England v Ghana: Confirmed line-ups as Spence and Guehi come in for Three Lions

England and Ghana can both qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup with a win tonight. Get all the team news here...

England v Ghana: Confirmed line-ups as Spence and Guehi come in for Three Lions

England will look to secure their place in the World Cup round-of-32 tonight when they face Ghana just outside Boston.

Thomas Tuchel’s men powered past Croatia in their Group L opener last week and will be hopeful of maintaining their 100% record against the African side.

Ghana also have three points after beating Panama thanks to Caleb Yirenkyi’s 95th-minute goal and a win for Carlo Queiroz’s men would see them through.

Here is all the team news ahead of the game.

ENGLAND TEAM NEWS

Tuchel made two changes, both in defence, with Marc Guehi and Djed Spence coming in for John Stones and Nico O’Reilly

England: Pickford; James, Konsa, Guehi, Spence; Rice, Anderson, Bellingham; Madueke, Gordon, Kane

England substitutes: D Henderson, Trafford, O’Reilly, Stones, Saka, Rashford, Chalobah, J Henderson, Burn, Mainoo, Rogers, Watkins, Eze, Toney, Quansah

GHANA TEAM NEWS

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey starts for Ghana. He missed the first game after being denied entry to Canada.

Ghana: Asare; Adjetey, Mensah, Opoku, Senaya; Yirenkyi, Partey, Sibo, Semenyo; Ayew, Williams

Ghana substitutes: Ati Zigi, Anang, Seidu, Mumin, Rahman, Oppong, Luckassen, Owusu, Boakye, Fatawu, Thomas-Asante, Baah, Sulemana, Nuamah, Adu

Where to watch England v Ghana: TV and online streams

England versus Ghana kicks off on Tuesday night at 9pm UK time. You can watch it on BBC 1 and stream via the iPlayer.

Click HERE for a full World Cup TV guide

Stats for England v Ghana

  • The teams have met just once before, playing out a 1-1 friendly draw at Wembley in 2011
  • Ghana’s win over Panama was their first victory in seven games
  • England have won nine of their last 11 games
  • England lost their last game against African opposition, going down 3-1 to Senegal in June 2025