Portugal have won only five of their previous 32 meetings with Spain in all competitions.
Despite this, Portugal won their last meeting with the Spaniards; winning 1-0 in their Euro 2004 group match.Spain were the first team since Hungary in 1986 not to collect a single card in the group stages of a World Cup tournament.Spain have kept clean sheets in only 26 per cent of their World Cup games (9/34) since the start of the 1982 tournament.
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David Villa has scored six goals in six starts in World Cups and is now the all-time top scorer for Spain at the tournament.Portugal did not concede a goal in the group stage but drew two of those games 0-0.Despite appearing for only 118 minutes in the group stages, Spanish winger Jesus Navas attempted 40 crosses from open play; 18 more than any other player.
Spain lost an all-European tie in the second round of the 2006 World Cup; losing 3-1 to eventual finalists France.Portugal won their only previous World Cup second round match in 2006 against the Netherlands (1-0), in a game that saw four red cards; two for the Portuguese.
Portugal have conceded just one goal in their last 12 internationals.Should the Portuguese avoid defeat in this match, they will set a new team record of 20 games unbeaten in all competitions.
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