FIFA World Cup 2022, matchday 6: Today’s match times and full schedule

Friday – matchday six – sees Group A and Group B back in action, having last played on the opening matchdays. Hosts Qatar face Senegal, while fellow group-mates Netherlands and Ecuador play each other. The day’s top fixture features Group B’s USA and England facing each other in what could be a cracker of a game, while Wales face Iran in the day’s first fixture.

Wales v Iran
The Welsh look to make a better impression in their second game of the tournament, having drawn their first match against the USA, while Iran continues to play with a lot of their focus on the happenings back at home, with the government cracking down on protestors. The Iranians suffered a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the English in their first game.

Wales play Iran at 3:30pm, IST.


Qatar v Senegal

Hosts Qatar look to put the embarrassment of their first game defeat to Ecuador, against a Senegal team looking to do the same. The African champions come into the game off a good performance against Netherlands, despite losing 2-0, while the hosts deal with the ignominy of becoming the first host nation to lose an opening game in the history of the World Cup.

Qatar v Senegal kicks off at 6:30pm, IST.

Netherlands v Ecuador
Louis Van Gaal’s Dutch side and Gustavo Alfaro’s Ecuador side come into this match-up having had near-identical 2-0 wins against Senegal and Qatar, respectively. Ecuador will hope to become the latest in a line of Davids beating Goliaths against a stacked Dutch side.

Netherlands face Ecuador at 9:30pm, IST

England v United States
This matchday’s most anticipated fixture, a fired-up England face a motivated American side. The Brits come into the fixture on the back of a 6-2 thrashing of Iran, while their opponents look to grab their first win of the tournament having tied their first game against Wales.

England v USA will kick off at 12:30am, IST, November 26.