England’s route to glory at the 2018 World Cup

England beat Colombia in a dramatic penalty shootout on Tuesday night to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Here, Press Association Sport looks at the Three Lions’ potential route on to the final, using the world rankings to determine opponents from the quarter-finals onwards.

Despite the world rankings suggesting the Swiss would get the better of Sweden in their last 16 on Tuesday afternoon, the form book was ripped up once again at the most unpredictable of World Cups. England have been warned, but would certainly prefer this to an encounter with Brazil, which would have likely been their fate if they had managed to top Group G.

v Croatia, semi-finals

v Brazil, final