England and Ghana can both secure advancement to the World Cup quarter-finals with a win tonight.
England will secure their place in the last eight tonight when they face Ghana just outside Boston. Thomas Tuchel’s men ran over Croatia in the Group L opener last week and will be hoping to maintain their perfect record against the African side.
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Ghana also have three points after beating Panama thanks to Caleb Yirenkyi’s goal in the 95th minute. A win for Carlo Queiroz’s men will send them through to the knockout stages.
Here are all the team news before tonight’s showdown.
Team News England
Tuchel makes two changes – both in defence. Marc Guehi and Djed Spence come in for John Stones and Nico O’Reilly.
England starting eleven (4-2-3-1): Pickford – James, Konsa, Guehi, Spence – Rice, Anderson – Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon – Kane
England substitutes: D. Henderson, Trafford, O’Reilly, Stones, Saka, Rashford, Chalobah, J. Henderson, Burn, Mainoo, Rogers, Watkins, Eze, Toney, Quansah
Team News Ghana
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey starts for Ghana. He had to sit out the opening match after being denied entry to Canada.
Ghana’s starting eleven (4-4-2): Asare – Adjetey, Mensah, Opoku, Senaya – Yirenkyi, Partey, Sibo, Semenyo – Ayew, Williams
Ghana’s substitutes: Ati Zigi, Anang, Seidu, Moomin, Rahman, Oppong, Luckassen, Owusu, Boakye, Fatawu, Thomas-Asante, Baah, Sulemana, Nuamah, Adu
Key figures for England vs Ghana
- The teams have only met once before – it ended 1-1 in a friendly match at Wembley in 2011.
- Ghana’s win over Panama was their first win in seven games.
- England have won nine of their last eleven international matches.
- England lost their last match against African opposition – 3–1 against Senegal in June 2025.
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