Welcome to day 39 of the 2026 World Cup finals, the very final day.
There were 48 countries at these 2026 World Cup finals, the most there has ever been. The matches taking place across Mexico, Canada and the USA.
We are now left with just two potential winners of this World Cup.
The 2026 World Cup final in New Jersey at 8pm (UK time) on Sunday night, Spain v Argentina.
Saturday saw a bizarre very open match as it remarkably ended England 6 France 4, Thomas Tuchel and his players winning the ‘bronze’ medal match in Atlanta. That third place representing England’s highest finish since 1966.
The 1958 World Cup was the last one to manage an average of three goals per game or higher.
The closest since 1958 was the 1970 Mexico World Cup that averaged 2.97 goals per match (to be specific, 2.968 goals per game. There were 95 scored in 32 games in that tournament 56 years ago.
This 2026 World Cup has been doing really well on the goals front and ahead of last night’s England v France match there had been 297 goals in 102 games, an average of 2.91 goals per match.
Yesterday I made the point that it was a ‘little’ unlikely that in the final two matches it there would be the 15 goals scored to make it an average of three goals per game.
Well, after the 10 goals in the bronze medal match, there are now five needed in the final to reach the average of three goals per game across 104 matches. If there are two goals in the Spain v Argentina game it will beat the 1970 average, as it with 309 goals across 104 games it will be an average of 2.971 goals per match.
Quarter-finals
Thursday 9 July
France 2 Morocco 0
Friday 10 July
Spain 2 Belgium 1
Saturday 11 July
Norway 1 England 2 (AET)
Sunday 12 July
Argentina 3 Switzerland 1 (AET)
Semi-finals
Tuesday 14 July
France 0 Spain 2
Wednesday 15 July
England 1 Argentina 2
Third place play-off – England 6 France 4
World Cup final – Sunday 19 July
Spain v Argentina (8pm) on BBC1 and ITV1
Here is the full 2026 World Cup schedule:
Come on Spain!