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Coach Silvinjo has, as expected, trusted Ajeti in the center of defense, not risking Ismajli and Kumbulla, who are ready on the bench, with Aliji and Balliu on the wings.
Albania will play in a few minutes on the England transfer. The match is valid for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and starts at 20:45.
The boys led by Silvinjo will try to break a taboo, as the Rossoneri only count losses against the "Three Lions".
The official lineups of both teams have now been released. Silvinjo and Tuchel have eliminated any doubts about the match that will be played at a packed Wembley Stadium.
Coach Silvinjo has, as expected, trusted Ajeti in the center of defense, not risking Ismajli and Kumbulla, who are ready on the bench, with Aliji and Balliu on the wings.
Meanwhile, Uzuni, who won the runoff with Manaj, is lined up in the center from the first minute on the attack.
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Last match: England-Albania 5-0, World Cup qualifier, November 12, 2021, Wembley Stadium.
England have won all (6) of their matches against Albania, having a better success rate only against Luxembourg (9/9), San Marino (8/8) and Malta (7/7).
Albania have scored just one goal in six matches against England, a goal scored by Altin Rrakllit in a 3-1 defeat in March 2001. This is the lowest goal-scoring rate (0.17) against any nation they have faced at least three times.
England are unbeaten in their last 31 World Cup qualifiers (23 wins, 8 draws), the current longest record for a European national team.
Only once have England lost the first match of a qualifying campaign (13 wins, 3 draws), when they were defeated 1-0 by Germany in October 2000, in the last match at the old Wembley.
Albania has never won an official match against a national team ranked in FIFA's "top 10" (2 draws, 17 losses). Including friendlies, the Rossoneri have defeated France (ranked ninth) 1-0 in June 2015, thanks to a goal by Ergys Kaçe.
England have won 16 of their last 17 matches against teams starting with the letter “A” (Albania), drawing just once, keeping a clean sheet in 15 of those. The last team with the letter “A” to beat England was Australia at Upton Park in February 2003, while the last time they beat them in an official match was Argentina at the 1986 World Cup.
This will be Thomas Tuchel's first game as England manager. Each of the last ten permanent managers of the Three Lions has won their first game, since Bobby Robson's 1-1 draw against Denmark in 1982. The only permanent manager to lose his first game was Alf Ramsey in 1963 against France.
Jude Bellingham has been involved in 10 goals in his last 15 appearances for England (5 goals, 5 assists). His next appearance will be his 41st, breaking Wayne Rooney's record for most England caps by an under-21 player (Rooney had 40 caps between 2003 and 2007).
The players are motivated for this challenge, with Silvinho looking for a positive result in London. The Brazilian, as is known, has 22 matches in charge of the national team. He has managed to get 9 wins, 8 losses and 5 draws.
He took over the national team exactly 2 years ago. In the 22 matches played so far, the Rossoneri have managed to score 27 goals, while conceding 19 goals. With the Brazilian, we played in the Euro 2024 finals, while unfortunately in the Nations League we fell from League B to League C.
Since making his World Cup qualifier debut in September 2016, only Robert Lewandowski (25) and Cristiano Ronaldo (21) have scored more goals in qualifying than Harry Kane (17 goals in 14 matches). The Bayern Munich striker has also been involved in six goals in the two matches against Albania (4 goals, 2 assists).
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