Watch England v France World Cup LIVE stream: TV channel, team news and kick off time

How to watch England v France live in the UK tonight, including TV channel, free streaming details, team news and kick off time for the 2026 World Cup third-place play-off in Miami.

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Neither side wanted to be playing this game, but the World Cup bronze medal still means something and both France and England have enough quality and motivation to make tonight’s play-off in Miami worth watching.

France’s 2-0 semi-final defeat to Spain was arguably their worst performance of the summer, with La Roja completely dominating possession for long stretches and restricting the previously fearsome French attack to just 0.31 expected goals.

The team news is significant for France. William Saliba was forced off in the first half of the Spain game with his well documented back problem and is almost certainly ruled out, with Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix expected to step in.

Deschamps has confirmed Lacroix will start ahead of Ibrahima Konate due to the latter’s unfamiliarity as a left-sided centre-back. Rayan Cherki comes into the side as the creative number ten behind Mbappe, with Warren Zaire-Emery replacing the injured Aurelien Tchouameni in the double pivot alongside Manu Kone.

England’s 2-1 semi-final defeat to Argentina has been the dominant story in the build-up to tonight, with Thomas Tuchel’s decision to defend so deep after taking the lead through Anthony Gordon’s strike prompting furious debate.

Messi laid on two assists for Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez as Argentina turned it around, and it is now the fifth consecutive major tournament in which England have been eliminated by a penalty or a late goal after leading.

Reece James suffered another muscular problem against Argentina and is ruled out again, so Djed Spence is expected to switch to right back with Nico O’Reilly coming back in on the left.

Jarell Quansah has served his two-game suspension and returns as an option in central defence alongside John Stones and Marc Guehi. Harry Kane is expected to start and will be chasing the Golden Boot, level with Messi on eight goals.

England have won just one of their last nine meetings with France, with their only victory in that run coming in a Nations League group match in October 2022.

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