Where to watch England v Mexico: TV channel and free live stream for tonight’s last-16 chance

England face co-hosts Mexico in the Round of 16 tonight and Three Lions fans will be eager to tune into the action despite the late kick-off time.

England advanced on Wednesday night against DR Congo after fighting back to win 2-1 thanks to the brilliance of Harry Kane.

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Thomas Tuchel has allayed injury fears after Declan Rice looked in discomfort on the bench after being replaced by John Stones.

He told talkSPORT everyone is good to go, except Reece James, but the Chelsea man could make the bench.

Doubts have been raised over the squad throughout the tournament, especially when they were held to a goalless draw against Ghana.

Mexico will also have the home advantage and benefit from extra recovery time and playing at altitude.

So far, the North Americans have netted eight goals and have yet to concede.

Additionally, they have won 70 out of 89 games at their home stadium, with only two defeats and are unbeaten in ten World Cup games there.

But England will hope to overcome all the odds and upset Mexico to make it into the quarter-finals.

England vs Mexico: Kick-off time

England will face Mexico in the early hours of Monday, July 6 at the Estadio Azteca.

The game is set to kick-off at 1am BST, which will be 6pm in Mexico City – an unusually late time for a competitive England match.

FIFA did look at bringing the start time forward due to expected thunderstorms but after being all-but confirmed a U-turn was made and the time will remain as scheduled.

BBC One and BBC iPlayer will have live television coverage of the match in the UK.

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talkSPORT will have live commentary direct from Mexico, too.

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England vs Mexico: Squads

England

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders: Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), John Stones (Manchester City), Marc Guéhi (Manchester City), Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Reece James (Chelsea), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen).

Midfielders: Declan Rice (Arsenal), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal).

Forwards: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Anthony Gordon (Barcelona), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli).

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Mexico

Goalkeepers: Raul Rangel (Guadalajara), Guillermo Ochoa (AEL Limassol), Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna).

Defenders: Jorge Sanchez (PAOK), Israel Reyes (Club America), Cesar Montes (Lokomotiv Moscow), Johan Vasquez (Genoa), Jesus Gallardo (Toluca), Mateo Chavez (AZ).

Midfielders: Erik Lira (Cruz Azul), Orbelin Pineda (AEK Athens), Alvaro Fidalgo (Real Betis), Roberto Alvarado, Brian Gutierrez, Luis Romo (Guadalajara), Edson Alvarez (West Ham), Obed Vargas (Atletico Madrid), Gilberto Mora (Tijuana), Luis Chavez (Dynamo Moscow).

Forwards: Cesar Huerta (Anderlecht), Alexis Vega (Toluca), Julian Quinones (Al-Qadsiah), Guillermo Martinez (UNAM), Armando Gonzalez (Guadalajara), Santiago Gimenez (AC Milan), Raul Jimenez (Fulham).

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England vs Mexico: Head-to-head

Mexico have hosted the international tournament twice before, and reached the quarter-finals on both occasions.

They have never lost at their home stadium in the World Cup and have not lost a competitive game in Mexico City since 2013.

The Three Lions have played six times at the Azteca since 1969 and have only secured victory twice.

Their most recent game at the stadium was the infamous 2-1 defeat to Argentina following Diego Maradona‘s ‘hand of God’ goal.

Harry Kane is looking forward to the fixture, yet noted it was going to be a tough test.

He said: “The atmosphere is going to be incredible. It’s going to be tough for many different reasons but ultimately, if you want to be world champions, you have to go through tough games, good teams, Mexico at home.

“We have to be ready but for now I just want to enjoy this moment, I want to recover, relax, and then obviously the focus will turn pretty quickly onto that one on Sunday.

“They’ve obviously won every game so far in the tournament, but they’re playing at home.

“The fans will be right behind them so we’ll have to be ready for it, no doubt, but we spoke about our quality and being ourselves in every game.”