Soccer Aid is back tonight as celebrities and football legends team up to win big on the pitch and raise big money for UNICEF.

Founded in 2006 by Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes, Soccer Aid has raised more than £100million for the children’s charity.

As ever, England will take on the World XI with famous faces like Louis Tomlinson and Diamond from Gladiators joining Jill Scott and Leonardo Bonucci in a football match like no other.

Here’s everything you need to know about Soccer Aid 2025:

Soccer Aid 2025 kick-off time

Soccer Aid will kick-off tonight at 7.30pm UK time.

After last year’s event at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, the 2025 match is being held at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United.

Should the scores be level after 90 minutes, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout which only the celebrities will take part in.

Soccer Aid 2025 confirmed teams

Many of last year’s stars have returned, with Man Utd legends including Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic and Carlos Tevez set to make an emotional return to Old Trafford.

In the build-up to the match, former Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson was forced to withdraw because of injury but will still form part of England’s coaching staff.

England Soccer Aid line-up

Celebrities:

• Steven Bartlett
• Alex Brooker
• Morgan Burtwistle aka Angry Ginge
• Mo Farah
• Tom Grennan
• Bear Grylls
• Roman Kemp
• Denise Lewis
• Paddy McGuinness (GK)
• James Nelson-Joyce
• Sam Quek
• Bella Ramsey
• Louis Tomlinson

Legends:

• Michael Carrick
• Jermain Defoe
• Toni Duggan
• Joe Hart (GK)
• Steph Houghton
• Phil Jagielka
• Aaron Lennon
• Gary Neville
• Paul Scholes
• Jill Scott (captain)
• Jack Wilshere

Coaching staff:

• Tyson Fury
• David James
• Vicky McClure
• Harry Redknapp
• Wayne Rooney (Player/Coach)
• Sam Thompson

World XI Soccer Aid line-up

Celebrities:

• Maisie Adam
• Noah Beck
• Tony Bellew
• Tobi Brown aka TBJZL
• Nicky Byrne (GK)
• Asim Chaudhry
• Richard Gadd
• Bryan Habana
• Dermot Kennedy
• Lee Mack
• Gorka Márquez
• Livi Sheldon aka Diamond
• Billy Wingrove
• Big Zuu

Legends:

• Leonardo Bonucci
• Kheira Hamraoui
• Harry Kewell
• Kaylyn Kyle
• Nadia Nadim
• John O’Shea
• Carlos Tevez
• David Trezeguet
• Edwin van der Sar (GK)
• Nemanja Vidić

Coaching staff:

• Daniel Bachmann
• Martin Compston
• Robbie Keane
• Emmett J. Scanlan
• Peter Schmeichel

What TV channel is Soccer Aid 2025 on?

Tickets for the match have long sold out but you can still catch all the action on ITV 1.

Their coverage will begin at 6pm and can also be live streamed on ITVX.

Who has won Soccer Aid the most times?

After England dominated the early years of the contest, the World XI fought back to win five straight Soccer Aids from 2019 to 2023.

As a result, the World XI currently lead the head-to-record with seven wins to six.

England finally ending their losing run in 2024 with a remarkable 6-3 victory where Dragons Den star Steven Bartlett was named player of the match after bagging a brace.

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Peter Schmeichel believes that Mikel Arteta’s ‘control-freak’ attitude may be hampering his players after watching the Arsenal boss in action at Anfield.

Arteta cut a extremly frustrated frustrated figure at full-time on Sunday despite the Gunners producing a rousing second-half comeback to draw 2-2 with Liverpool.

The Premier League champions raced into a two-goal lead after goals from Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz as Arne Slot’s side played at home for the first time since being crowned champions.

But the Reds were stung in the second half, as goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino salvaged a point for Arsenal, who held on well in the closing stages after Merino was sent off following a second yellow card.

Despite that comeback, Arteta was left visibly fuming by his side’s capitalution in the game’s early stages.

‘What we did in the first half, the first 20 minutes was nowhere near the level,’ he told Sky Sports post-match.

‘So to do it after, it’s too late. We reacted, great. But those 20 minutes were unacceptable. It’s about action, not reaction.’

Schmeichel, however, feels that Arteta should bear some of the responsibility for Arsenal’s performance at Anfield.

