Panama vs England Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

by Trystan Pugh · 26 June 2026 at 5:33 pm

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In their only previous meeting, England posted their biggest FIFA World Cup win with a 6-1 victory over Panama in the group stage of the 2018 tournament in Nizhny Novgorod, John Stones scoring twice and Harry Kane bagging a hat-trick (including two penalties) en route to winning the tournament’s Golden Boot with six goals.
Panama have lost all their three World Cup matches against European teams, including their 1-6 defeat to England in 2018.
Panama are seeking their first positive result at the World Cup having lost their five matches in the competition to date.
Édgar Yoel Bárcenas and José Luis Rodríguez are the only players to have made an appearance in all of Panama’s five fixtures in their history at the World Cup.
England are unbeaten in six successive World Cup matches against Concacaf teams (W3 D3), since a 0-1 defeat by the USA in the 1950 group stage - their first such encounter
England have lost only four of their last 28 group stage matches at the FIFA World Cup (W13 D11) and come into this fixture unbeaten in five (W3 D2).
England have been losing at half-time in only one of their last 42 World Cup group matches (includes second group stage).
England have kept four clean sheets in their last six World Cup matches.
Ahead of the 2026 finals, England had qualified from the opening round group stage in 12 of their last 13 World Cup participations and had finished the group stage unbeaten in four of their most recent six campaigns.
The 0-0 against Ghana was England’s 13th goalless draw at the FIFA World Cup – more than any other team.
Marcus Rashford has equalled Denilson’s record for the most substitute appearances – 11 – in FIFA World Cup history.
Jordan Pickford is poised to move into outright second on England’s all‑time FIFA World Cup appearance list, with his 15th match set to move him clear of Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Terry Butcher and Ashley Cole — leaving only Peter Shilton (17) ahead of him.