England v Scotland viewing figures show over 20 million watched match on ITV

ITV have revealed some huge viewing figures for their coverage of England v Scotland on Friday night.

Overnight stats show that, as well as thousands of fans in the stands at Wembley to watch the game and others in beer gardens across the UK, a peak of 20 million viewers tuned into ITV and STV's live broadcast.

The highly anticipated match didn't live up to the hype, with England in poor form and giving supporters very little to get excited about.

Fans claim England are 'cursed' by ITV

They also took aim at manager Gareth Southgate for his tactics, particularly taking Phil Foden off and waiting too long to bring Jack Grealish on.

But, while supporters 'it's coming home' chants have quietened after Friday night, ITV are celebrating as, as well as the 20m peak, the match also set a new broadcaster streaming record with 4.8m streams across ITV Hub and STV Player.

The match was watched by an average of 18.4 million viewers across ITV and STV and its a 20 million one-minute peak made it the most-watched football match since ITV's coverage of England's World Cup semi-final against Croatia in 2018, which drew a high of 27.5 million viewers.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Declan Rice of England reacts after missing a chance during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group D match between England and Scotland (Getty Images)

While ITV are shouting from the rooftops about their ratings for England v Scotland, disgruntled fans claim that the team are 'cursed' by the channel.

Basing their claims on England's contrasting record when games are shown on BBC and ITV, one fan tweeted: "LOOK! Out of 27 tournament games since 2006 (pre the start of Euro 2020); England playing on BBC are: 8 wins, 3 losses & 0 draws (including extra time/penalises) England playing on ITV are: 3 wins, 6 losses & 7 draws"

Curse or no curse, England are back on ITV on Tuesday night for their final group game against Czech Republic.