UEFA · Group L · reached the Third place

England

17
Appearances: 1
Titles: Champions
Best finish

2026 runW D W W W W L W#3 attack of 48#29 defence of 48

8Played

6Won

1Drawn

1Lost

20Scored

12Conceded

+8Diff

2Clean sheets

Tournament journey

Against the field

How England measured up

Per game, across all 8 matches. The marker is the tournament median.

Goals scored per game2.50

#3 of 48 · median 1.25

Goals conceded per game1.50

#29 of 48 · median 1.33

Tactical identity

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Match reports

54.1Possession %14.8Shots / match88.7Pass accuracy7.9Long balls / 100 passes

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Squad contribution

Goal involvement

These players account for 100% of England's 20 goals.

1Jude Bellingham7G 1A 2Harry Kane6G 1A 3Bukayo Saka3G 3A 4Anthony Gordon1G 3A 5Declan Rice1G 2A 6Marcus Rashford1G 1A 7Ezri Konsa1G 0A 8Eberechi Eze0G 1A

Solid = goals, faded = assists

Every 2026 result · 8 matches

Round	Opponent	Result	Poss.	Shots	On target	Pass %	Corners
Group Stage · L	Croatia	W4–2	51.7%	22	11	85.7%	8
Group Stage · L	Ghana	D0–0	78.9%	19	3	92.6%	9
Group Stage · L	Panama	W2–0	67.1%	17	6	87.8%	7
Round of 32	DR Congo	W2–1	59.7%	16	7	90.5%	5
Round of 16	Mexico	W3–2	33.1%	6	5	79.9%	2
Quarter-final	Norway	W2–1	52.4%	14	8	90.4%	4
Semi-final	Argentina	L1–2	35.8%	5	2	84.0%	2
Third place	France	W6–4	54.1%	19	11	90.5%	4

England scored 20 goals across the tournament, keeping 2 clean sheets.

Men's World Cup history

England across 17 editions

The 2026 campaign sits inside 82 matches, 38 wins and 124 goals across every recorded edition.

Event data

England by expected goals

Data by

StatsBomb

14Matches covered

23.0Expected goals for

14.6Expected goals against

+3.0Goals above expected

Every covered match

Chances created and conceded, beside the result they produced.

Edition	Opponent	Round	Result	xG	xG against	Shots	Poss.
2022	France	Quarter-finals	1–2 L	2.35	0.84	16	58.8%
2022	Senegal	Round of 16	3–0 W	1.02	0.97	8	64.0%
2022	Wales	Group Stage	3–0 W	2.92	0.21	18	67.2%
2022	United States	Group Stage	0–0 D	0.46	0.51	8	56.5%
2022	Iran	Group Stage	6–2 W	1.99	1.46	13	78.6%
2018	Belgium	3rd Place Final	0–2 L	1.33	1.32	15	57.9%
2018	Croatia	Semi-finals	1–2 L	0.55	2.14	11	45.8%
2018	Sweden	Quarter-finals	2–0 W	0.76	0.83	12	59.4%
2018	Colombia	Round of 16	1–1 D	2.24	0.83	17	49.4%
2018	Belgium	Group Stage	0–1 L	1.20	0.96	12	47.1%
2018	Panama	Group Stage	6–1 W	3.17	1.08	11	60.9%
2018	Tunisia	Group Stage	2–1 W	2.63	0.95	18	60.8%
1986	Argentina	Quarter-finals	1–2 L	0.89	1.61	12	46.6%
1970	Brazil	Group Stage	0–1 L	1.54	0.87	21	49.0%

Derived from StatsBomb Open Data under the StatsBomb Public Data User Agreement. Covers the eight men's World Cups StatsBomb publish event data for, not every tournament England has played. 2026 is not covered — see methodology.

All 48 teams Knockout bracket In-depth statistics

All figures are calculated from completed 2026 World Cup match reports. Pre-tournament squad values, form ratings, projected formations and editorial style scores are intentionally excluded.