World Cup LIVE: England face Wales, USA and Iran do battle in Group B to decide top two places

Politics has dominated much of the discussion around the USA v Iran lead-up due to ongoing the violent repression of women’s rights protests in Iran which has seen at least 300 people killed and the USA’s social media team posting a doctored image of the Iranian flag supporting those protesters.

But long-time USA Today columnist Nancy Armour has tweeted that outside the stadium, the feeling between fans is far more “jovial”.

Australian audiences can watch either England v Wales or USA v Iran live either on TV or streaming online.

SBS will show the England game on its main channel and the Iran game on its SBS Viceland channel while if you are watching online on SBS OnDemand, just find the game you are interested in and open it up.

Wales has named its side for this morning’s game with Gareth Bale, speedster Daniel James and midfielder Aaron Ramsey leading the side.

England has named its 11 for this morning’s game.

A win will assure The Three Lions of top spot in the group as they already have a win and a draw while Wales have to win and hope Iran and USA draw to have a chance to progress.

Jordan Henderson will start, as will Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford.

Here is England’s team:

Overnight, Graham Arnold has used what could be his last official pre-match press conference as Socceroos coach to call for an in-depth review into the country’s development structures, outlining his “massive concerns” for the sport at junior level.

Arnold, whose side face Denmark on Thursday morning (2am AEDT) and can reach the World Cup’s knockout phase with a win or draw, said he feared for the future if talented young players aren’t given more professional opportunities and if junior national teams like the Olyroos aren’t better resourced.

You can read Vince Rugari’s full report from Qatar here.

Human rights revelations continue to cast a shadow over this World Cup.

Overnight, a top-ranking Qatari official has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament at “between 400 and 500” – a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha.

The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, appeared to come off the cuff during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan.

In the interview, portions of which Morgan posted online, the journalist asks al-Thawadi: “What is the honest, realistic total do you think of migrant workers who died from – as a result of work they’re doing for the World Cup in totality?”

“The estimate is around 400, between 400 and 500,” al-Thawadi responds. “I don’t have the exact number. That’s something that’s been discussed.”

You can read our full report here.

G’day everyone. It’s Roy Ward here and I’ll be leading the line for our FIFA World Cup live blog for today as we continue the final round of group games and decide who will progress to the knockout round of 16.

To avoid any result tampering, the four teams in each group will play their games simultaneously and early today Group A completed its matches with The Netherlands beating Qatar to progress in top spot while Senegal pipped Ecuador to claim second place.

But our focus will be Group B which sees England take on Wales and USA face Iran – both games will start at 6am AEDT and we will endeavour to cover both of them but with a focus on England and Wales.

Please feel free to leave a comment on the blog at any time and enjoy the day to come.