Match Report
England beat Panama 2-0 at MetLife Stadium, New York / New Jersey on 27 June 2026. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring in the 62nd minute for England, set up by Bukayo Saka, to make it 1-0. Harry Kane added to the tally in the 67th minute for England, set up by Jude Bellingham, to make it 2-0. José Fajardo (53'), Jarell Quansah (61') and Andrés Andrade (83') were booked. The ranking gap was wide: Panama sit 4051 of 4449 in our Elo model, England 151. The model had favoured England at 74%, and the match followed the form book. Panama came in on 0 points per game from 3 (0W 0D 3L, 0 for, 4 against); England came in on 2.2 points per game from 10 (7W 1D 2L, 23 for, 15 against). It was only their second meeting; the first, on 2018-06-24, finished 1-6.