England vs Argentina Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• This is the sixth World Cup meeting between the teams, with England having won three of the previous five, most recently a 1-0 victory in the 2002 group stage. Argentina came out on top in the 1986 quarter-finals and in a penalty shoot-out in the round of 16 at France 1998.
• Overall England have won six of their 14 encounters against Argentina (D6 L2). This is their first meeting since a 3-2 triumph for the English in a November 2005 friendly in Geneva.
• England’s overall record in World Cup matches against South American teams is P18 W8 D4 L6.
• England have made it through to their fourth semi-final and their second in the last three editions.
• England are aiming to reach the final of the World Cup for the second time having previously done so 60 years ago in 1966 when they won the competition on home soil.
• England have won four successive World Cup encounters for the first time since a six-match run spanning their last five fixtures in 1966 and their opener in 1970.
• England have lost only one of their last 11 matches at the FIFA World Cup (W8 D2).
• England have now scored 13 goals at this edition of the FIFA World Cup, equalling their highest-ever tally, which they achieved in Qatar in 2022.
• Jude Bellingham has found the net twice in each of England’s last two knockout-stage matches, becoming the first English player to do so at FIFA’s flagship men’s tournament.
• Most World Cup goals scored under the age of 24:
  • 12 – Kylian Mbappé
  • 7 – Pelé and Jude Bellingham
  • 6 – James Rodríguez and Mario Kempes
• 12 of England’s 13 goals at the 2026 finals have been scored by Harry Kane (six) and Jude Bellingham (six), with Marcus Rashford the only other player to find the net.
• England have come back from a goal down to win twice in their three knockout matches on their way to reaching the semi-finals, having recovered from a 0-1 deficit to beat Congo DR 2-1 in the Round of 32 and against Norway in the quarter-finals.
• Argentina have successfully progressed from all their five World Cup semi-final ties.
• Argentina have prevailed in seven of their last nine knockout ties against European teams at the World Cup.
• Argentina are undefeated in their last 12 FIFA World Cup matches (W10 D2), which extends the nation’s best-ever unbeaten run at the competition.
• Argentina have won six successive FIFA World Cup matches for the first time.
• Argentina have scored two or more goals in their last 12 games in the World Cup, surpassing the previous mark set by Uruguay between 1930 and 1954.
• The quarter-final was the 13th time that Argentina have gone into extra time in the FIFA World Cup – the most of any team in tournament history. They have prevailed in 11 of those 13 extra-time matches.
• Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez has spent the vast majority of his professional career in England. He was on the books of Arsenal from 2012-20, spending time on loan at Oxford United, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Reading – as well as Spanish club Getafe – before moving to Aston Villa, where he has been the first-choice ‘keeper for the past six years and is a club colleague of England’s Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins, with whom he won the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League.
• Argentina defender Lisandro Martínez has been a Manchester United player since 2022; his team-mates including England’s Marcus Rashford (2022-25) and Kobbie Mainoo (2023-26).
• Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero joined Tottenham Hotspur, initially on loan, in 2021. He is a current team-mate of England full-back Djed Spence and a former club colleague of England captain Harry Kane (2021-23).
• Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has spent the last six seasons in England, the first three with Brighton & Hove Albion, the next three with Liverpool, where he was a Premier League title winner in 2024/25. He has played alongside England defenders Dan Burn (Brighton 2021/22) and Jarell Quansah (Liverpool 2023-25).
• Enzo Fernández joined Chelsea in January 2023, shortly after helping Argentina to their 2022 FIFA World Cup success in Qatar. He plays at Stamford Bridge alongside England squad members Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah and is also a former Chelsea club colleague of Noni Madueke (2023-25).
• Jarell Quansah (England) and Exequiel Palacios (Argentina) play together for German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.
• Argentina defender Marcos Senesi spent four seasons in England with Bournemouth before moving earlier this summer to Tottenham Hotspur, where England’s Djed Spence is a team-mate.
• Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes played under England head coach Thomas Tuchel at Paris Saint-Germain from January 2019 to December 2020, winning the French domestic treble in 2019/20 and also finishing runners-up in that season’s UEFA Champions League.