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England will step up their World Cup 2026 preparations with an international friendly against New Zealand tonight.
The Three Lions touched down in the USA on Monday, checking into their new base at West Palm Beach in South Florida before taking in their first training session the following morning.
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With additional friendlies lined up against Miami United and Costa Rica before the first World Cup fixture, England manager Thomas Tuchel will be hopeful this window is a vast improvement on March international break when his side drew with Uruguay and lost to Japan.
New Zealand, meanwhile, go into the friendly on the back of a rather embarrassing 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Haiti, which is hardly ideal ahead of their World Cup campaign.
England vs New Zealand is scheduled for a 9pm BST kick-off today, Saturday, June 6, 2026.
The match will take place at the Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa Florida.
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live and free to air on ITV1, with coverage beginning at 8.15pm BST.
Live stream: The international friendly will be broadcast live and free to air on the ITVX website and app.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog.
England are without Arsenal quartet Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke, Declan Rice and Eberechi Eze after they featured in last weekend’s Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
They all, however, are expected to be involved against Costa Rica next week.
The good news for Tuchel is the rest of his 26-man World Cup squad trained on Friday, including John Stones and new Barcelona signing Anthony Gordon.
Tuchel will use this friendly as an opportunity to experiment, so it is more than likely that the majority of his squad will get some minutes ahead of the World Cup opener against Croatia.
As for New Zealand, Ryan Thomas missed the 4-0 loss to Haiti with a hamstring strain and is set to sit out the England match too.
Joe Bell was also absent against Haiti because of a calf strain, but there is optimism that he will recover in time to face the Three Lions before the World Cup opener against Iran on June 15.
England looked far from convincing in their two March warm-up games but New Zealand are a step down in terms of quality in comparison to Uruguay and Japan.
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It very rarely is straight-forward with the Three Lions, regardless of the standard of opposition, but we expect Tuchel’s side to get the job done with ease and build confidence ahead of the World Cup.
England to win, 2-0.
This will be just the third-ever meeting between England and New Zealand, and first in 35 years.
England wins: 2
New Zealand wins: 0
Draws: 0
England to win: 1/12
New Zealand to win: 25/1
Draw: 19/2
Odds via UK betting sites (subject to change).
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