Comments and predictions for Albania vs England: Mistakes in the first half of the second half
The match between Albania vs England in the World Cup qualifiers takes place at 0:00 on November 17. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Albania vs England squad information
Nick Pope, Anthony Gordon and Marc Guehi all withdrew from the squad ahead of the Serbia game, but the Three Lions have no injury concerns after Thursday night's game.
Tuchel has prioritised stability by continuing to use Morgan Rogers as a No. 10, but Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is sure to want to retake the role. Eze could also compete with Marcus Rashford for the left-back slot.
With no second striker on his books, Tuchel brought on Phil Foden for Harry Kane midway through the second half, but the Bayern Munich striker is still expected to return to the starting line-up for this match.
On the Albanian side, Sylvinho is likely to keep the same squad that just beat Andorra, including an emotional Armando Broja.
The Slough-born striker was withdrawn after 59 minutes for tactical reasons and broke down in tears after the match, having failed to contribute as much as he would have liked to his side's play-off success.
Broja will be comforted by veteran defender Elseid Hysaj – who became Albania's most capped player with 94 appearances this week – and both are likely to continue to start.
Latest predicted lineup for Albania vs England
Albania:
Strakosha; Hysaj, Ajeti, Djimsiti, Mitaj; Asllani, Shehu; Broja, Laci, Hoxha; Manaj
Older brother:
Pickford; Spence, Konsa, Stones, Burn; Wharton, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Eze; Kane
Latest football commentary on Albania vs England
The weather was brutal, but the finishing was not, as England extended their winning run in World Cup qualifying on Thursday night thanks to fine goals from Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze in a win over Serbia.
The Arsenal pair helped the Three Lions easily win 2-0 at home against their Euro 2024 opponents, a result that did not affect the group stage as England had already secured their ticket in October, becoming the first UEFA representative to be present at the World Cup.
Still winning and keeping clean sheets, England are now one of three European teams yet to concede in qualifying, alongside Spain and Switzerland – two teams with three games fewer than Thomas Tuchel's side.
In pursuit of making history, the all-winners travel to Tirana to set a new record of 11 consecutive wins in official competitions, having equalled the record of 10 on Thursday night.
Not only that, England have gone nine consecutive official matches without conceding a goal, and they could become only the second European team in history to win 10 consecutive matches without conceding a goal, after Spain in 2014–16.
Hosts Albania are also showing solid defensive form, keeping their fourth clean sheet in five games as they beat Andorra on Thursday, keeping their World Cup hopes alive.
Torino midfielder Kristjan Asllani scored the only goal midway through the second half, and thanks to England's win over Serbia – who were just behind Albania before the series – the Reds and Blacks are assured of second place in the group.
So Sylvinho and his players owe the visitors a thank you, as they now head into the play-offs in March to compete for a place in the World Cup finals for the first time in their history, although their opponents are yet to be determined.
The goal against Andorra now marks a run of six consecutive wins for Albania in all competitions, including four straight World Cup qualifiers, where they have beaten Andorra, Latvia and Serbia by the same scoreline of 1-0 since the start of September.
However, Albania lost 2-0 to England in March, taking their total defeats to the Three Lions to seven in seven meetings. England have scored 21 goals and conceded just once in their upcoming matches against their opponents.
Latest Albania vs England score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Albania vs Englandas follows:
- Sportsmole:Albania 0-1 England
- WhoScore:Albania 1-2 England
- We predict:Albania 0-1 England
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