1-4 - England's knockout record at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship against nations ranked in the top four of the FIFA Rankings:
1-1 vs Germany in 1996 (lost on pens)2⃣
1-2 vs Brazil in 2002 2⃣
1-2 vs France in 2022 4⃣
Routed.
80% - @England have won 16 of their 20 matches under Thomas Tuchel across all competitions, giving him the best win rate of any manager to take charge of more than 10 matches with a single European nation.
Standards.
2 - England have won each of their last two FIFA World Cup matches during which they've conceded the opening goal of the game, after winning just one of their prior 23 matches in the competition when conceding first.
Mentality.
4 - Four of Julián Alvarez’s five career FIFA World Cup goals have been scored in the knockout rounds, tied with Diego Maradona for the second-most by an Argentinian player behind only Lionel Messi (7).
Timely.
2 - Both knockout matches between Argentina and Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup have gone to extra time, with Argentina winning 1-0 in the previous meeting, in the round of 16 in 2014.
Tight.
4- Breel Embolo is the fourth player on record to receive a second yellow card for simulation in the FIFA World Cup and the first since Asamoah Gyan for Ghana vs. Brazil in 2006.
Dive.
3 - Lionel Messi llegó a los 20 pases para remate en el Mundial 2026. Es el primer jugador desde 1966 en llegar a esta cantidad en tres ediciones distintas del torneo (21 en 2022, 24 en 2014). Visión.
1 - Switzerland are the only team yet to trail at any point across the 2026 World Cup campaign including both qualifiers and finals, a total of 11 matches.
Precision.
4 - Lionel Messi es el cuarto jugador en disputar cuatro partidos de cuartos de final en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA. Ante Suiza se unirá a la lista compuesta por los alemanes Germans Lothar Matthäus, Miroslav Klose and Uwe Seeler. Cuarta.
