England will face Tunisia in the teams' first Group G match at the Volgograd Arena. The match will kick off at 21:00 Moscow time on Monday (04:00 AEST -Tuesday).

According to the press release, seven members of the FIFA Council, head of the England Football Association Greg Clarke, as well as former Arsenal and England defender Sol Campbell will also attend the game.

The special guests' list also features the Russian Football Union's anti-racism and discrimination inspector Aleksei Smertin, one of the best scorers in the history of Russian football Oleg Veretennikov,  CEO of the Local Organizing Committee Alexey Sorokin, former Rotor Volgograd player Aleksander Nikitin and ambassadors of both participating nations.