Portugal and Chile have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting in an international friendly in Oeiras on Saturday.Roberto Martinezs side are being tipped at contenders at the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico and, having been paired with Colombia in Group K, are testing themselves against South American opposition before their final tune-up against Nigeria in Leiria on Wednesday.Chile last appeared at the finals in 2014 and finished bottom in CONMEBOL qualifying, failing to score in their final six matches of the campaign.In two friendlies in Eden in March, La Roja beat Cape Verde 4-2 before suffering a 4-1 defeat to New Zealand. Table of ContentsWorld Cup 2026 friendly: Portugal confirmed team vs ChileWorld Cup 2026 warm-up: Chile full line up vs PortugalWhere to watch Portugal vs Chile: TV channel, live online streamWorld Cup 2026 friendly: Portugal vs Chile statsWorld Cup 2026 friendly: Portugal confirmed team vs ChilePortugal make seven changes from their 2-0 win away to the USA on April 1, bringing in Nelson Semedo, Ruben Dias, Renato Veiga, Francisco Conceicao, Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao and Cristiano Ronaldo.Diogo Dalot, Tomas Araujo, Goncalo Inacio, Francisco Trincao, Pedro Neto move to the bench, as do Goncalo Ramos and Vitinha, joined among the substitutes by Joao Neves and Nuno Mendes a week after the quartet won the Champions League final with Paris Saint-Germain.Portugal starting XI: Jose Sa, Nelson Semedo, Ruben Dias, Renato Veiga, Joao Cancelo, Francisco Conceicao, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Samu Costa, Rafael Leao, Cristiano RonaldoPortugal substitutes: Diogo Costa, Tomas Araujo, Diogo Dalot, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix, Goncalo Inacio, Joao Neves, Francisco Trincao, Pedro Neto, Goncalo Guedes, Ruben Neves, Rui Silva, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, Ricardo VelhoWorld Cup 2026 warm-up: Chile full line up vs PortugalRight-back Francisco Salinas is out for Chile with an ankle sprain and has been replaced in the squad by Fabian Hormazabal.Chile starting XI: Lawrence Vigouroux, Felipe Faundez, Ivan Roman, Guillermo Maripan, Gabriel Suazo, Felipe Loyola, Agustin Arce, Vicente Pizarro, Maximiliano Gutierrez, Gonzalo Tapia, Dario OsorioChile substitutes: Thomas Gillier, Fabian Hormazabal, Igor Lichnovsky, Clemente Montes, Ivan Morales, Lucas Cepeda, Felipe Mendez, Francisco Sierralta, Rodrigo Echeverria, Matias Sepulveda, Lautaro Millan, Nils Reichmuth, Brayan Cortes, Diego Ulloa,Where to watch Portugal vs Chile: TV channel, live online streamKick-off on Saturday is at 18:45 BST (13:45 ET / 10:45 PT), with live coverage in the UK onAmazon Prime PPV, which charges �2.99 for the game.World Cup 2026 friendly: Portugal vs Chile statsThe defeat to New Zealand was Chiles first in six matches including friendlies (W4 D1), having gone winless in six (L4 D2) before beating Peru 2-1 at home in October 2024Both matches between the teams during the 21st century have been draws after 90 minutes: 1-1 in a friendly in Leiria in March 2011 and 0-0 in the Confederations Cup in Kazan in June 2017, when Ronaldo and Bernardo were among Portugals starters andChilewon on penaltiesCristiano Ronaldois appearing at his 12th consecutive major tournament and is the all-time record scorer in mens internationals, with 143 goalsThe five-time Champions League winner Ronaldo became the first player to score at five World Cup final tournaments by scoring against Ghana in 2022Portugals 2-0 defeat in Ireland in qualifying in November is their only defeat in 11 matches, although they recovered to beat Armenia 9-1 at home to seal qualification three days later, hitting nine for the second time under MartinezThey then drew 0-0 in Mexico in March, representing the second time in their last four games they have failed to score, having netted in each of their previous seven matches for a total of 20 goalsIncluding friendlies,Portugalhave gone more than four hours and 12 minutes without concedingThe Selecao have not conceded in a friendly in more than five hours and four minutes, although they have one clean sheet in their last five competitive matchesBruno Fernandes scored twice in a 4-0 win over Nigeria in Lisbon in Portugals only friendly before the 2022World Cup, proceeding to beat Ghana and Uruguay in the group stage before losing to South Korea in their third match and beating Switzerland in the last 16Chile have scored at least twice in each of their last five matches for a total of 11 goals, with all of those matches being friendlies Topics 2026 FIFA World Cup Bruno Fernandes Chile National Football Team Cristiano Ronaldo FIFA World Cup Portugal National Football Team 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