Spain are unbeaten across their last five games against Austria in all competitions (W4 D1) and have won each of their last two against them by four-goal margins. However, they lost their only previous match against them in a FIFA World Cup (1-2 in 1978).

Spain have been eliminated from each of their last two FIFA World Cup knockout stage games, bowing out in the round of 16 against Russia in 2018 and Morocco in 2022, both on penalties. In fact, their last win in a knockout stage tie was when they defeated the Netherlands in the 2010 final (1-0).