England v Costa Rica
International fixture
Wednesday 10 June 2026, 10pm BST
Orlando, Florida, USA

Head to head

England have won one and drawn one against Costa Rica in their two previous meetings, which came four years apart.

Previous meetings v Costa Rica

 

England 2-0 Costa Rica, International, 7 June 2018

Marcus Rashford and Danny Welbeck found the back of the net as the Three Lions geared up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a warm-up fixture in Leeds as a sold-out Elland Road hosted its first England international since 2002.

Costa Rica 0-0 England, FIFA World Cup 2014, 24 June 2014

England exited the World Cup in Brazil at the group stage after playing out a goalless draw with Costa Rica in Group D, who topped the group to advance to the knockouts.

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Today’s game against Costa Rica has been delayed due to weather conditions in Orlando.

Following a pitch inspection at the stadium, today’s match against Costa Rica will now kick off at 10pm (UK time) – subject to there being no further lightning strikes in the area.

In the meantime, Thomas Tuchel has named his starting eleven for the game as the Three Lions prepare for their first game in the World Cup in one week's time.

And the head coach has made changes to their last outing against New Zealand, with the likes of Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon and Noni Madueke among those getting a starting berth.

England: 1 Jordan Pickford, 2 Ezri Konsa, 3 Nico O'Reilly, 4 Declan Rice, 5 John Stones, 8 Elliot Anderson, 9 Harry Kane (c), 10 Jude Bellingham, 18 Anthony Gordon, 20 Noni Madueke, 24 Reece James

Substitutes: 6 Marc Guéhi, 7 Bukayo Saka, 11 Marcus Rashford, 12 Tino Livramento, 13 Dean Henderson, 14 Jordan Henderson, 15 Dan Burn, 16 Kobbie Mainoo, 17 Morgan Rogers, 19 Ollie Watkins, 21 Eberechi Eze, 22 Ivan Toney, 23 James Trafford, 25 Djed Spence, 26 Jarell Quansah

England finalised their preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026 with a comfortable 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Orlando.

Declan Rice gave the Three Lions the lead after just ten minutes before Anthony Gordon smashed home a second-half penalty following waves of English pressure.

Ollie Watkins then added the gloss, as he headed home a third three minutes from the end.

It was a dominant performance from Thomas Tuchel’s men, who begin their World Cup campaign next Wednesday against Croatia in Dallas.

England started brightly and Jude Bellingham was first to carve out a chance, with the midfielder turning on the edge of the box and unleashing a shot that was deflected wide.

The breakthrough came less than five minutes later, as Rice swept a shot home from inside the box after Gordon beat his marker and drove into the box to set-up his teammate.

Gordon then forced Patrick Sequeria into a save as he once again raced down the left and cut inside before being denied by the goalkeeper.

The Barcelona winger continued to cause problems and earned a free-kick that was met by the head of Harry Kane, who forced an excellent save out of Sequeria.

The Three Lions were well on top and Noni Madueke was next to call Sequeria into action, as his bouncing effort was beaten away by the Costa Rican keeper.

Madueke then had a golden chance to double the lead ten minutes before half time, as the winger raced in behind and rounded the goalkeeper but saw his effort come back off the post.

England’s unrelenting pressure continued and Gordon looked to have earned a penalty on the stroke of half time, only for the referee to overturn the original decision after consulting VAR.

The Three Lions continued on the front foot after the break and Madueke was the first to try his luck, cutting inside after a brilliant pass from Kane before bending a shot just wide of the target.

England made plenty of changes on the hour mark and substitute Eberechi Eze made an instant impact, trading passes with Bellingham before firing an effort that was illegally blocked by the arm of Darril Araya.

Gordon stepped up and emphatically converted the penalty to double England’s lead.

Eze continued to be involved, sliding fellow substitute Morgan Rogers in on goal but he could not hit the target.

A third finally came just before full time, as Watkins headed home a rebound after Bukayo Saka’s initial shot was saved.

There was almost time for more as a flowing attacking move ended with Saka flashing a shot across the face of goal, before Eze saw a goal-bound effort blocked.

England: 1 Jordan Pickford; 24 Reece James, 2 Ezri Konsa, 5 John Stones, 3 Nico O’Reilly; 4 Declan Rice, 8 Elliot Anderson; 20 Noni Madueke, 10 Jude Bellingham, 18 Anthony Gordon; 9 Harry Kane

Substitutes: 13 Dean Henderson for Pickford 63’ 6 Marc Guehi for Stones 63’ 7 Bukayo Saka for Madueke 63’, 21 Eberechi Eze for Rice 63’, 25 Djed Spence for James 63’, 17 Morgan Rogers for Kane 63’, 15 Dan Burn for O’Reilly 71’, 19 Ollie Watkins for Bellingham 71’, 26 Jarell Quansah for Konsa 71’, 11 Marcus Rashford for Gordon 71’, 16 Kobbie Mainoo for Anderson 71’
Subs not used: 12 Tino Livramento, 14 Jordan Henderson, 22 Ivan Toney, 23 James Trafford

Head Coach: Thomas Tuchel

Goals: Rice 10’, Gordon 68’, Watkins 87'

Costa Rica: 1 Patrick Sequeria; 2 Shawn Johnson, 3 Jeyland Mitchell, 5 Fernán Faerron, 8 Darril Araya; 4 Aarón Salazar, 17 Carlos Mora, 14 Orlando Galo, 12 Andrey Soto, 10 Josimar Alcócer; 9 Manfred Ugalde

Substitutes: 20 Haxzel Quirós for Johnson 46’, 11 Cristopher Núnez for Soto 55’, 23 Abraham Madriz for Sequeria 63’, 7 John Ruiz for Araya 82’, 19 Orlando Sinclair for Ugalde 82’

Subs not used: 6 Joseth Peraza, 13 Luis Flores, 18 Bayron Mora