FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, September 9, 2025
England WWWLW 5
–
Serbia DWDWW 0
1st2ndT
ENG235
SRB000
Rajko Mitic Stadium · 39,789 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
7
70
Possession
30
24
SHOTS
3
12
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
536
Accurate Passes
204
588
Passes
253
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
43
21
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
5
11
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
4
10
Effective Clearances
27
10
Clearances
27

Head to Head

ENG leads series 1-0

Lineups

SRB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Djordje PetrovicG
  2. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD
  3. 3Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 16Strahinja ErakovicCD-R
  5. 10Sasa LukicCM-L
  6. 5Nemanja MaksimovicCM-R
  7. 7Veljko BirmancevicLM
  8. 2Kosta NedeljkovicRM
  9. 23Dusan VlahovicF
  10. 17Ivan IlicCF-L
  11. 14Andrija ZivkovicCF-R

ENG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 6Marc GuéhiCD-L
  3. 5Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 16Tino LivramentoLB
  5. 2Reece JamesRB
  6. 15Morgan RogersAM
  7. 4Declan RiceLM
  8. 23Elliot AndersonRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 7Anthony GordonAM-L
  11. 21Noni MaduekeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Sasa Lukic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Goal! Serbia 0, England 1. Harry Kane (England) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
  3. 35' Goal! Serbia 0, England 2. Noni Madueke (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
  4. 40' Anthony Gordon (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Serbia. Filip Kostic replaces Veljko Birmancevic.
  6. 45' Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Kosta Nedeljkovic.
  7. 52' Goal! Serbia 0, England 3. Ezri Konsa (England) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Guéhi following a set piece situation.
  8. 61' Substitution, Serbia. Lazar Samardzic replaces Ivan Ilic.
  9. 69' Substitution, England. Djed Spence replaces Reece James.
  10. 69' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Anthony Gordon.
  11. 70' Substitution, Serbia. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Dusan Vlahovic.
  12. 72' Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) is shown the red card.
  13. 75' Goal! Serbia 0, England 4. Marc Guéhi (England) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a set piece situation.
  14. 76' Substitution, England. Jarrod Bowen replaces Noni Madueke.
  15. 76' Substitution, England. Ollie Watkins replaces Harry Kane.
  16. 76' Substitution, Serbia. Milos Veljkovic replaces Andrija Zivkovic.
  17. 81' Substitution, England. Jordan Henderson replaces Declan Rice.
  18. 90' Goal! Serbia 0, England 5. Marcus Rashford (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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