Wales v England, 29 November 2022

Kick-off: 10.00pm local (7.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Wales 19, England 5 . In the final group game, England needed to avoid a four-goal defeat to qualify for the Round of 16. England had not previously lost a World Cup group game by a margin of more than one goal. In the 103 previous meetings, Wales had never beaten England by a four-goal margin and only once by three goals (4-1 in the British Home Championship at Wrexham in May 1980. . To qualify, Wales had to win this game while the other group game (Iran v USA) had to be drawn. Their most recent win against England was in May 1984. . Wales were now without a win in their last eight games for the first time since a run of 12 winless games that ended in September 2001. . Wales failed to win a game during their participation at a major tournament (also UEFA European Championships) for the first time. . England had lost their third group game in two of their 14 previous appearances at the World Cup finals (won seven); against Spain in 1950 and Belgium in 2018. . England had now won two of their last eight games (lost three). . This was England’s first-ever game at the World Cup finals against another British nation. . With Marcus Rashford’s second goal, England became the seventh nation to score 100 goals at the World Cup finals. . England equalled their biggest-ever win in their third group game at the World Cup finals; also against Poland in Monterrey in 1986 when Gary Lineker scored a hat-trick. . While England manager Gareth Southgate was born in Watford, Wales boss Rob Page made over 250 appearances for Watford from 1993 to 2001 during his playing career. . England had won their preceding six games against Wales (scored 11 goals, conceded one). .