Report, result, objectives and strengths
The goal of Christian Garcia in the first half and the head of Declan Rice after the break assured that England extended its qualification campaign of the perfect World Cup in 2026 to four victories and moved five points at the top of group K with the victory over Andorra.
The central rear Garcia directed Arsenal the striker of Madueke’s right in front of Iker Alvarez in the 25th minute after the three Lions, who are 170 places above Andorra in the ranking, had struggled to test the goalkeeper during the first stages of Villa Park.
The impasse is broken! ✅
The Noni Madueke Cross is unadvowed by Christian García and England pic.twitter.com/vsyexlkjs
– ITV Football (@itvfootball) September 6, 2025
Alvarez kept the impressive strike of beginner Elliot Anderson with an excellent stop shortly after half-time before Reece James’ delivery chose rice to nod his head.
Declan Rice obtains his sixth goal in England, but what a Ball of Reece James 😮💨⚽️ pic.twitter.com/kapmtuxfdm
– ITV Football (@itvfootball) September 6, 2025
England is next in action against Serbia second Tuesday, while Andorre, who lost its five games in the group, visit Estonia in a friend the same day.
England Team vs Andorra
Marcus Rashford, Ebelechi Eze and Madueke supported Harry Kane in attack for England, with Marc Guehi and Dan Burn in central defense.
Tottenham’s back, Djed Spence – another newcomer – was on the bench, just like Aston Villa Trio Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins.
Real Madrid striker Jude Bellingham missed shoulder surgery and Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton withdrew with an adductor problem.
Manchester City defender John Stones also withdrew with muscle injury and midfielder Cole Palmer did not recover a problem from the groin in time.
England Start XI: Jordan Pickford, Reece James, Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Ebelechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford,
England substitutes: James Trafford, Dean Henderson, Ezri Konsa, Anthony Gordon, Jordan Henderson, Djed Spence, Morgan Rogers, Tino Livramento, Morgan Gibbs-White, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ollie Watkins, Jarrod Bowen
Complete team from England for the qualifications of the World Cup September 2025
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Dean Henderson, James Trafford
Defenders: Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, Reece James, Ezri Konsa, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Tino Livramento, Djed Spence, John Stones *
Milieuseurs de terrain: Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice, Morgan Rogers, Adam Wharton *
Advances: Jarrod Bowen, Ebelechi Eze, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane, Noni Madueke, Marcus Rashford, Ollie Watkins
* Withdrew by an injury. Wharton replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek
England qualifiers of the World Cup: in which group are they?
The opponents of England are Albania, Latvia, Andorra and Serbia. Among these opponents, the 32 -year -old Serbia position at the start of the qualifications made them from the best classified Tuchel team.
Serbia has proven delicate opponents at Euro 2024, with only one goal from Jude Bellingham separating the teams during their first match in Germany.
Including matches in Yugoslavia and Serbia and Monténégro, the Nation of Dragan Stojkovic has lost its last five games with England, although they have an impressive record of an defeat in their last 21 qualification games of the World Cup before the group’s start, winning 14 and drawing six.
⏪ In November 2021…
🏴5️⃣-0️⃣🇦🇱 pic.twitter.com/jfijqd39r0
– England (@england) March 21, 2025
Latvia is classified 137th and has never played in England before, while Andorre has the 174th and lost the seven games between countries by a global score of 26-0, although a single goal from Harry Kane separated the parts during the current campaign.
Ben Chilwell, Bukayo Saka, Tammy Abraham, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grenish marked when England won 5-0 in Andorra in October 2021.
Albania is classified 68th and lost 2-0 at the Wembley stadium in the first Tuchel match in charge and the first qualification of England on March 21.
They are one of the five nations, England has been faced with more than six times and has won against Luxembourg (9), San Marino (8), Malta (7) and Andorra (6).
Conviviality and creation of a link 🤝 pic.twitter.com/hkqrundhgg
– England (@england) March 21, 2025
Football team in England World Cup qualification cup
All the lights start at 7:45 p.m. in the United Kingdom (14:45 and / 11:45 pt), unless otherwise indicated.
Friday March 21: England 2-0 Albania
Monday March 24: England 3-0 Latvia
Saturday June 7: Andorra 0-1 England
Saturday September 6: England 2-0 Andorra
Tuesday September 9: Serbia vs England
Tuesday October 14: Latvia vs England
Thursday November 13: England vs Serbia
Sunday, November 16: Albania vs England (5:00 p.m.)
Sound on this one. 🤩🔊 pic.twitter.com/ozcnadn58q
– England (@england) March 19, 2025
England Games: What’s going on if the three best Lions Group?
The best team of each of the 12 European qualification groups automatically goes to the final, which will be extended to 48 teams.
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Croatia are among the other favorites to win their groups.
What happens if England finishes second in World Cup qualifying?
England will be eliminated if they finish the third or the least and enter the playoffs between March 26 and 31, 2026 if they arrive in second position.
The 12 finalists of each group will join four teams from the Nations League in the play-offs, which will be taken from pots depending on the team records during the campaign. The games will include semi-finals and finals with a leg.
The draw for the World Cup final will take place in December 2025. The tournament takes place from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
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