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Spain vs Brazil: Preview, predictions and lineups

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After beating England on the new Wembley for the very first time, Dorival Junior’s youthful Brazil go looking for a maiden victory over Spain on their opponents’ dwelling turf in Tuesday’s upcoming pleasant.

The 2 nations have not confronted off in over a decade, with Brazil dominating the head-to-head standings. Spain have solely crushed the Selecao as soon as since their 3-1 victory on the 1934 World Cup.

Luis de la Fuente’s present outfit head into the midweek pleasant on the Bernabeu having been crushed by South American opposition final day out. Spain succumbed to an exquisite Colombian aim on Friday night time on the London Stadium – their first defeat in a 12 months.

Brazil endured a depressing 2023 however spirits can be excessive heading into the 2024 Copa America in the event that they safe one other historic victory on Tuesday night time.

Here is 90min’s preview of this high-profile worldwide pleasant.

Spain vs Brazil H2H Report (Final 5 Video games)

Present Type (all competitions)

Spain

Brazil

Spain 0-1 Colombia – 22/03/24

England 0-1 Brazil – 23/03/24

Spain 3-1 Georgia 19/11/23

Brazil 0-1 Argentina – 21/11/23

Cyprus 1-3 Spain – 16/11/23

Colombia 2-1 Brazil – 16/11/23

Norway 0-1 Spain – 15/10/23

Uruguay 2-0 Brazil – 17/10/23

Spain 2-0 Scotland – 12/10/23

Brazil 1-1 Venezuela – 12/10/23

Nation

TV channel/reside stream

United Kingdom

Viaplay UK

United States

ViX

Canada

DAZN

Brazil

Claro TV+, Zapping, Canais Globo, Sky+, SporTV

Spain are, in fact, with out midfield stars Pedri and Gavi, however De la Fuente ought to have the identical complement of gamers accessible to him from Friday’s defeat.

There needs to be a number of adjustments to this XI. Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal might occupy the flanks with Alvaro Morata poised to guide the road. Rodri, Fabian Ruiz and Dani Carvajal are different skilled choices more likely to come again into the aspect.

Barcelona starlet Pau Cubarsi is in competition to earn his first Spain begin.

Spain predicted lineup vs Brazil (4-3-3): Simon; Carvajal, Cubarsi, Laporte, Grimaldo; Rodri, Merino, Fabian; Yamal, Morata, Williams.

Endrick

Endrick was the match-winner at Wembley / Catherine Ivill/GettyImages

Brazil are with out their core for this month’s fixtures, however Dorival’s inexperienced squad carried out nicely at Wembley. The guests are at present with out Alisson, Ederson, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Casemiro and Neymar, to call a number of.

Saturday’s match-winner Endrick might earn a begin with Richarlison having simply recovered from a knee damage.

Gleison Bremer could slot into the backline alongside Juventus teammate Danilo.

Brazil predicted lineup vs Spain (4-3-3): Bento; Danilo, Bremer, Beraldo, Wendell; Luiz, Guimaraes, Paqueta; Rodrygo, Endrick, Vinicius.

The Spain that manifested in east London ought to look fully completely different within the Spanish capital with De la Fuente set to reintroduce a number of of his key property for Tuesday’s pleasant.

The return of Spain’s core will embolden their trigger, however they will be going through up towards an ebullient Brazilian outfit. Dorival’s males impressed on Saturday night time regardless of their lengthy record of absences and the Actual Madrid issue might have a job to play on this one. Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo know what it is wish to shine on the Bernabeu.

Maybe that is when Vini Jr lastly has his second within the solar with the nationwide workforce.

Prediction: Spain 1-2 Brazil

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