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England play the second of two dwelling video games in opposition to minnows in 4 days to start supervisor Thomas Tuchel’s reign once they face opponents ranked a hundred and fortieth on the planet in opposition to Latvia on Monday (19:45 GMT).
Tuchel appeared underwhelmed after his opening sport in cost produced a 2-0 win over Albania on Friday, though the Champions League winner was suitably impressed by Myles Lewis-Skelly after the 18-year-old scored within the twentieth minute of his worldwide debut.
An excellent end by Harry Kane sealed a passable begin for Tuchel, though the German hinted that he may make adjustments in opposition to Latvia when he appeared to criticise his extensive gamers following their routine victory.
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England lineup vs Latvia
Manchester Metropolis full-back Kyle Walker – on mortgage at Milan – joins Cityzens attacker Phil Foden in dropping to the bench, as do Newcastle centre-back Dan Burn, who hit the crossbar in opposition to Albania, and Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones.
Wideman Reece James, who labored with Tuchel throughout his time as Chelsea supervisor between 2021 and 2022, makes his first England begin since June 2022, with Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi becoming a member of him in defence and Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers and West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen the brand new faces in assault.
England are with no host of regulars who could in any other case have been in Tuchel’s squad, with Bukayo Saka, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Lewis Corridor lacking out.
Anthony Gordon was injured in opposition to Albania and Chelsea prime scorer Cole Palmer had already been dominated out after struggling an harm earlier than his aspect’s defeat at Arsenal eight days in the past.
Ahead Marcus Rashford, who’s on mortgage at Aston Villa from Manchester United, retains his place to make his second worldwide begin since November 2023 after a primary call-up in virtually a yr.
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— England (@England) March 24, 2025
England beginning XI: Pickford, James, Konsa, Guehi, Lewis-Skelly, Rogers, Rice, Bellingham, Bowen, Rashford, Kane.
England substitutes: Trafford, Henderson, Quansah, Colwill, Eze, Solanke, Walker, Foden, Burn, Jones, Gibbs-White.
Latvia lineup v England
Latvia emerged unscathed from their 1-0 victory in Andorra of their first match of the marketing campaign, wherein 21-year-old Parma striker Dario Sits scored the 58th-minute winner.
Midfielder Deniss Melniks, who was changed at half-time, is on the bench this time, whereas Sits has not carried out sufficient to steer Italian supervisor Paolo Nicolato handy him a beginning berth.
Latvia beginning XI: Zviedris, Balodis, Cernomordijs, Gutkovskis, Ikaunieks, Savalnieks, Jurkovskis, Ciganiks, Zelenkovs, Jaunzems, Saveljevs
Latvia substitutes: Ozols, Matrevics, Jagodinskis, Sliede, Isajevs, Daskevics, Vapne, Sits, Krollis, Melniks, Tonisevs
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Find out how to watch England v Latvia: TV and on-line stream
The sport kicks off at 7.45pm UK time and will be watched on ITV1. It may also be streamed on the ITVX app and on ITV.com.
England World Cup qualifiers
In addition to Latvia, England’s Group Ok rivals comprise Albania, Andorra and Serbia. Of these opponents, Serbia’s standing of 32 in the beginning of qualifying made them by far the highest-ranked staff Tuchel’s aspect will face.
Serbia proved tough opponents at Euro 2024, with solely a Jude Bellingham purpose separating the groups of their opener in Germany.
Together with video games as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro, Dragan Stojkovic’s nation have misplaced their final 5 conferences with England, though they held a powerful document of 1 defeat of their final 21 World Cup qualifying matches earlier than the group started, successful 14 and drawing six.
⏪ Again in November 2021…
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— England (@England) March 21, 2025
Albania are one among 5 nations England have confronted greater than six instances and gained in opposition to each time, alongside Luxembourg (9), San Marino (8), Malta (7) and Andorra (6) – a document they continued with victory on Monday.
Andorra are ranked 171st and have misplaced all six of the encounters between the nations by an mixture rating of 25-0.
Ben Chilwell, Bukayo Saka, Tammy Abraham, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grealish scored when England gained 5-0 in Andorra in October 21.
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— England (@England) March 21, 2025
England soccer staff World Cup qualifying fixtures
All fixtures begin at 19:45 GMT except in any other case said.
Monday, March 24: England v Latvia
Saturday, June 7: Andorra v England (17:00)
Saturday, September 6: England v Andorra (17:00)
Tuesday, September 9: Serbia v England
Tuesday, October 14: Latvia v England
Thursday, November 13: England v Serbia
Sunday, November 16: Albania v England (17:00)
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— England (@England) March 19, 2025
England video games: What occurs if Three Lions prime group?
The highest staff from every of the 12 European Qualifier teams proceeds robotically to the finals, which will likely be expanded to 48 groups.
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Croatia are among the many different favourites to win their teams.
What occurs if England end second in World Cup qualifiers?
England will likely be eradicated in the event that they end third or beneath and enter the play-offs between March 26-31 2026 if they arrive second.
The 12 runners-up in every group will be a part of 4 Nations League groups within the play-offs, which will likely be drawn from pots based mostly on groups’ information in the course of the marketing campaign. The video games will comprise single-leg semi-finals and finals.
The draw for the World Cup finals will happen in December 2025. The event runs from June 11 till July 19 2026.
