Thousands Of England, Scotland World Cup Tickets On Resale At Inflated Prices

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.

BBC Sports reports that as of Tuesday, 6,135 tickets were listed by sellers across the six group games involving the two home nations on that particular platform.

The reports added that 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.

England’s Group L matches are expected to be some of the most popular, with a huge ex-patriate 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.

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. Fifa only put a very small number of these on sale in the original October ballot, mostly priced at $60 (£45).

For Croatia, only two of these tickets are on resale priced at $1,955 (£1,486) and $2,300 (£1,748).

The asking price for many tickets across categories for the three games is as high as $17,250 (£13,110).

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The best deal available for England fans is a category two ticket for the Ghana game in Boston. It is priced at $805 (£612) from a face value of $430 (£327).

The cheapest category one resale ticket is in this fixture, costing $1,208 (£918) from a face value of $600 (£456).

But there are category one tickets with a price as high as $29,900 (£22,724).

Prices for the final group game against Panama are of a similar level. The cheapest ticket is in category three and costs $920 (£699) from a face of $255 (£194).

Scotland fans face huge mark-up on Brazil tickets
Scotland supporters will be hoping that the prices for their games against Haiti and Morocco will come down.

But the final group game against Brazil is likely to be in high demand.

Like England, Scotland are expected to have a high number of travelling fans who will look to secure tickets late.

For now, the price of the 2,937 tickets listed is broadly in line with the England matches.

The cheapest resale ticket is for the first match against Haiti in Boston. A $400 (£304) ticket is listed for a total resale cost of $690 (£524).

Again, the category four tickets are hugely inflated. Only one is available, with an asking price of $2,875 ($2,185) from an original price of $70 (£53).

Morocco is slightly more expensive, with a category two ticket priced at $805 (£612) from a face value of $430 (£327).

The resale prices for the Brazil fixture in Miami are eye-watering.

The cheapest available is in category three and has an asking price of $1,150 (£874), when it cost just $310 (£236) at the ballot stage.

For category one, the lowest listed is at $2,253 (£1,713) from a face value of $700 (£532).

The price of one ticket goes as high as £143,750 (£109,250).

Of the 421 tickets on the resale site, many are priced at around $11,385 (£8,652) from a face value ranging from £2,030 (£1,542) up to $5,575 (£4,237).

The most expensive resale ticket for the final? That would cost $184,000 (£139,840) from a face value of $8,860 (£6,597).

The semi-finals also have very high prices but are roughly in line with each other on the cheapest available tickets.

In Atlanta the lowest priced ticket is $3,105 (£2,359) from a face value of $905 (£688).

With the original prices so expensive, the mark-up is much smaller on the higher categories.