England's World Cup Win Over Mexico Draws Huge BBC Audience

A peak audience of 9.1 million people tuned in to watch England's dramatic win over Mexico in the World Cup on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer on Monday.

The game was overnight for a UK audience, with kick-off at 02:00 BST, but it was watched on average by 7.8m people on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer.

It is the biggest television audience ever for a live UK broadcast between 02:00 and 04:00.

Jude Bellingham scored twice in a frantic game, with England surviving a Mexico fightback at the Azteca Stadium to progress to the quarter-finals.

There was also a big catch-up audience, with the BBC's highlights show streamed 5.9m times on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app, and on the BBC Football YouTube channel.

A peak audience of 1.1m and 900,000 on average watched the re-run on BBC Two from 07:10.

England will face Norway in the last eight on Saturday at 22:00 and the game will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Norway upset the odds to beat Brazil in the last 16 and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has scored seven goals so far.

England are set to be without the suspended Jarell Quansah and injured Jordan Henderson, but right-back Reece James is expected to be fit.

England's World Cup group games against Croatia and Ghana kicked off at 21:00 while the Panama game was at 22:00.

England's last-32 win over DR Congo, a 17:00 kick-off, remains the highest viewed Three Lions game of the World Cup so far, generating a peak audience of 16.3m on the BBC.

The Croatia opener (15.4m peak) and win over Panama (13.76m peak) were shown on ITV, while the draw with Ghana attracted a peak audience of 15.4m on the BBC.