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England will be looking to make it three wins from four at the 2026 World Cup and secure a place in the last 16 this afternoon.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo are the opponents in Atlanta and there will be many familiar faces on display with their XI including several players with Premier League experience such as Noah Sadiki, Arthur Masuaku, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Axel Tuanzebe and Yoane Wissa.
England will be looking to improve on their performance against Panama on Saturday, when they won 2-0 but did not look convincing.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked as one of the best third-place finishers.
Where to watch England vs DR Congo: TV channel, live streams online
England vs DR Congo starts tomorrow afternoon at 5pm You can watch it on BBC one and stream via BBC iPlayer.
World Cup 2026: England-DR Congo statistics
- England are unbeaten in 11 competitive matches under Thomas Tuchel (10 wins); only Ron Greenwood (16, between 1977 and 1980) and Roy Hodgson (14, between 2012 and 2013) enjoyed longer unbeaten starts to their tenures.
- This will be the second time that England has faced two African teams in the same World Cup: in 1990 they beat Egypt 1-0 in the group stage and eliminated Cameroon 3-2 in the quarterfinals.
- Harry Kane will equal Geoff Hurst (4) in goals in the last 16 for England at the World Cup if he scores, and only Gary Lineker (6) will score more.
- The European Golden Boot winner scored three goals during the group stage and became England’s top scorer in the men’s World Cup.
- Elliot Anderson leads all England players in breaking passes (30), possession won (20) and duels won (24) in this World Cup, with Ecuador’s Pedro Vite the only other player to achieve at least 20 in each of those categories in the group stage.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked 38th in average possession (38.5%) in the group stage. England came third, with 65.3%.
- Yoane Wissa has scored three of DRC’s four goals in the competition, equaling his tally across the entire 2025/26 season for Newcastle.
- Wissa averaged a goal every 301 minutes with the Magpies but he has one every 90 minutes in the World Cup
- The 29-year-old has averaged a total expected goals (xG) of 0.21 in each of his nine attempts to reach the 2026 finals, with a total xG of 1.87.
- This is the 11th time an African team has faced a former winner in a World Cup knockout match, with Morocco the only one to advance when they beat Spain on penalties in the round of 16 in 2022.
