Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup

Saturday, 27 June 2026 at 00:00 UTC
🏟 NRG Stadium · Houston
🏁 Post-match review
Cape Verde Islands and Saudi Arabia played out a goalless draw in their World Cup encounter. Neither side was able to break the deadlock in what was an even contest.
Expectation:With no pre-match lean or market data provided, the 0-0 result represents a neutral outcome—neither team's advantage was decisive, and both left with a point.
A draw leaves both teams with room for improvement in their attacking play. For Cape Verde Islands, a point against Saudi Arabia is a solid result; for Saudi Arabia, the stalemate may feel like an opportunity missed to build early momentum.
Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).
📐 Statistical score reference
Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.
🎓 Coaches / Formations
🔬 Advanced data (averages)
Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football
📈 Recent form
- 2026-07-03 · (A) 2–3 vs Argentina
- 2026-06-27 · (H) 0–0 vs Saudi Arabia
- 2026-06-21 · (A) 2–2 vs Uruguay
- 2026-06-15 · (A) 0–0 vs Spain
- 2026-06-27 · (A) 0–0 vs Cape Verde Islands
- 2026-06-21 · (A) 0–4 vs Spain
- 2026-06-15 · (H) 1–1 vs Uruguay
🆚 Head-to-head
- 2026-06-27 · Cape Verde Islands 0–0 Saudi Arabia
🧑⚖️ Referee
François Letexier, France
Referee averages in this competition · 22 games · PK Sport
✅ Confirmed lineups · Cape Verde Islands [4-1-4-1]
API-Football · 26 Jul 2026, 22:53 UTC
- 1Vozinha
- 24W. Pina
- 4R. Lopes
- 3D. Borges
- 8Joao Paulo
- 6K. Lenini
- 20R. Mendes
- 14D. Duarte
- 10J. Monteiro
- 17W. Semedo
- 19D. Livramento
✅ Confirmed lineups · Saudi Arabia [4-4-2]
API-Football · 26 Jul 2026, 22:53 UTC
- 21M. Al Owais
- 12S. Abdulhamid
- 4A. Al Amri
- 5H. Tambakti
- 13N. Boushal
- 20S. Mandash
- 15A. Al Khaibari
- 6N. Al Dawsari
- 10S. Al Dawsari
- 9F. Al Buraikan
- 23M. Kanno
🚑 Injuries / Absences
- outS. Lopes Cabral
No confirmed absences.
Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.
Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net