated in the group stage in two consecutive tournaments (2022 and 2026) for the first time in the history of the World Cup.
*Uruguay have last left a major tournament without a win since the 2002 World Cup (1 loss and 2 draws – exactly the same record as now).
*Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was substituted at halftime. A goalkeeper was last replaced at halftime in a World Cup match (barring injury) in the 1994 third-place play-off, when Bulagria’s ciach Dimitar Penev took off Borislav Mikhailov after he conceded four goals in the first half against Sweden.
*Marcelo Bielsa is the first coach to be eliminated twice in the group stage with World Cup-winning teams (with Argentina in 2002 and now with Uruguay). 2026).
*Marcelo Bielsa has not won any of his last five World Cup matches in charge (2 draws, 3 losses).
Cabo Verde vs Saudi Arabia 0-0 (Group H)
*Cape Verde have qualified with three draws in the group stage. They are the 6th team in the history of the World Cup to achieve this, after:
Wales in 1958
Italy in 1982
Republic of Ireland in 1990
Netherlands in 1990
Chile in 1998
*Cabo Verde are set to become the first team in the history of the World Cup to face three world champions during their tournament debut.
After playing against Spain and Uruguay in the group stage, they will face Argentina in the Round of 32.
*Cabo Verde are the first debutants to qualify for the World Cup knockout stage since Slovakia in 2010.
They are the first African team to achieve this feat in the competition since Ghana in 2006.
*Cabo Verde (3 draws) is the third African nation to remain unbeaten during its first World Cup group stage appearance, following Cameroon in 1982 (3 draws) and Senegal in 2002 (1 win, 2 draws).
*Cabo Verde’s Vozinha is the third goalkeeper to record multiple World Cup clean sheets (2) after turning 40 years old, joining Peter Shilton (England, 3) and Dino Zoff (Italy, 2).