Summary

  • Wales v England among Tuesday's matches

  • Wales must win to stand any chance of progressing; England will go through with draw

  • Group A: Netherlands & Senegal through after wins

  • Group B: Iran v USA & Wales v England (both 19:00)

  • Watch Wales v England on BBC One & Iran v USA on BBC Two; watch both on iPlayer, listen on BBC Radio 5 Live & follow live text & in-play clips on BBC Sport website

  • Get Involved: #bbcfootball, text 81111 (UK only – texts will be charged at your standard message rate), or text your comments via WhatsApp on 03301231826

  1. Quiz: Can you name these players?published at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    World Cup quizImage source, Getty Images

    Grab your lunch and get your thinking caps on because it's quiz time.

    You have got two minutes on the clock to name these seven World Cup players.

    Good luck!

  2. get involved

    Get Involved - Christmas-themed World Cup songspublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    #bbcfootball, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply)

    (Walking in the Air) We’re playing in Qatar, We’re running on the floodlit grass, The people back at home are watching in the bars. The group is very tight, We’re playing in our white and blue, We need at least a point, to guarantee we’re through. Far across the world, The V-A-R rules on the teams, The offsides and the pens, All's not always what it seems. England fans watch open mouth, Taken by surprise, Come on ref, can’t believe my eyes! We’re almost at full-time, We’re looking to the desert sky, We’re praying for a goal as injury time goes by. Suddenly swooping low to a cross from Shaw, Harry Kane dives full length to head and score. We’re walking in the air, We’re dancing under desert skies, Now football’s coming home, it’s England for first prize.

    Tim, Berkhamsted

  3. Prime Minister supporting Englandpublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Wales v England (19:00 GMT)

    Downing Street said that Rishi Sunak would be supporting England in Tuesday's World Cup match against Wales while also hoping that both teams can advance "as far as possible" in the competition.

    The UK Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "Obviously we want both teams to progress as far as possible.

    "I think the Prime Minister personally is an England supporter. He's talked about that before, but certainly we want both teams to progress as far as possible."

    Rishi SunakImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Sunak pictured cheering on England's Lionesses during the women's Euros earlier this year

  4. Onana releases statement after suspensionpublished at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana has said "he was not allowed to be on the ground" to help the team in yesterday's Group G game against Serbia.

    Cameroon's football federation (Fecafoot) suspended Onana after head coach Rigobert Song said the Inter Milan player had asked not to play the match amid reports of a falling out between the pair in Qatar.

    Onana, who is set to play no further part in Cameroon's campaign after leaving the squad, said: "I always behaved in a way to lead the team to success in a good manner.

    "I have put all my efforts and energy into finding solutions to situation that a footballer often experiences, but there has been no will on the other side."

    Read the full story here.

    OnanaImage source, Andre Onana
  5. 'Lack of alcohol has contributed to friendly atmosphere'published at 13:02 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Chief Constable Mark Roberts
    Image caption,

    Chief Constable Mark Roberts says fans have been exemplary

    The lack of availability of alcohol at the World Cup in Qatar has played a factor in the friendly atmosphere amongst fans, says Chief Constable Mark Roberts.

    Roberts, the UK national lead on football policing, says supporters of both England and Wales have been exemplary and have had respect for the Qatari culture.

    "Clearly alcohol isn’t as available here as it is in other places, and we do know that alcohol has a bad affect on people’s behaviour," he told the BBC.

    He says it's the first tournament he can recall, where it has reached the second game, with "no incidents, no arrests and absolutely no issues whatsoever".

    He highlights the success of the recent Uefa Women’s Euros tournament in the UK where alcohol was available but says there were "no issues whatsoever".

    "So let's not give people the easy excuse that just because there’s alcohol that it means people behave badly because we know that’s not the case.

    "In England and Wales, we’ve got it right for us in terms of the [alcohol] ban in sight of the pitch but people can get a drink on the concourse."

  6. Mbappe top of the chartspublished at 12:59 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    This is probably the least surprising thing you will read today, but PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe has been one of the standout strikers in this World Cup.

    Reckon that lad will go far.

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  7. 'The tactics have been wrong for Wales'published at 12:50 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Wales v England (19:00 GMT)

    Gareth BaleImage source, Getty Images

    Former Wales forward Robert Earnshaw, told Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live, he expects "a few tweaks" in the Wales line-up when they face England.

    On England’s performance against the USA, he said: "The USA made [England] look poor, they were sharper they were quicker and the USA played them off the park.

    "You have to look at what the USA did to make England look average in that game, that’s what we’ve got to learn from to do those things, press them up high, take advantage and take chances when you can.

    "So far I think the tactics have been wrong for Wales."

    Earnshaw, would also like to see Wales manager Robert Page, "play Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale a little bit higher, with more cover behind them.

    "Also you’ve got to keep the ball, that’s something that hasn’t really happened at all for Wales.

    "They're the two things that could really change how the game goes tonight and maybe give Wales a chance to win."

  8. 'Perfect' conditions for tonight's matchpublished at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer in Doha

    Temperatures in Qatar are, of course, cooler at night but we could be looking at perfect conditions for England and Wales as there are currently actual clouds in the sky in Doha today - the first seen since the World Cup started.

    Not threatening but actual clouds and that could make life a little easier for the players today.

