Where to watch England vs Mexico: TV channel and live stream for World Cup 2026 tonight

A place in the quarter-finals is up for grabs as the Three Lions face the tournament co-hosts at their high-altitude Estadio Azteca fortress in Mexico City – a formidable venue where El Tri have lost only two of 89 competitive matches dating back 60 years.

Backed by a passionate and intense home crowd at a ground steeped in rich World Cup history, Mexico will be confident of securing a first win over England since 1985 having not faced them for 16 years since losing a friendly 3-1 at Wembley.

They eased to the summit of Group A with three wins before defying an hour-long weather delay to brush aside Ecuador 2-0 and register their first knockout win on football’s biggest stage since they last hosted in 1986. They have yet to concede a single goal at these finals, scoring eight.

Either Brazil or Norway will await the winners of this game in the quarter-finals in Miami on July 11, with those two nations going head to head in New Jersey before Mexico vs England.

TV channel: ITV and the BBC continue to share broadcasting rights to the World Cup – one of the so-called sporting ‘crown jewels’ that has to remain on free-to-air television – in the UK, with England having featured on both stations during this tournament so far.

Their thrilling six-goal opener against Croatia was shown live on ITV1, while the turgid stalemate against Ghana was broadcast on BBC One.

England were back on ITV1 for the Group L finale against Panama, before returning to BBC One against DR Congo.

England vs Mexico is also being shown live on BBC One, with coverage beginning at midnight on Sunday following confirmation that the game will remain as a 1am BST kick-off as initially scheduled.

Former England internationals Wayne Rooney, Micah Richards and Joe Hart will be the punditry team once more, plus Alan Shearer on co-commentary alongside Guy Mowbray. Kelly Cates will host.

Live stream: The match is also available to watch live online via the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

Live blog: Standard Sport will keep you fully up to date throughout the night with our live blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from England correspondent Dom Smith at the Estadio Azteca.