England plays Senegal on ITV on Sunday at 7pm as fans fears ITV curse striking again for World Cup 2022

England fans are growing concerned about the ‘ITV curse’ as they brace themselves for the match against Senegal in the World Cup 2022.

Like all other major tournaments, the broadcasting honours of the Qatar-based event are split between the BBC and the ITV.

But eagle-eyed sporting fans have noticed that England, for unexplained reasons, is far more likely to win if the match airs on the Line of Duty broadcaster.

Football lovers are now fearing the worst for the game against Senegal, which will air on Sunday on ITV, with one writing on Twitter: ‘ITV curse. England hardly ever win when on this channel.’

Since 1998, Gareth Southgate’s team has won 12 out of 16 games, or a 75% success rate, on the Beeb while over on the Downton Abbey broadcaster it has only taken home 2 wins out of 15.

In the past 24 years, this means on ITV England has on won 13% of matches on ITV

The trend seemed to continue on Tuesday’s game versus Wales, which aired on the BBC, with England winning a resounding victory after scoring 3-0.

After the game aired, even pundit Gary Lineker appeared to allude to the ‘ITV curse’ on Tuesday night.

The former Everton player said: ‘England finished top and will take on Senegal at 7pm on Sunday. And that’s on live on, well – uh – ITV. Oh well.’

On social media, World Cup viewers continued to speculate whether the ‘curse’ would affect England’s chances.

One remarked: ‘Curse of ITV at the big competitions strikes again. If ITV loved football they wouldn’t show it.’