England vs Latvia, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

England

38': Reece James
68': Harry Kane
76': Eberechi Eze

FT
3 - 0

Latvia

England vs. Latvia: James, Eze score 1st goals in dominant win

England beat Latvia 3-0 to make it two wins out of two for Thomas Tuchel's side in the World Cup qualifying campaign on Monday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Foul by Marcus Rashford (England).
4': Roberts Savalnieks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Andrejs Ciganiks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Reece James (England).
10': Attempt blocked. Declan Rice (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
11': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
11': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Reece James.
12': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia).
16': Foul by Marc Guéhi (England).
16': Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
18': Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
18': Attempt missed. Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
21': Corner, England. Conceded by Daniels Balodis.
22': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (England) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross.
22': Attempt saved. Ezri Konsa (England) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
22': Corner, England. Conceded by Krisjanis Zviedris.
22': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (England) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
24': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (England) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
27': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
29': Corner, England. Conceded by Aleksejs Saveljevs.
30': Corner, England. Conceded by Janis Ikaunieks.
32': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Janis Ikaunieks (Latvia).
33': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross.
34': Foul by Andrejs Ciganiks (Latvia).
34': Jarrod Bowen (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
35': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (England) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a set piece situation.
37': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
37': Foul by Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia).
37': Myles Lewis-Skelly (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Goal! England 1, Latvia 0. Reece James (England) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
41': Foul by Aleksejs Saveljevs (Latvia).
41': Jude Bellingham (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Myles Lewis-Skelly.
42': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
42': Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Jude Bellingham (England).
42': Jude Bellingham (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Attempt saved. Alvis Jaunzems (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
44': Delay in match because of an injury Marc Guéhi (England).
44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Attempt blocked. Jarrod Bowen (England) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
45': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Foul by Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia).
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Ezri Konsa (England).
45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+3': Offside, Latvia. Vladislavs Gutkovskis is caught offside.
45'+4': Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (England) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
45'+4': First Half ends, England 1, Latvia 0.
45': Second Half begins England 1, Latvia 0.
47': Foul by Janis Ikaunieks (Latvia).
47': Morgan Rogers (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Dangerous play by Declan Rice (England).
49': Janis Ikaunieks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Delay in match because of an injury Roberts Savalnieks (Latvia).
53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
54': Corner, England. Conceded by Andrejs Ciganiks.
54': Substitution, Latvia. Vitalijs Jagodinskis replaces Roberts Savalnieks because of an injury.
56': Foul by Jude Bellingham (England).
56': Raivis Jurkovskis (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Substitution, England. Eberechi Eze replaces Jarrod Bowen.
61': Substitution, Latvia. Eduards Daskevics replaces Raivis Jurkovskis.
61': Substitution, Latvia. Dario Sits replaces Vladislavs Gutkovskis.
62': Corner, England. Conceded by Alvis Jaunzems.
63': Eduards Daskevics (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Eberechi Eze (England).
63': Foul by Dario Sits (Latvia).
63': Marc Guéhi (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
67': Substitution, England. Phil Foden replaces Jude Bellingham.
68': Goal! England 2, Latvia 0. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Declan Rice.
69': Offside, Latvia. Dario Sits is caught offside.
70': Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Myles Lewis-Skelly (England).
72': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Eberechi Eze.
73': Attempt blocked. Alvis Jaunzems (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73': Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
73': Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Phil Foden (England).
75': Foul by Alvis Jaunzems (Latvia).
75': Myles Lewis-Skelly (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Goal! England 3, Latvia 0. Eberechi Eze (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
77': Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (England) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
79': Substitution, England. Curtis Jones replaces Marcus Rashford.
79': Substitution, England. Jordan Henderson replaces Declan Rice.
79': Substitution, England. Kyle Walker replaces Myles Lewis-Skelly.
82': Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (England) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
82': Corner, England. Conceded by Krisjanis Zviedris.
83': Substitution, Latvia. Deniss Melniks replaces Janis Ikaunieks.
83': Substitution, Latvia. Niks Sliede replaces Daniels Balodis.
83': Attempt saved. Ezri Konsa (England) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
84': Attempt blocked. Eberechi Eze (England) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
84': Corner, England. Conceded by Krisjanis Zviedris.
85': Foul by Deniss Melniks (Latvia).
85': Harry Kane (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Deniss Melniks (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (England) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Eberechi Eze with a cross following a set piece situation.
87': Eduards Daskevics (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
87': Foul by Ezri Konsa (England).
88': Eberechi Eze (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Eduards Daskevics (Latvia).
88': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Dario Sits (Latvia).
89': Dario Sits (Latvia) is shown the yellow card.
89': Corner, England. Conceded by Andrejs Ciganiks.
90': Corner, England. Conceded by Vitalijs Jagodinskis.
90': Antonijs Cernomordijs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Curtis Jones (England).
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Ezri Konsa (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Dario Sits (Latvia).
90'+2': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eberechi Eze.
90'+3': Second Half ends, England 3, Latvia 0.
0': Match ends, England 3, Latvia 0.

Statistics

LVA		ENG
13	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	10
5	Saves	1
26.6	Possession	73.4
3	SHOTS	27
1	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
197	Accurate Passes	660
257	Passes	696
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	11
4	Crosses	36
0.0	Cross %	0.3
38	Long Balls	12
15	Accurate Long Balls	11
0.4	Long Balls %	0.9
1	Blocked Shots	10
14	Effective Tackles	6
25	Tackles	7
0.6	Tackle %	0.9
6	Interceptions	11
43	Effective Clearances	5
43	Clearances	5

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Wembley Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 79,572

WCQ - UEFA Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	England	2	+5	6
2	Albania	2	+1	3
3	Latvia	2	-2	3
4	Serbia	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

England (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jordan Pickford (GK)
6	Marc Guéhi
5	Ezri Konsa
23	Myles Lewis-Skelly
3	Reece James
16	Morgan Rogers
4	Declan Rice
10	Jude Bellingham
9	Harry Kane
11	Marcus Rashford
20	Jarrod Bowen

England Substitutes:

Kyle Walker, Jarell Quansah, Levi Colwill, Curtis Jones, Phil Foden, Morgan Gibbs-White, Dominic Solanke, James Trafford, Eberechi Eze, Dean Henderson, Dan Burn, Jordan Henderson.

Latvia (5-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Krisjanis Zviedris (GK)
5	Antonijs Cernomordijs
2	Daniels Balodis
13	Raivis Andris Jurkovskis
14	Andrej Ciganiks
11	Roberts Savalnieks
15	Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
22	Aleksejs Saveljevs
10	Janis Ikaunieks
16	Alvis Jaunzems
9	Vladislavs Gutkovskis

Latvia Substitutes:

Vjaceslavs Isajevs, Dario Sits, Vitalijs Jagodinskis, Niks Sliede, Raimonds Krollis, Maksims Tonisevs, Roberts Ozols, Lukass Vapne, Rihards Matrevics, Eduards Daskevics, Deniss Melniks.

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