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Spain’s historic 39-game unbeaten run is on the cusp of hitting a new milestone, as a positive result here will extend that impressive streak to 40 matches. But the side is set to roll out a heavily rotated lineup for this upcoming fixture against Croatia, per reports from Marca. With four matches crammed into an 11-day tight window, head coach de la Fuente is poised to make sweeping changes across all three lines of the pitch. Eric Garcia has already withdrawn from the squad and returned to Barcelona after picking up left knee discomfort in pre-match warmups ahead of the England tie, which opens the door for Fresneda to earn his first senior national team cap. Grimaldo, Huijsen and Le Normand are all in the pool of players set to get runouts in the reshuffled starting XI. De la Fuente has himself confirmed the planned changes, noting he aims to inject "freshness, power and energy" across different positions while retaining the team’s core tactical structure. The veteran core of Cr

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Ranked first globally in official football standings, Spain hosts the fixture at their familiar home venue Estadio de La Cartuja. The team builds its entire gameplay around a classic possession-focused system, with seamless midfield rotation, world-class short passing penetration, and intense high-pressing that pins opponents deep. Their well-honed link-up play between wide areas and central zones creates multiple attacking threats across the final third. Their main flaw lies in the slower turning speed of their backline, which leaves vulnerable space behind defenders when facing fast counterattacks, and defensive errors tend to emerge under high-intensity physical duels. They hold a clear edge over Croatia in past head-to-head records. Playing on home turf, Spain will look to dominate possession from kickoff, constantly shifting the opposition’s defensive shape to carve out gaps for goals, and go all out to secure maximum points on home soil. Ranked 13th in the global standings, Cro

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Spain will be looking for another win after a 2-3 Nations League victory vs England. In that match, Spain managed 53% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Spain, the scorers were Lamine Yamal (2'), Baena (60') and Oyarzabal (74'). England had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Anthony Gordon (36') and Harry Kane (40') scored for England. Spain haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games. They have claimed a sum of 10 during that time and have conceded a total of 3. Croatia Croatia will go into the match after a 1-2 Nations League win to beat Czech Republic in their last fixture. During their 6 most recent matches, Slaven Bilić's Croatia have found the net a total of 8 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 1.33.

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