Men’s Hockey World Cup Live : Things you must know about Ind vs Eng head to head clash in the marquee event

The 15th edition of Men’s Hockey World Cup is underway, where India winning their first game against Spain with a scoreline of 2-0 will be locking horns against England which registered victory against Wales by 5-0.

Wales are playing world cup for the first time and Spain is pretty inexperience squad.

India will be playing against England next as both side are experience squad with impeccable defence ability.

Before we predict who will become the winner of this contest let’s analyze Head to Head between both sides in the form of description below:

Overall they have played 133 matches where India won 25 matches and England won 86 and 22 matches resulted in a draw.

When it comes to FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, 8 times these two powerhouse teams have played against each other and India won 3 matches and England registered victory in 4 matches and 1 match ended in a draw.

In last 3 head to head games, India have won 1 match, 2 matches has been ended in a draw and no match was won by England.

India has only won world cup on one occasion in 1975 under the leadership of Ajit Pal Singh. Post 1975 onwards they have failed to win single world cup title till 2018.

From 2018 edition onwards, India reached at the Knockout stage .

India would be looking to avenge their defeat in this ongoing tournament.

There was huge concern about their defence in reference to marquee event but it seems that problem has been sorted  as defence displayed top notch performance against Spain in the opening encounter.

The credit for this stupendous performance should be given to Harmanpreet Singh and Company to display top class hockey throughout the mega event.