  9. get involved

    Get Involved - Christmas-themed World Cup songspublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    #bbcfootball, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply)

    Brennan Johnson of Wales controls the ball during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between Wales and IR Iran at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on November 25, 2022 in DohaImage source, Getty Images

    Foden's falling all around us, Brennan Johnson is scoring for fun, 'tis the season for Wales to progress, iechyd da Bois, Wales have won!!

    Anon

  10. Warming up for the matchpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Ecuador v Senegal (15:00 GMT)

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  11. Ronald-no?published at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Here is the goal in question to decide for yourself.

    Thumbs up if you think it's Ronaldo's goal, thumbs down it you think it is Bruno Fernandes'.

  12. 'Flat line, overturn your original decision...'published at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    One for the cricket fans among you...

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  13. Watch: Rewind to 1998published at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Iran v USA (19:00 GMT)

    BBC Sport takes a look back at the "politically charged" build-up to USA's match with Iran at the 1998 World Cup - as they prepare to meet again tonight.

  14. USA boss Berhalter apologises for Iran flag changepublished at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Iran v USA (19:00 GMT)

    IranImage source, Getty Images

    United States manager Gregg Berhalter apologised after a modified version of Iran's flag was used in social media posts by the US national team.

    "Sometimes things are out of our control," Berhalter said on Monday.

    "We're not focused on those outside things and all we can do is apologise on behalf of the players and the staff, but it's not something that we were a part of."

    Read more here.

  15. A highly-charged fixturepublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Iran v USA (19:00 GMT)

    BBC Monitoring
    The world through its media

    The lead-up to the game has not been short of controversy.

    The social media accounts of the US Men's National Football Team (USMNT) last week posted images that included flags of the countries in Group B, but the Iranian flag did not have the Islamic Republic's emblem - a stylised "Allah" - in the middle of the tricolour.

    The move was vehemently criticised by Iran, which filed a formal complaint with Fifa. State-linked media also demanded the expulsion , externalof the US from the World Cup and foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani called for accountability.

    The US Soccer Federation (USSF) said the move to scrub the emblem was meant , externalas a show of "support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights".

    Iran has been gripped by more than two months of protests spurred by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman, in police custody. Iran's crackdown on the protests has been deadly and condemned by the West.

    The Iranian national team has faced criticism at home for weeks for not showing support for the protests in Iran. Critics insist the team represents Iran's ruling establishment rather than the country.

    The players refused to sing the national anthem ahead of the game against England but they sang the anthem before facing Wales.

  16. No flowers between Iran and USA this timepublished at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Iran v USA (19:00 GMT)

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    The world through its media

    Iran and USA exchange flowersImage source, Getty Images
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    The two teams exchanged flowers in 1998

    Iran will qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time in its history if it beats the USA in their final group stage game today.

    The two have only met once before on football's biggest stage - during the 1998 World Cup in France in a game that started with the two sides exchanging flowers before kick-off and ended with Iran winning 2-1.

    But there will be no flowers this time. The two sides go into the game amid major tensions between their governments that have seeped into the World Cup in Qatar.

    A win for either team guarantees qualification but Iran, who rank second and a point above the US, can still go through with a draw if Wales fails to beat England in Group B's other game.

    Unlike Iran's games against England and Wales, the match against the US will be screened in cinemas across Iran, external.

  17. Some pre-match sightseeingpublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Wales v England (19:00 GMT)

    Fans have been taking in the Qatar sights before the big Wales v England match.

    Wales fan in QatarImage source, PA Media
    England fan in QatarImage source, PA Media
  18. If you are just joining us...published at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    ...welcome! Come in and sit yourself down. We are building up to the final round of matches in World Cup Groups A and B, headlined by tonight's huge game between England and Wales.

    If you are looking for something to read this lunchtime there is loads of good stuff across the BBC Sport website, including:

    Or if videos are your thing, we have loads of that as well:

    Media caption,

    How many World Cup games can you get to in one day?

  19. 'Basically we're here ... and they're right there'published at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Wales v England (19:00 GMT)

    A light-hearted moment in Gareth Southgate's news conference, as he answered a question about why there's the England-Wales rivalry.

    Media caption,

    Gareth Southgate is asked to explain rivalry between England and Wales

  20. Rainbow flag pitch invader releasedpublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2022

    Mario FerriImage source, Getty Images

    An Italian man who ran onto the pitch during a World Cup match in Qatar carrying a rainbow flag has been released following a brief detention, the Italian foreign ministry said.

    Mario Ferri wore a T-shirt with "Save Ukraine" on the front and "Respect for Iranian woman" on the back.

    Stewards chased him and he dropped the flag before being taken off the field at Lusail Stadium, the venue for the final on 18 December.

    The decision to stage the World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, has been criticised by LGBTQ+ groups.

    "The foreign ministry, together with the Italian embassy in Doha, followed the case after the pitch invasion," the Italian foreign ministry said in a statement sent to the AFP news agency.

    "After a brief detention, he (Ferri) was released by the authorities without any further consequences," the ministry said, without specifying where he was held.

    Ferri has staged similar protests before, including at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where he raised the issue of children living in poverty.

    His lawyer Umberto Iannuzzo told the BBC: “Yesterday I tried to call him. I spoke to his brother and he told me that Mario is fine and currently is not detained.”