England visit Albania with room to experiment

Albania relaxed after securing play-off spot

Albania have already achieved something historic. After qualifying for Euro 2024, they are now guaranteed a play-off place for their first-ever World Cup after beating Andorra on Thursday.
They can also thank England for keeping Serbia behind them, meaning Sylvinho’s team can play this match without pressure.

Albania come into the game in strong home form, keeping six clean sheets in their last seven home qualifiers. That run began after a 0–2 home defeat to England in the previous cycle.

England cruising under Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel has guided England to the World Cup in style: seven wins, zero goals conceded and 20 scored in this qualification campaign.
The win over Serbia made it 10 competitive victories in a row, only the second time that has happened in England’s history.

Even though the job is done, England still have motivation — many players are fighting for a spot in Tuchel’s squad. Away games have not slowed them either: their last two away qualifiers ended in 5–0 wins.

Head-to-head dominance

England have won all seven previous meetings with Albania — all in World Cup qualifying.
Albania scored in only one of them, and every defeat was by more than one goal.

Stats to watch

• Six of Albania’s last seven matches had two goals or fewer
  
• Four of their last five wins were 1–0
  
• England scored first in eight of their last nine games
  
• England are unbeaten in World Cup qualifying since 2009
  

Players to watch

Kristjan Asllani is in excellent form for Albania, involved in three goals in his last three games (2 goals, 1 assist).
Bukayo Saka has scored in his last three matches for club and country and has two goals and an assist in his last three England appearances.

Both teams have no new injury concerns.

Prediction

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Why?

England have been flawless in qualifying, scoring freely and not conceding a single goal. Albania are strong at home but struggle badly against England historically, failing to score in six of their seven meetings.
With Tuchel still pushing for places and England’s defence extremely solid, another controlled, professional England win looks most realistic.

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