England vs Mexico Head to Head in FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar
Hosts Qatar will face Ecuador in the inaugural match of this edition’s FIFA World Cup. The match will start at 9.30 pm IST.
Former World Champions England are coming into the tournament as one of the favourites. The English side is currently one of the strongest in the world. They reached the semi-finals in the previous edition in Russia. And now this time around England will be in Group B along with Iran, USA and Wales.
Meanwhile, 11-time CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico are expected to be dark horses in this tournament. They have been drawn into Group C along with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia. With both Mexico and England are expected to go deep into the World Cup, we might see them facing each other in the knockout stages.
Mexico and England are the top teams in their regions. England and Mexico have faced each other nine times. Currently, England are the dominant side in the head-to-head statistics. The Three Lions have won six games against Mexico. Meanwhile, Mexico have defeated England in only two games so far. One game between these two teams ended in a draw.
As mentioned earlier, England and Mexico have featured in nine matches together. England have a better record against the Mexicans.
The European side have got six victories while the North American team won only twice. Only one match has ended in a stalemate.
Both sides met each other in the World cup only once back in 1966. The World Cup was held in England. The hosts met Mexico in the final match of the group stage. Bobby Charlton and Hunt scored one each for the host nation to give them a 2-0 victory over the Mexicans.
Mexico has never beaten England in a FIFA World Cup. The only time they faced together was in the 1966 World Cup. England defeated Mexico by 2-0.
Mexico are yet to defeat England in a FIFA World Cup. However, they defeated England in two FIFA friendlies.
Mexico has faced England in the FIFA World Cup only once back in 1966. They lost the match against the Three Lions by 2-0.
England last faced Mexico in a FIFA World Cup back in 1966. They defeated the Mexicans by 2-0 in the group stage and then went on to lift the World Cup.
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