England fans face £27,000 resale prices for World Cup last-16 clash at Azteca

Tickets for England’s World Cup 2026 last-16 clash against co-hosts Mexico at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City are selling for as much as $35,648 (£26,678) on Fifa’s official resale platform, making it one of the most expensive knockout fixtures in World Cup history.

The tie was set up by England’s 2-1 victory over DR Congo, in which Harry Kane scored a late winner to send Thomas Tuchel’s side through. The match kicks off at 1am BST on Monday morning.

When tickets were first released through the England supporters club, Category 3 seats were priced at $235 (£175), Category 2 at $605 (£452), and Category 1 at $770 (£576). By full-time of England’s win, those same categories had exploded on the secondary market: Category 1 seats were listed at up to $35,648 (£26,678), Category 2s at up to $11,845 (£8,865), and Category 3s as high as $19,453 (£14,558).

Around 25,000 England fans have been following Tuchel’s side throughout the tournament, but the 80,000-capacity Azteca will be dominated by Mexican supporters for this fixture. Approximately 4,000 Three Lions fans are expected to attend via the Football Association’s official allocation, with that figure potentially rising to around 8,000 in total.

The Azteca carries enormous historical weight for England. The last time the two nations met at the stadium in a World Cup was in 1986, when Diego Maradona scored both his infamous Hand of God goal and his widely celebrated ‘goal of the century’ in a quarter-final Argentina won.

The fixture also comes with concerns beyond ticket prices. There were clashes between police and protesters ahead of the tournament’s opening match in Mexico, and three Mexican fans died in crowd crushes during celebrations following Mexico’s 2-0 group-stage win over Ecuador.

Outgoing UK prime minister Keir Starmer is set to relax licensing laws to allow pubs to remain open through the early hours of Monday morning for the match, offering fans in England an alternative to the eye-watering cost of attending in person.