FIFA World Cup 2018 4 2018-07-03 2018-07-03 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/8967rf1530296533.jpg The two teams had faced each other in 5 previous matches, including one World Cup group stage match in 1998, a 2–0 England win. Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2005, a 3–2 England win. This was the first time that England had won a penalty shoot out at the FIFA World Cup, and only the second time they'd won on penalties at any major tournament (the previous occasion being against Spain at Euro 1996). 576467