What time is England vs USA, World Cup 2022 tonight? How to watch on TV and prediction

Harry Maguire will win his 50th England cap against USA tonight, but he knows that his relationship with England fans is still troubled.

The Manchester United captain, 29, believes it is part of the game to be targeted by fans, particularly if Cristiano Ronaldo is not immune.

“As a footballer, nobody likes to be criticised, but it is part and parcel of the game,” said Maguire. “I’ve played with Cristiano Ronaldo for the last couple of years and he is one of the greatest players ever to kick a football and he gets criticised day in and day out.

“So, if it is going to happen to him, and the position I’m in at Manchester United as captain, it is part and parcel of the game."

While he is no longer a first-choice for United, Maguire is a mainstay of England’s success under Gareth Southgate. In the build up to the USA match, Southgate said that Maguire and John Stones are important to his team because of their ability to play out from the back.

What time is the match?

The match between England and USA takes place at 7pm UK time tonight, November 25 (10pm in Qatar, and 2pm ET).

It comes after England's opening 6-2 victory against Iran in which Bukayo Saka scored twice. The USA drew with Wales in their opening game of the World Cup. The Three Lions' final group encounter is against Wales on November 29, while the USA play Iran on the same day.

England and USA met in the group stages of World Cup 2010 in South Africa, a match that ended in a 1-1 draw, Steven Gerrard and Clint Dempsey the scorers at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium.

There is an added dimension to this clash; USA head coach Gregg Berhalter sought out Gareth Southgate in 2018, shortly after taking the reigns, with the England coach becoming something of a mentor to the former Crystal Palace defender.

Where is England vs USA taking place?

The game will be played in the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. The 60,000-seater ground is around 30 miles from the centre of Doha. The stadium has a retractable roof and was built for the tournament, opening last year.

It will host six group stage fixtures, including the opening game of the tournament, a quarter-final and a semi-final. It is the second-biggest of the stadiums and is eye-catching with its traditionally Arabic tented design.

Express shuttle buses will take fans to the stadium from both the centre of Doha and the Lusail Metro Station.

What TV channel is the game on?

The game will be shown live on ITV1. You can also stream it on ITVX.

Head-to-head record

The sides have met 11 times in total, but England are yet to beat the USA in their two World Cup matches – losing 1-0 at the 1950 tournament and drawing 1-1 in 2010.

Overall, England have won eight of the fixtures, lost two and drawn once.

What are they saying?

Tyler Adams is relishing USA’s role as underdogs but is not overawed by facing England. “I wouldn’t say there’s many things out there that intimidate me, other than spiders,” said the Leeds United midfielder.

Adams, 23, is in his fifth season in European football, all of it spent at RB Leipzig before this summer and it is a period which has seen Gareth Southgate’s team reach the latter stages of two major tournaments.

By contrast the USA are at the start of their cycle with their high-profile players at the start of their careers and their coach Gregg Berhalter asked on the eve of their Group B clash whether this was a “Golden Generation” for the country. Adams sees no reason why his team-mates should be afraid of taking the game to their higher-ranked opponents.

“England are still a big team at the end of the day, but the intimidation factor?” Adams said. “It’s fine for me, but obviously I’ve got to play against all those big players, so I’ve done it before. But we also want to show what we’re capable of and that US soccer is developing and growing in the right way.

“It’s a huge opportunity to fast-track the impact we have. When you get a result in a game like this people start to respect Americans a little bit more. England are currently one of the favourites to win the World Cup. People would probably say we are the underdogs, but we carry that with pride.”

Adams spent his childhood watching Thierry Henry on the television in New York as football’s popularity grew in America, telling his mother that he wanted to play in the Premier League eventually. The chance presented itself in the summer when he was signed by countryman Jesse Marsch, although he is yet to try Yorkshire food, let alone speak in the accent.

With Brenden Aaronson also at Elland Road, there is experience of English football in Berhalter’s squad with attacks going through Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson pushing forward from full-back and Tim Ream at centre-back. They also have Sunderland-born Gio Reyna who has recovered from a hamstring injury but was not selected in the 1-1 draw against Wales.

“He was available for the match and it was the coach’s decision that he didn’t play,” was the terse explanation from Berhalter, who is friends with Southgate but has been ghosted by the England manager in the build-up to meeting at the World Cup.

“I've been Whatsapping but I haven't seen the blue checkmark,” he said. “So I don't know what's going on. No, we kind of took a hiatus, we will pick up our relationship after the game.”

Berhalter’s other young players include Timothy Weah (22), former Arsenal midfielder Yunus Musah (19) and Sergino Dest (22) but the USA coach is reluctant to set a target on what his players can achieve.

“I think that's just TBD. To be decided. We haven't achieved anything as a group on a world stage,” he said. “When you're talking about England coming in fourth and then coming in second, there's tangible things that you can say: okay, this group achieved something. We're just not there yet. I think we're getting a little bit ahead of ourselves calling the team [a Golden Generation].”

With the next World Cup co-hosted by the US there is a sense this group will peak then, rather than now, although Berhalter insists this makes it even more imperative to do well in Qatar. “We feel the added pressure,” he said. “We know it’s relevant.”

Latest odds

England to win 27/50

Draw 17/5

USA to win 13/2

What is our prediction?

After a mediocre performance from USA against Wales and a barnstorming performance for England against Iran, we can't see this one ending in anything other than victory for the Three Lions. England 3 USA 0