Tunisia vs. England
Group G, Volgograd Arena, Volgograd
As far as long-suffering World Cup squads go, England and Tunisia are perfectly matched foes in a group widely expected to boil down to England and Belgium. Tunisia, which in 1978 became the first African nation to win a World Cup game, hasn’t won a match since. England hasn’t won a knockout match in an international tournament in more than a decade. The difference, of course, is that expectations are just a bit grander for Coach Gareth Southgate’s young squad than they are for Tunisia’s group of relative unknowns.