Only 13,000 tickets have been sold in total for the fixture between the Three Lions and the All Whites next week at the 69,000-seat Raymond James Stadium
in Tampa. The cheapest tickets have been priced at US$72 ($123) – significantly less than prices at the tournament, which begins on June 11.

So far 12,000 tickets have been purchased for the second friendly against Costa Rica in a 25,000-seater stadium in Orlando. But England fans appear to be saving their dollars for the main event, which is by far the most expensive World Cup in history.

England’s three World Cup group games are against Croatia in Dallas on June 17, Ghana in Boston on June 23 and Panama in New Jersey on June 27.

New Zealand have drawn Belgium, Egypt and Iran in Group G, with their first match against Iran taking place on June 16 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.