How to watch France vs England for FREE: Live stream details & TV channels for World Cup third-place play-off
England supporters who dared to dream of the World Cup final before the semi-finals began might have expected this fixture to come about by different means.
France and England lost their semi-finals against Spain and Argentina respectively and are now being subjected to the ignominy of fighting for a medal that means nothing to either of them.
- Kick-off time: 10:00pm BST / 5:00pm ET / 7:00am AEST (Sun)
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The third-place play-off is, if we’re honest, a bit of a nonsense. It’s worth a few quid for the federations involved, and one or two players have a chance to take a bite out of their individual goals, but the sporting difference between third and fourth is meaningless.
Worse still, the two teams least suited to play in the World Cup’s 103rd match are the ones that lost matches 101 and 102.
Getting knocked out of a major tournament is tough to take. There are 52 players in these squads who’d be forgiven for preferring to just go home.
Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information you need to watch France vs England in the FIFA World Cup 2026 online, on TV, and from anywhere.
Watch France vs England for FREE
France vs England will be free-to-stream across multiple regions, including BBC in the UK, RTÉ Player in Ireland, SBS On Demand in Australia, CazéTV on YouTube in Brazil, NOS in the Netherlands, RTBF/VRT in Belgium, SRF/RTS/RSI in Switzerland, and TRT in Turkey.
English commentary will be provided on BBC, RTE Player and SBS On Demand.
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How to watch France vs England in the UK
In the UK, you can stream France vs England on BBC. The build-up starts at 9:30pm, ahead of the kick-off at 10:00pm.
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How to watch France vs England in the US
In the US, you can stream France vs England on Fox.
This channel is accessible via Fox’s own streaming platform Fox One or via a cord-cutting platform such as YouTube TV, Hulu+Live TV, Sling (select markets), Fubo or DirecTV.
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How to watch France vs England in Australia
In Australia, you can watch France vs England on the free SBS On Demand.
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France vs England: World Cup 2026 Preview
So insignificant is the bronze medal that the Saturday night spotlight at Miami Stadium will be on the Golden Boot race. Lionel Messi will lead Argentina in tomorrow’s final and has eight goals to his name.
France captain Kylian Mbappe has eight too, and is a goal behind in the all-time standings. England’s Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham are two short of their World Cup 2026 tally and the post-match narrative will focus in part on the part played or not by these three players.
This is the first time since 2014 France have not made it to the final of the World Cup. They haven’t had the third-place play-off inflicted upon them since 1986, when they beat Belgium on penalties in Puebla, Mexico.
England have played in the third-place play-off twice in the last three World Cups. Eight years ago, they were beaten 2-0 by Belgium in St Petersburg and still bore the scars of their semi-final defeat days earlier.
They also reached the semi-finals in Italy in 1990. Bobby Robson’s team lost the play-off on that occasion too. Toto Schillaci scored the winning goal for Italy and bagged himself the Golden Boot in the process.
The last time this fixture was played, Les Bleus knocked England out of the World Cup in Qatar. Aurelien Tchouameni and Olivier Giroud scored their goals four years ago. Harry Kane scored one penalty for England and missed the next.
FourFourTwo’s prediction
France 2-0 England
FourFourTwo predicts a lack of appetite on the part of three wounded lions.
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