Lamine Yamal has recently faced injury problems and has missed a couple of games for FC Barcelona, and will now miss two games for Spain. Yamal has only played two games with Spain in September and two games for FC Barcelona in the past few weeks, which worries Barcelona and Spain fans.

Luis de la Fuente's side had scored 11 in their opening three matches and against pointless opponents who had let in 12 and scored just one it was evident which way the game was going to go. The hosts had 18 shots in the first half - they finished the game with 30 - but only one was successful and that was Merino's 35th-minute header.