Marc Guehi insisted all the pressure is on Argentina, not England, ahead of Wednesday's World Cup semi-final showdown.

England and Argentina will renew their rivalry for the first time in 21 years when they face off at Atlanta Stadium, with a place in the final against Spain on the line.

Discounting penalty shoot-outs, England are unbeaten across their last five internationals against Argentina (W2 D3), winning each of the last two in succession.

This will be Argentina's sixth World Cup match against England, having only played Germany more times in the competition (also six v the Netherlands).

Among the teams they have played 3+ times in the competition, Argentina only hold a lower win-rate against Italy (0%), Germany (14.3%) and the Netherlands (16.7%) than they do against the Three Lions (20% – W1 D2 L2).

England have now reached four major-tournament semi-finals across the past eight years, and finished runners-up at the Euros twice in succession, but Guehi says the pressure is all on reigning world champions Argentina.

"There isn't pressure on us," Guehi said.

"What's the pressure? The onus is on them. They're the World Champions. They need to come out, they need to defend their title. There's no pressure on us at all.

"Everyone is excited, to be honest. The occasion, big players, everyone's relishing the opportunity against them and looking forward to it."

This rivalry is a fierce one. Argentina beat England in part thanks to Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup, while David Beckham was sent off in a penalty shoot-out defeat for the Three Lions in 1998.

Ezri Konsa, however, says England are ignoring the noise.

"We just have to focus on ourselves," Konsa said.

"Try and forget about the history behind it, not get too fuelled up about it and go out there and do what we know we can do best.

"We're all together. There's been no issues. In this tournament, mindset is the biggest thing. I think for us outside noise is always going to happen. But you have to be able to block it out. We've been in the game a long time now, we know what comes of it."