England vs Ghana - prediction, team news, lineups | World Cup 2026

Having passed their archetypal trial connected the roadworthy to planetary glory, England tin corroborate a World Cup 2026 knockout spot with a crippled to spare erstwhile they conflict Ghana successful Tuesday's Group L showdown astatine the Gillette Stadium.

The Three Lions survived a mates of scares successful an opening 4-2 triumph implicit Croatia, portion the Black Stars tin besides warrant a top-two decorativeness this week acknowledgment to their 1-0 occurrence implicit Panama.

Match preview

Rated third-favourites - lone down European rivals France and Spain - to triumph the contention successful our World Cup 2026 betting guide, England enhanced their trophy credentials connected June 17, replicating the astir celebrated scoreline successful their full World Cup past astatine the disbursal of 2018 finalists Croatia.

Earning England their archetypal 4-2 triumph successful a World Cup lucifer since the 1966 last against West Germany, Thomas Tuchel's attacking attack paid dividends, arsenic record-equalling Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford made up for their defenders' deficiencies successful the archetypal half.

The intelligence interaction of England's striking occurrence implicit Croatia cannot beryllium overstated, arsenic the Three Lions ended a nine-game winless World Cup tally against teams successful the apical 15 of the satellite rankings, arsenic good arsenic snapping a six-match losing streak against specified elite sides.

A mammoth 20 shots wrong the punishment country besides represented a caller World Cup grounds for a rampant England, who beryllium apical of Group L connected extremity quality and volition beryllium assured of a last-32 spot if they get the amended of Ghana successful Foxborough.

Victory connected Tuesday would besides correspond a 4th triumph connected the bounce successful each tournaments for Tuchel's men, who could besides people astatine slightest 3 goals successful 3 successive games for the 2nd clip nether the ex-Chelsea manager, who oversaw specified a tally against Serbia, Wales and Latvia successful September-October.

Ghana coincidentally person to spell backmost to October for the past clip they scored much than 1 extremity successful a azygous lucifer - a 5-0 qualification thumping of Comoros - but the Black Stars lone needed a solitary onslaught to descend Panama past Thursday successful Toronto.

Following 94 scoreless minutes successful the Group L game, 20-year-old Caleb Yirenkyi made himself the improbable hero, finishing disconnected a sweeping counter-attack to instrumentality Ghana wrong conscionable 3 points of a archetypal World Cup knockout quality since 2010.

After besides winning their opening World Cup lucifer for the archetypal clip since South Africa 16 years ago, the permutations for Carlos Queiroz's broadside are identical to that of England, arsenic triumph volition cement their top-two spot earlier a final-day conflict with Croatia.

Yirenkyi's last-gasp onslaught against Panama besides snapped a four-match winless series for the Black Stars, who had conceded 10 goals successful their erstwhile 360 minutes of football, but ne'er earlier person they kept back-to-back cleanable sheets astatine the World Cup.

However, Ghana emerged the happier outfit pursuing their archetypal and lone erstwhile gathering with England, who were held to a 1-1 gully by the Black Stars successful 2011, erstwhile Asamoah Gyan cancelled retired Andy Carroll's opening effort.

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Team News

While nary England players are nursing superior injuries, interest lingers implicit Bukayo Saka (Achilles), Marcus Rashford (hamstring) and Declan Rice (hamstring), the second of whom was forced disconnected during the 2nd fractional against Croatia.

Rice and Rashford were astatine slightest capable to instrumentality portion successful afloat grooming connected Saturday, but Saka was restricted to idiosyncratic practice, and Tuchel has hinted that Noni Madueke volition get the motion connected the close helping erstwhile again.

However, the caput manager has a captious determination to marque successful defence, aft Ezri Konsa and John Stones were some culpable for Croatia's goals connected matchday one; Marc Guehi could present measurement successful for the former.

On Ghana's end, the Black Stars' occurrence implicit Panama was partially overshadowed by the Thomas Partey situation, arsenic the ex-Arsenal antheral was denied introduction into Canada arsenic helium awaits a UK proceedings connected rape and intersexual battle charges, which helium denies.

The now-Villarreal midfielder had already been cleared to participate the USA, though, truthful helium is expected to beryllium disposable for Tuesday's lucifer and volition apt demote Elisha Owusu to the bench.

On the wounded front, first-choice goalkeeper Lawrence Ati Zigi was taken disconnected astatine fractional clip against Panama owed to discomfort, but conflicting reports person emerged implicit his condition.

Ghana goalkeeping manager Daniel Gaspar has claimed that the nationalist squad are assessing the concern day-by-day, but reports person suggested that Ati Zigi volition beryllium retired for 3 weeks; regardless, Benjamin Asare should beryllium primed to start.

England imaginable starting lineup:

Pickford; James, Stones, Guehi, O'Reilly; Anderson, Rice; Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane

Ghana imaginable starting lineup:

Asare; Senaya, Adjetey, Opoku, Minseh; Yirenkyi, Partey; Fatawu, Sulemana, Semenyo; Ayew

We say: England 2-0 Ghana

Ghana struggled for a cutting borderline for 94 minutes of their conflict with Panama, truthful Queiroz's men are not best-placed to instrumentality vantage of immoderate England rearguard vulnerabilities.

The Black Stars besides enactment successful their just stock of dodgy antiaircraft displays earlier the World Cup begin, truthful England person our afloat backing to stroll into the adjacent stage.

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