FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, March 21, 2025
Albania LLWDL 0
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England WLWWW 2
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ALB000
ENG112
Wembley Stadium · 82,378 att.

Match Report

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England begin Tuchel era with World Cup qualifying win over Albania

England debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly got new coach Thomas Tuchel's reign up and running as the 18-year-old scored the first goal in a 2-0 home victory against Albania in their World Cup qualifying Group K opener on Friday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
0
25.9
Possession
74.1
3
SHOTS
12
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
249
Accurate Passes
811
299
Passes
863
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
6
Crosses
14
0.0
Cross %
0.4
32
Long Balls
28
10
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
10
8
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
4
29
Effective Clearances
9
29
Clearances
9

Head to Head

ENG leads series 2-0

Lineups

ENG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 12Dan BurnCD-L
  3. 5Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 23Myles Lewis-SkellyLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 10Jude BellinghamAM
  7. 4Declan RiceLM
  8. 17Curtis JonesRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 11Marcus RashfordAM-L
  11. 7Phil FodenAM-R

ALB · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Thomas StrakoshaG
  2. 6Berat DjimsitiCD-L
  3. 5Arlind AjetiCD-R
  4. 20Ylber RamadaniDM
  5. 3Naser AlijiLB
  6. 2Iván BalliuRB
  7. 14Qazim LaçiCM-L
  8. 8Kristjan AsllaniCM-R
  9. 10Nedim BajramiLM
  10. 9Jasir AsaniRM
  11. 11Myrto UzuniF

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! England 1, Albania 0. Myles Lewis-Skelly (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jude Bellingham with a through ball.
  2. 32' Berat Djimsiti (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 63' Substitution, Albania. Armando Broja replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  4. 74' Substitution, England. Anthony Gordon replaces Marcus Rashford.
  5. 74' Substitution, England. Morgan Rogers replaces Curtis Jones.
  6. 74' Substitution, England. Jarrod Bowen replaces Phil Foden.
  7. 77' Goal! England 2, Albania 0. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Declan Rice.
  8. 78' Substitution, Albania. Adrion Pajaziti replaces Qazim Laçi.
  9. 78' Substitution, Albania. Arbër Hoxha replaces Jasir Asani.
  10. 82' Substitution, Albania. Elhan Kastrati replaces Thomas Strakosha because of an injury.
  11. 82' Substitution, England. Jordan Henderson replaces Declan Rice.
  12. 90' Substitution, England. Reece James replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.

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