🇪🇸 Spain vs Belgium 🇧🇪 — Prediction
World Cup 2026 · Quarter-final · Fri, 10 Jul 2026, 21:00 CEST · SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
Why we called it
Spain arrive unbeaten with midfield control through Pedri and Rodri and the tournament's best defensive record, edging Portugal 0-1 via Merino; Oyarzabal continues as the makeshift No.9 (Morata left out of the squad) with Lamine Yamal the danger on the right. Belgium, under Rudi Garcia's 4-2-3-1, hammered the USA 4-1 with a De Ketelaere brace and look potent going forward (De Bruyne, Doku, Lukaku off the bench) but have been defensively suspect throughout. Bookmakers make Spain clear but not overwhelming favourites in a one-off knockout, so per calibration I keep the Spanish win and trim to a one-goal margin: 2-1, with the in-form De Ketelaere punishing Spain once.