Can Spain break Portugal jinx?

Spain lock horns with Portugal tonight at the Estadio Municipal. Spain's shock 2-1 home defeat to Switzerland on Saturday leaves La Roja needing to beat Portugal away to progress to the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League.

Portugal went top of Group A2 with a comfortable 4-0 win in the Czech Republic.

Spain have an excellent record against Portugal and have won 17 out of the 39 matches but beating Portugal isn't something Spain has been able to do recently. The Iberian neighbours have drawn their last four matches, and Spain has not won at Portugal in nearly two decades.

Playing in Portugal, Spain is winless since a 3-0 victory in a friendly in 2003, when Fernando Torres made his national team debut with Spain, and not long after Cristiano Ronaldo began playing for Portugal.

The teams have drawn four on the trot since coach Fernando Santos took over Portugal after the 2014 World Cup.