Mexico vs England Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026
by Trystan Pugh ·
Below you can find key stats for Mexico vs England. From historical trends to player milestones, we have you covered for every match at FIFA World Cup 2026 in USA, Canada & Mexico!
- The only World Cup match between these sides was in the 1966 group stage with England winning the encounter 2-0 on home turf at Wembley Stadium.
- Across ten meetings, England hold a 7–2 advantage over Mexico, with one draw. Mexico are unbeaten in their three clashes in Mexico City, earning two wins and a draw — most recently a 1–0 victory in a June 1985 friendly in which current Mexico head coach Javier Aguirre played the full 90 minutes.
- Mexico have lost only three of their last ten World Cup matches against European teams.
- Mexico’s only triumph in six World Cup knockout ties against European opponents is a 2-0 victory over Bulgaria in the round of 16 in 1986.
- Mexico are aiming to equal their best‑ever FIFA World Cup performance by reaching the quarter‑finals — a stage they have previously achieved only twice, in 1970 and 1986, both times as hosts.
- Mexico have now triumphed in their last five matches at the FIFA World Cup – the longest winning streak at the competition in their history.
- Mexico are yet to concede a single goal at FIFA World Cup 2026.
- Mexico could become only the second team to start a World Cup campaign with five successive wins and no goals conceded after Italy achieved the feat in 1990.
- Mexico have come out on top in seven and drawn two of their last nine FIFA World Cup outings on home soil (matches settled by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws). The North Americans have kept clean sheets in the last seven of those fixtures.
- The Mexicans have now racked up eight goals at the current tournament, equalling their highest-ever tally at the global extravaganza, achieved in 1998.
- El Tri have not conceded a first-half goal in any of their last 15 FIFA World Cup matches.
- Julián Quiñones has now scored in all but one of his side’s four games at FIFA World Cup 2026, becoming just the second Mexico player to notch three goals in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup after Luis Hernández, who found the net four times in 1998.
- England are unbeaten in their last seven World Cup matches against Concacaf teams (W4 D3), since a 1-0 defeat by the USA in the 1950 group stage - their first such encounter. They have never met a Concacaf team in a knockout round match.
- England have lost only one of their last nine World Cup matches (W6 D2).
- England have won six of their last eight World Cup round of 16 ties.
- Harry Kane has now netted 13 goals in 15 appearances at the World Cup, with seven of those strikes coming in his last six outings.
- Jude Bellingham is set to make his tenth World Cup appearance. At 23 years and 6 days, he would be the youngest to the landmark, beating the record of Mario Kempes, who was 23 years and 334 days for Argentina against Poland in 1978.
- Mexico striker Raúl Jiménez has played in England since 2018, playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2023, when he joined Fulham. He will return to Wolves next season. Jiménez scored on his Premier League debut past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in a 2-2 draw for Wolves at home to Everton on 11 August 2018. He also scored past Pickford in all of his next four Premier League appearances for Wolves against Everton and was also on target against the England ‘keeper for Fulham in 2025/26.
- Mexico captain Edson Álvarez played for West Ham United in the Premier League in 2023/24 and 2024/25.
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