And the former Manchester United goalkeeper believes the Spaniard’s demeanour and methods could actually be making Arsenal worse in the long run.

‘It’s all on Arteta, all. What I’m saying is, he was employed as head coach. He inherited the team and that team is the only team that he has won a trophy with,’ Schmeichel told ViaPlay.

‘Then it’s his own team and then in the process, he’s now changed the job description so he’s now the manager. Everything is on him. It’s not recruitment, it’s not the board.

‘Whenever they [fans] get the opportunity today, watch him in the technical area. Arteta is a control freak, he wants his players to play the ball that he wants. He’s directing everything.

‘You look across to Arne Slot who’s so calm. He’s instructed his players in training, instructed the players in the team talk.

‘Arteta is still playing the game for the players and that would confuse the hell out of me as a football player that you had a coach that wants to direct me for everything I do. It would confuse me and make me a worse player.’

Carragher questions Arteta’s temperament

Schmeichel was not the only pundit to raise concerns with Arteta’s demeanour, with Jamie Carragher suggesting the Spaniard has begun acting more like a fan than a manager with some of his post-match comments.

‘He’s driving high standards but what really stood out in the interview, and in the last couple of weeks in his press conferences, is that he’s getting emotional and at times he’s sounding a little bit like a fan, not the manager,’he said on Sky Sport.

“He was really strong on how many players they’ve had sent off this season. He’s putting his hands up saying six.

‘I think he’s convinced inside that they have been victims in some ways, with the sendings off and injuries they have had.’

‘I think deep down he thinks they could have won the league without this and that. There’s no doubt they would be a lot closer but the sendings-off are down to you.’

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Peter Schmeichel believes that Mikel Arteta’s ‘control-freak’ attitude may be hampering his players after watching the Arsenal boss in action at Anfield.

Arteta cut a extremly frustrated frustrated figure at full-time on Sunday despite the Gunners producing a rousing second-half comeback to draw 2-2 with Liverpool.

The Premier League champions raced into a two-goal lead after goals from Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz as Arne Slot’s side played at home for the first time since being crowned champions.

But the Reds were stung in the second half, as goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino salvaged a point for Arsenal, who held on well in the closing stages after Merino was sent off following a second yellow card.

Despite that comeback, Arteta was left visibly fuming by his side’s capitalution in the game’s early stages.

‘What we did in the first half, the first 20 minutes was nowhere near the level,’ he told Sky Sports post-match.

‘So to do it after, it’s too late. We reacted, great. But those 20 minutes were unacceptable. It’s about action, not reaction.’

Schmeichel, however, feels that Arteta should bear some of the responsibility for Arsenal’s performance at Anfield.

And the former Manchester United goalkeeper believes the Spaniard’s demeanour and methods could actually be making Arsenal worse in the long run.

‘It’s all on Arteta, all. What I’m saying is, he was employed as head coach. He inherited the team and that team is the only team that he has won a trophy with,’ Schmeichel told ViaPlay.

‘Then it’s his own team and then in the process, he’s now changed the job description so he’s now the manager. Everything is on him. It’s not recruitment, it’s not the board.

‘Whenever they [fans] get the opportunity today, watch him in the technical area. Arteta is a control freak, he wants his players to play the ball that he wants. He’s directing everything.

‘You look across to Arne Slot who’s so calm. He’s instructed his players in training, instructed the players in the team talk.

‘Arteta is still playing the game for the players and that would confuse the hell out of me as a football player that you had a coach that wants to direct me for everything I do. It would confuse me and make me a worse player.’

Carragher questions Arteta’s temperament

Schmeichel was not the only pundit to raise concerns with Arteta’s demeanour, with Jamie Carragher suggesting the Spaniard has begun acting more like a fan than a manager with some of his post-match comments.

‘He’s driving high standards but what really stood out in the interview, and in the last couple of weeks in his press conferences, is that he’s getting emotional and at times he’s sounding a little bit like a fan, not the manager,’he said on Sky Sport.

“He was really strong on how many players they’ve had sent off this season. He’s putting his hands up saying six.

‘I think he’s convinced inside that they have been victims in some ways, with the sendings off and injuries they have had.’

‘I think deep down he thinks they could have won the league without this and that. There’s no doubt they would be a lot closer but the sendings-off are down to you.’

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The big Dane thinks the amount of criticism has been unfair.