Oyarzabal's Double Sends Spain Past Austria at the World Cup 2026

Three goals, zero replies: Spain cruise in Inglewood

Spain marched into the last 16 of the World Cup 2026 with a controlled, ruthless 3-0 win over Austria at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Under grey, cloudy skies and mild conditions, the European champions simply had too much for their opponents, dictating the tempo from first whistle to last.

The scoreline flattered nobody. Spain finished with 65% of possession, an expected goals (xG, a measure of chance quality) tally of 2.8 against Austria's 0.49, and ten shots on target to Austria's none. Mikel Oyarzabal, continuing a fine goalscoring run, opened the scoring and closed the show with a late second, while Pedro Porro supplied the middle goal. Austria, restricted to zero corners and no shot on target across the whole afternoon, never truly threatened Spain's clean sheet.

How Spain and Austria lined up under the SoFi lights

From Oyarzabal's opener to Porro's rocket and back again

Spain grew into the contest and broke through on 36 minutes, Oyarzabal finishing off a Marc Cucurella delivery to settle any early nerves. Austria's response was a double change at the interval, Chido Chukwuemeka and Florian Grillitsch introduced for Nicolas Seiwald and Xaver Schlager as they searched for a foothold.

The tweaks made little difference. Just past the hour, Franco Kalajdzic and Marko Arnautovic came on for Austria, but it was Spain who struck again on 66 minutes, Porro drilling home from Álex Baena's assist. Spain rotated freely from there, sending on Ferran Torres and Mikel Merino, while Sasa Posch's booking on 83 minutes summed up Austria's frustration. Oyarzabal had the final word, converting another Cucurella pass on 89 minutes to make it three, before late substitutions saw out a comfortable evening.

Spain called right, but nobody saw a clean sheet

The futbol.so community leaned firmly towards Spain, and reality rewarded that consensus. Where forecasters read the match wrong was in the margin: the most-chosen scoreline had Spain edging it 2-1, with plenty expecting Austria to at least find the net.

Instead, Spain delivered a shutout. Argentina's fans came closest with a 3-1 lean, while England's supporters were bolder still, backing a 4-0 rout that wasn't far off the truth. Austria's corner, unsurprisingly, was among the few holding out for an upset. On the day, the direction was spot on and the ambition of the goalscoring simply undersold.

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Spain move on with momentum, a clean sheet and Oyarzabal in scoring form. Their reward is a Round of 16 tie on 6 July, where the opponent is not yet settled — it will be the winner of Portugal against Croatia, a heavyweight either way.

For Austria, the World Cup 2026 journey ends here, but a first-half that stayed competitive for a spell offers something to build on. Spain, meanwhile, will fancy their chances against whoever emerges from that European clash.