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Background

The 52 teams were be drawn into seven groups of six and two groups of five. England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands were drawn into six-team groups on account of centralised television deals. Azerbaijan and Armenia could not be drawn together on account of the political situation between the two countries.

From these, the nine group winners will automatically qualify for the finals in 2018, while the eight runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups proceed to play-offs, with one runner-up missing out.

A record 209 teams entered, and took part. The World Cup Preliminary draw took place at The Konstantin Palace in Saint Petersburg, 25 July 2015.

Group F fixtures were agreed on 26 July 2015.

UEFA Group F

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
England 10 8 2 0 18 3 +15 26
Slovakia 10 6 0 4 17 7 +10 18
Scotland 10 5 3 2 17 12 +5 18
Slovenia 10 4 3 3 12 7 +5 15
Lithuania 10 1 3 6 7 20 -13 6
Malta 10 0 1 9 3 25 -22 1

 

Matches
4 September 2016
Lithuania 2 Slovenia 2 [2-0]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius (4,500)
Černych, Slivka
Krhin, Cesar
Slovakia 0 England 1 [0-0]
Štadión Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(18,111)
Lallana
Martin Škrtel
Malta 1 Scotland 5 [1-1]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(15,609)
Effiong
Snodgrass (3 (1 pen)), Martin, S.Fletcher
Jonathan Caruana, Luke Gambin
8 October 2016
England 2 Malta 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (81,781)
Sturridge, Alli
Scotland 1 Lithuania 1 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow (35,956)
McArthur
Černych
Slovenia 1 Slovakia 0 [0-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana (10,492)
Kronaveter
11 October 2016
Lithuania 2 Malta 0 [0-0]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius (5,067)
Černych, Novikovas (pen)
Jonathan Caruana
Slovakia 3 Scotland 0 [1-0]
Štadión Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(11,098)
Mak (2), Nemec
Slovenia 0 England 0 [0-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana (13,274)
 
11 November 2016
England 3 Scotland 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (87,258)
Sturridge, Lallana, Cahill
Malta 0 Slovenia 1 [0-0]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(4,200)
Verbič
Slovakia 4 Lithuania 0 [3-0]
Štadión Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava (9,653)
Nemec, Kucka, Škrtel, Hamšík
26 March 2017
England 2 Lithuania 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (77,690)
Defoe, Vardy
Scotland 1 Slovenia 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow (20,000)
Martin
Malta 1 Slovakia 3 [1-2]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(4,980)
Farrugia
Weiss, Greguš, Nemec
Jean Paul Farrugia Adam Nemec
10 June 2017
Scotland 2 England 2 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow (48,520)
Griffiths (2)
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kane
Slovenia 2 Malta 0 [1-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana (7,839)
Iličić, Novaković
Lithuania 1 Slovakia 2 [0-1]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius (4,700)
Novikovas
Weiss, Hamšík
1 September 2017
Malta 0 England 4 [0-0]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(16,994)
Kane (2), Bertrand, Welbeck
Lithuania 0 Scotland 3 [0-2]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius (5,000)
Armstrong, Robertson, McArthur
Slovakia 1 Slovenia 0 [0-0]
Štadión Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava (16,896)
Nemec
4 September 2017
England 2 Slovakia 1 [1-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley (67,823)
Dier, Rashford
Lobotka
Scotland 2 Malta 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow (26,371)
Berra, Griffiths
Slovenia 4 Lithuania 0 [1-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana (6,530)
Iličić (2 pens), Verbič, Birsa
5 October 2017
England 1 Slovenia 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (61,598)
Kane
Scotland 1 Slovakia 0 [0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow (46,773)
Škrtel OG
Róbert Mak
Malta 1 Lithuania 1 [1-0]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(3,431)
Agius
Slivka
8 October 2017
Lithuania 0 England 1 [0-1]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius (5,400)
Kane
Slovenia 2 Scotland 2 [0-1]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana (11,123)
Bezjak (2)
Griffiths, Snodgrass
Boštjan Cesar
Slovakia 3 Malta 0 [1-0]
Štadión Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(17,774)
Nemec (2), Duda

Notes England Qualification Scorers:- Harry Kane (5), Adam Lallana (2), Daniel Sturridge (2), Dele Alli, Gary Cahill, Jermain Defoe, Jamie Vardy, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ryan Bertrand, Danny Welback, Eric Dier, Marcus Rashford.

 

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