2022 World Cup/Group B: head-to-head, England - USA, Friday 25/11/2022 (kick-off at 20:00 CET)

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With a squad estimated to be worth €1.26bn according to the Transfermarkt website (as of 25/11/2022), England's players are valued at 4.5 times more than those of the the United States (€277m), as the two nations prepare to face one another on Friday 25/11/2022 on Matchday 2 of Group B of the 2022 World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al-Khor, Qatar (kick-off at 20:00 CET).

On social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as of 01/11/2022), England's team is the third most followed of the 32 teams participating in the competition with 27.2 million followers, four times more than their North American rivals, who count just over 7.4 million across the four platforms.

The Three Lions, who won the 1966 World Cup, are fifth in the FIFA rankings, 11 places ahead of 16th-placed USA, whose best performance in the World Cup was a semi-final appearance in the first edition in 1930 (when only 13 teams competed).

England also dominate in terms of the value of their equipment supplier contract with Nike, which pays €39.5m to The Football Association per year. The same American brand's deal…

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