Preamble
England recorded their biggest-ever World Cup win against Panama at the 2018 tournament. A 6-2 rout sent Gareth Southgate’s side on their journey to a fourth-place finish; Harry Kane’s hat-trick went a long way to securing his Golden Boot. And so here we are again … except last time, Panama were ranked 55th in the world, but now they’re ranked 42nd, and that after falling eight places in the wake of their 1-0 defeat to Croatia. Panama also gave Ghana a good game in their Group L opener, so while most observers expect England to do the business tonight, the current iteration of the Red Tide – runners-up to Mexico at both the previous Concacaf Gold Cup and Nations League – are no pushover. England will hope to bounce back from their struggles against Queirozball earlier in the week; should they do so, they’ll deserve the plaudits that will come their way, and hope it’ll be a good omen for another deep run. Kick-off is at 10pm BST, 5pm EDT, 7am AEST. It’s on!
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Ghana | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Croatia | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Panama | 2 | -2 | 0 |

















