England vs. Argentina live updates: World Cup 2026 score, news and highlights

The second half is underway at Atlanta Stadium!

Rice gets us started.

Just 45 minutes separate one of these two sides from a spot in Sunday’s World Cup final.

The Opta supercomputer predicts this semi-final will end in a draw and head to extra time, given how the first 45 minutes played out.

It projects a draw in normal time in 44.7% of simulations.

England has a 29.5% win probability in 90 minutes, compared to Argentina’s 25.8%.

The match stats back up the nerves: 19 fouls and zero shots on target in the first half between England and Argentina, the most fouls without an attempt on target in any half at this World Cup.

HALF-TIME!

It’s still 0-0 between England and Argentina in this cagey, feisty World Cup semifinal at Atlanta Stadium.

Both sides have struggled to create clear-cut chances.

Stones’ 33rd-minute header from Rice’s free kick is the closest either team has come to breaking the deadlock.

The combined expected goals (xG) in the first half was a measly 0.08, the lowest in a World Cup knockout stage match since 1966.

This semifinal is up for grabs.

Which team’s attacking talent will seize control after the break?

Half-Time

HALF-TIME!

England and Argentina are locked in a scoreless draw at the break in this FIFA World Cup clash at Atlanta Stadium.

The fourth official signals a minimum of three minutes of added time at the end of the first half.

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Can either side find a breakthrough before the break?

YELLOW CARD!

Just after Anderson’s yellow, Lisandro Martinez is the first Argentina player booked.

Rogers wriggles past the Argentine number six, who holds him back and is rightly cautioned.

One each for bookings.

FERNANDEZ INCHES AWAY!

Messi opts for a short free kick, getting it back from Paredes, but Kane blocks his shot.

The ball breaks to Fernandez, who tries his luck from distance, sending it narrowly wide of the top-right corner!

YELLOW CARD!

Anderson is the first player into the book for a poorly timed challenge on Messi.

No complaints from the Manchester City midfielder, as Argentina now have a dangerous set-piece.

Tensions are boiling over again!

Messi skips past Spence and Kane, looking to drive at the England defense, but Anderson upends him.

The challenge brings almost every Argentine player to surround the referee, and there’s plenty of pushing and shoving.

The referee has done well to keep this game flowing, but that was definitely a foul.

England is growing into this game!

Spence does well to press Simeone into a mistake deep in his own half.

Gordon then plays a neat pass to Bellingham, who draws a needless foul from Molina.

James stands over the free kick instead of Rice.

STONES GOES CLOSE!

Rice, as he so often does for Arsenal, whips a delicious set piece to the back post, finding Stones.

The England defender rises high above Lisandro Martinez, but his attempt ripples the side-netting and doesn’t trouble Emiliano Martinez.

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