England to face Scotland? World Cup knockout stage as it stands

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>With the final round of group fixtures getting under way on 24 June, it's time to start plotting your country's path to World Cup glory on 19 July.

>But with 32 of the 48 teams advancing to the knockout rounds, new tiebreaker rules, and a table of third-placed teams to keep track of, staying across the various permutations is far from simple.

>As it stands, England, sitting top of Group L, and Scotland, third in Group C, are on course to meet in the last 16 in Mexico City (6 July, 01:00 BST).

>But all of that could change depending not only on England and Scotland's performances in their final group matches against Panama and Brazil, respectively, but also results elsewhere.

>To keep you up to date, BBC Sport has developed a projection tool that updates in-game to illustrate the schedule all the way to the final.

>With dates and times listed alongside the fixtures, planning early morning alarms and potential all-nighters across three host countries and four different time zones has never been easier.

>Click here to view the World Cup knockout stages as it stands.

>Sixteen of the record 48 teams involved in the World Cup will be eliminated at the end of the group stage, leaving 32 nations in the mix for the trophy.

>The top two teams from each of the 12 groups will advance to the last 32.

>The remaining spots in the knockout stages are taken by the eight third-placed teams with the best records.

>If two or more countries are level on points, head-to-head results are used as a tie-breaker to determine positions.

>If the teams remain tied, they are ranked on goal difference, goals scored, Fifa's Team Conduct Score - a disciplinary metric for red and yellow cards, and finally whoever had the higher Fifa ranking in June's published update.

>These criteria are applied in the 12 groups of four and to determine the rankings of the 12 third-placed sides.

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