- 1 Spain – Cape Verde: European champions begin in Atlanta
- 2 Spain want to live up to their world-favourite status
- 3 Cape Verde are about to write the biggest chapter in their history
- 4 Expected lineups
- 5 World Cup prediction Spain vs Cape Verde
- 6 Before anything else, a word on our predictions
- 7 No commitment from us
- 8 Information that can change
- 9 Your role
- 10 Responsible gambling first
- 11 Legal age
- 12 About the images
Spain – Cape Verde: European champions begin in Atlanta 
Group H gets under way in Georgia on Monday with a first-ever meeting that looks badly one-sided on paper. Spain face Cape Verde at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta as they kick off their American adventure. For Spain, this opener against tournament newcomers is a chance to lay down a marker and show they mean business. Up against a fearless African block, the Spaniards will be expected to impose the script and avoid any needless wobble.
Spain want to live up to their world-favourite status 
Spain arrive for the opening game brimming with confidence after a tidy warm-up win over Peru. Coach Luis de la Fuente is likely to protect livewires Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, both only just back in training, but Spain still have absurd depth to lean on from the start. In midfield, they will be built around the calm control of metronome Rodri. The attacking burden should fall to Ferran Torres, Oyarzabal and Alex Baena. Spanish fans will be expecting a sharp, clean start to make an early statement. Their midfield should hog the ball from the first whistle. A convincing win would set them up nicely before tougher tests against Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. The whole country is behind La Roja.
Cape Verde are about to write the biggest chapter in their history 
Cape Verde, meanwhile, are set to play their first World Cup match ever, a fair reward after seeing off Cameroon so impressively in African qualifying. Bubista’s Blue Sharks are in good nick, coming into this one on the back of three straight warm-up wins, including eye-catching 3-0 victories over Serbia and Bermuda. For this historic baptism of fire, the Caribbean side will have a full squad available, leaning on Villarreal defender Logan Costa and the experience of all-time top scorer Ryan Mendes, 36, as they chase the near-impossible.
Expected lineups
Spain : Simon ; Porro, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella ; Ruiz, Rodri, Pedri ; F Torres, Oyarzabal, Baena
Cape Verde : Vozinha ; Moreira, Costa, Pico, Paulo ; Semedo, Pina ; Mendes, Monteiro, Cabral ; Dailon
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World Cup prediction Spain vs Cape Verde
Cape Verde will not score
This one looks brutally uneven between one of the main title favourites and a nation taking its first steps on the high-intensity stage of a World Cup finals. Spain have a level of collective control and ball retention that few sides in the world can match under Luis de la Fuente. The midfield trio of Rodri, Fabian Ruiz and Pedri should keep Cape Verde pinned back for long spells, stripping them of the ball and, with it, most of their chance to break.
Cape Verde have put together some excellent prep results, but this is a massive jump in class against the suffocating press of the European champions. Their forwards could end up chasing shadows and then finding the few chances they do get arrive with no real composure attached. Backed by a rock-solid back line and a vigilant Unai Simon, the Spanish side have everything in place to shut this down and bank a routine clean sheet to start the tournament.
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