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Spain v Chile
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Head-to-head
- Chile have never beaten Spain in 10 previous encounters (D2 L8).
- Spain have won their last two meetings with Chile at World Cups. They won 2-0 in 1950 at the Maracana Stadium, where this match is taking place, and then 2-1 in 2010.
- The last time Spain lost back-to-back internationals was in 2006 (3-2 v Northern Ireland and 2-0 v Sweden).
- Their 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands was the first time they had conceded five goals in an international since losing 6-2 to Scotland in June 1963.
- They had only once before conceded five or more goals in a World Cup game (6-1 v Brazil in 1950).
- The Spaniards conceded more goals in 90 minutes against Netherlands than they had in their previous nine internationals combined (four).
- Spain's 5-1 loss to the Netherlands was the heaviest margin of defeat by a reigning World Cup champion in the history of the tournament. The previous heaviest defeats were Brazil losing 3-0 to France in 1998 and West Germany losing 6-3 to France in 1958.
- Chile have lost their two previous World Cup games against the defending champion, both against Brazil (in 1962 and 1998).
- Alexis Sanchez has been involved in seven of the last eight goals that Chile have scored (six assists and one goal).
- Against Australia, Sanchez became the first Chilean to score a goal and provide an assist in a single World Cup game since 1962.
- Chile scored three goals in a World Cup game for the first time since 1962.
