Jordan and Algeria are set to meet on Monday, June 22, in Santa Clara, California, in the second round of Group J play at the World Cup 2026. The match is scheduled for the San Francisco Bay Stadium, with kickoff set for 23:00 ET, 21:00 in Mexico and 5:00 in Spain.
It is the kind of fixture that now pulls attention because the group picture is already taking shape. Jordan, playing in its first World Cup, comes in after a loss to Austria, while Algeria arrives with Ibrahim Maza, Rayan Aït Nouri, Amine Gouiri, Anis Hadj Moussa, Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Amoura in a squad that looks stronger on paper. Still, the second place in Group J remains open, and that is why this game matters beyond the label of favorite and underdog.
Jordan and Algeria have never met in an official match. Their only previous meeting in the record is a 1-1 draw in a friendly in 2004, which gives Monday’s game a small but real historical thread without changing the scale of what is at stake now. For viewers, the match is listed on Peacock, FOX One, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports and Telemundo.
Jordan also has a personnel question that could affect how it lines up. Abdallah Nasib left the match against Austria in the 81st minute with an injury and will be tested on Monday to determine whether he can play. That matters because Jordan has leaned on Al-Tamari, who has 15 goals and assists this season, and any absence in the back line would sharpen the challenge against an Algeria side widely viewed as superior. Even so, Jordan’s semifinal run at the last Asian Cup showed a team capable of making matches uncomfortable, and that is exactly what makes this Group J meeting more open than the rankings suggest.
The result on Monday will not settle Group J, but it can decide how realistic Jordan’s path remains and how much pressure Algeria carries into the final stretch. Nasib’s test may end up being one of the small details that changes the shape of the whole night.
