football

Thousands of England and Scotland World Cup tickets on resale at inflated prices

BBC Sport

England and Scotland fans hoping to get tickets for this summer's World Cup face paying vastly inflated prices through Fifa's official resale platform. As of Tuesday, 6,135 tickets were listed by sellers across the six group games involving the two home nations on that particular platform. Fifa is not currently selling tickets itself for these games as things stand, though it is not known if they are sold out.

It has not released any data on individual matches but has said more tickets could be released for games in the coming weeks. This means that supporters are left with a choice between paying inflated prices or waiting and hoping that more tickets are officially released. Fifa takes a 30% fee - 15% each off both buyer and seller - from each ticket which is sold.

The prices are set by the sellers, which can be anyone who was successful in one of the sales periods. BBC Sport has taken a look at just how much fans are expected to pay to get into this summer's World Cup. England's Group L matches are expected to be some of the most popular, with a huge ex-pat community across the United States.

Members of the England Supporters Travel Club who were not successful in the ballot are expected to travel to Dallas, Boston and New York in the hope they can secure a ticket. If they want to do so right now, it will be very expensive. In total, there were 3,198 tickets on resale for the Three Lions' fixtures.

For the opening game against Croatia, the cheapest ticket - with Fifa's fees added - costs $898 (£628). That is more than three times the category three face value of $265 (£201). The biggest mark-up is shown in the category four tickets.