UEFA Nations League

England vs Finland, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
England
  • 57': Harry Kane
  • 76': Harry Kane
FT
2 - 0
Finland

    Kane fires double against Finland to mark 100th England cap

    England captain Harry Kane marked his 100th senior international appearance in trademark fashion with both goals in his team's 2-0 victory over a feeble Finland side in Nations League Group B2 at Wembley on Tuesday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Corner, England. Conceded by Matti Peltola.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
    • 8': Corner, England. Conceded by Matti Peltola.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Jensen with a through ball.
    • 13': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Rico Lewis.
    • 14': Foul by Angel Gomes (England).
    • 14': Teemu Pukki (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Corner, England. Conceded by Glen Kamara.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 21': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
    • 22': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 23': Offside, England. Harry Kane is caught offside.
    • 25': Angel Gomes (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Rasmus Schüller (Finland).
    • 26': Attempt missed. Topi Keskinen (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rasmus Schüller.
    • 29': Corner, England. Conceded by Topi Keskinen.
    • 30': Foul by Angel Gomes (England).
    • 30': Matti Peltola (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Corner, England. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
    • 33': Corner, England. Conceded by Fredrik Jensen.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 34': Corner, England. Conceded by Glen Kamara.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Harry Kane following a corner.
    • 35': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 35': Foul by Topi Keskinen (Finland).
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 36': Foul by Harry Kane (England).
    • 36': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Corner, England. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
    • 39': Arttu Hoskonen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Rico Lewis (England).
    • 42': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (England) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
    • 43': Corner, Finland. Conceded by John Stones.
    • 44': Angel Gomes (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Foul by Glen Kamara (Finland).
    • 45': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (England) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, England 0, Finland 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins England 0, Finland 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Benjamin Källman replaces Teemu Pukki.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Ilmari Niskanen replaces Jere Uronen.
    • 47': Foul by Angel Gomes (England).
    • 47': Rasmus Schüller (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Ezri Konsa (England).
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Foul by Topi Keskinen (Finland).
    • 52': Jack Grealish (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Declan Rice (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Anthony Gordon (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 57': Goal! England 1, Finland 0. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 59': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Benjamin Källman (Finland).
    • 59': Attempt missed. Rico Lewis (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Gordon.
    • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Ezri Konsa (England).
    • 61': Substitution, England. Levi Colwill replaces Ezri Konsa because of an injury.
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Angel Gomes.
    • 63': Substitution, Finland. Robin Lod replaces Fredrik Jensen.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Anthony Gordon (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 65': Foul by Bukayo Saka (England).
    • 65': Matti Peltola (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 65': Anthony Gordon (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Rasmus Schüller (Finland).
    • 66': Rasmus Schüller (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Substitution, England. Noni Madueke replaces Bukayo Saka.
    • 66': Substitution, England. Eberechi Eze replaces Anthony Gordon.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Noni Madueke (England) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Declan Rice.
    • 70': Foul by Noni Madueke (England).
    • 70': Ilmari Niskanen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Eberechi Eze (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
    • 74': Substitution, Finland. Oliver Antman replaces Topi Keskinen.
    • 76': Goal! England 2, Finland 0. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Noni Madueke.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Noni Madueke (England) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Eberechi Eze (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
    • 79': Substitution, England. Marc Guéhi replaces John Stones.
    • 80': Substitution, England. Jarrod Bowen replaces Harry Kane.
    • 84': Substitution, Finland. Leo Walta replaces Rasmus Schüller.
    • 89': Offside, Finland. Robin Lod is caught offside.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Noni Madueke (England) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marc Guéhi following a fast break.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Adam Ståhl (Finland).
    • 90'+5': Jack Grealish (England) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, England 2, Finland 0.
    • 0': Match ends, England 2, Finland 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 7
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 8
    6 Saves 0
    21.4 Possession 78.6
    2 SHOTS 22
    0 ON GOAL 8
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    153 Accurate Passes 731
    216 Passes 799
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 7
    4 Crosses 29
    0.0 Cross % 0.2
    39 Long Balls 44
    15 Accurate Long Balls 33
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
    1 Blocked Shots 8
    9 Effective Tackles 16
    13 Tackles 21
    0.7 Tackle % 0.8
    11 Interceptions 4
    44 Effective Clearances 3
    44 Clearances 3

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: Wembley Stadium
    Location: London, England
    Attendance: 70,221

    Line-Ups

    ENG England (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jordan Pickford (GK)
    5 John Stones
    14 Ezri Konsa
    3 Rico Lewis
    2 Trent Alexander-Arnold
    10 Jack Grealish
    19 Angel Gomes
    4 Declan Rice
    9 Harry Kane
    11 Anthony Gordon
    7 Bukayo Saka
    England Substitutes:
    Harry Maguire, Kobbie Mainoo, Marc Guéhi, Noni Madueke, Conor Gallagher, Eberechi Eze, Jarrod Bowen, Dean Henderson, Valentino Livramento, Morgan Gibbs-White, Levi Colwill, Nick Pope.

    FIN Finland (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    4 Robert Ivanov
    5 Arttu Hoskonen
    18 Jere Uronen
    13 Adam Stahl
    11 Rasmus Schüller Yellow Card
    6 Glen Kamara
    3 Matti Peltola
    10 Teemu Pukki
    14 Topi Keskinen
    9 Fredrik Oldrup Jensen
    Finland Substitutes:
    Benjamin Kallman, Urho Nissila, Leo Väisänen, Viljami Sinisalo, Joel Pohjanpalo, Robin Lod, Miro Tenho, Jesse Joronen, Ilmari Niskanen, Tomas Galvez, Leo Walta, Oliver Antman.

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