some world cup facts for tonight's big game!

Team facts - England

The 1966 World Cup winners are taking part in the World Cup for the 12th time. Four years ago England reached the quarter-finals in which they were eliminated by the eventual champions Brazil.

England have only failed to progress from the group stage on two occasions, in 1950 and 1958.



Player facts - England

David Beckham, Gary Neville and Michael Owen are the most capped players in England's squad with 87, 79 and 77 caps respectively. Sol Campbell and Michael Owen can become the first English players since 1990 to have played 10 World Cup matches if they make an appearance against Paraguay. Peter Shilton is England's record holder with 17 World Cup appearances.

Theo Walcott could become the second youngest player ever at a World Cup. Should he play on 10 June, Walcott will be 17 years and 86 days old, only 45 days older than all-time record holder Norman Whiteside. If Walcott scores, he will be the youngest ever goalscorer, beating Pele's record of 17 years and 239 days.



Misc Info
"England have won every match that Peter Crouch has appeared in. Since he made his debut in 2003, England have played without Wayne Rooney on 10 occasions and did not lose a single match, winning nine and drawing one."