Down To Ten
England
England played the closing 36 minutes a man down after a 54′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 54′
- Player
- J. Quansah
World Cup · Round of 16
Mexico
J. Quinones 42'
R. Jimenez 69'
2 – 3
FT
HT 1–2
England
J. Bellingham 36', 38'
H. Kane 60'
World Cup
Round of 16Mexico2–3England
1.87
Expected goals
1.55
36′38′42′54′60′69′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: MEX 1.87, ENG 1.55.
Match report
Mexico 2-3 England
England edged out Mexico 3-2 at Estadio Banorte in World Cup. Bellingham opened the scoring for England on 36', Bellingham added his second on 38', Quinones pulled one back for Mexico on 42', Kane made it 3-1 to England on 60' from the penalty spot and Jimenez pulled one back for Mexico on 69' from the penalty spot.
Expected goals finished Mexico 1.87, England 1.55. Mexico held 67.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Quansah was sent off on 54', leaving England 36 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. England graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.55 expected goals. England graded out for better chances — 0.26 xg per shot and 6 v 20 shots.
Jude Bellingham came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.0 for England from 2 goals, 3 shots and 3 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 21 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Mexico conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
67%Possession33%
20Shots6
1.87xG1.55
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
England
England finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.55 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.55
- Overperformance
- +1.45
Better Chances
England
England did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.26 xG per attempt against 0.09.
- xG per shot
- 0.26
- Opponent
- 0.09
- Shots
- 6 v 20
Set-Piece Siege
Mexico
Mexico turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 12 corners.
- Corners
- 12
- Opponent
- 2
Timeline
🟨1'
D. Rice
Roughing
⚽36'
J. Bellingham — assist: B. Saka
⚽38'
J. Bellingham — assist: H. Kane
J. Quinones
⚽42'
Half-time
E. Alvarez ↑ C. Montes ↓
🔄46'
🟥54'
J. Quansah
Serious foul
🔄57'
J. Stones ↑ B. Saka ↓
⚽60'
H. Kane (Pen)
S. Gimenez ↑ G. Mora ↓
🔄61'
B. Gutierrez ↑ L. Romo ↓
🔄61'
🟨68'
M. Guehi
Unsportsmanlike conduct
R. Jimenez (Pen)
⚽69'
J. Sanchez
Unsportsmanlike conduct
🟨71'
🟨72'
N. O'Reilly
Unsportsmanlike conduct
🔄74'
D. Spence ↑ N. O'Reilly ↓
🔄75'
D. Burn ↑ E. Anderson ↓
A. Fidalgo ↑ J. Sanchez ↓
🔄79'
G. Martinez ↑ J. Quinones ↓
🔄81'
🔄90'
M. Rogers ↑ H. Kane ↓
J. Vasquez
Unsportsmanlike conduct
🟨90+8'
🟨90+8'
J. Henderson
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstadio Banorte, Mexico City
RefereeA. Faghani
CompetitionWorld Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 16
StatusMatch Finished