|
Rank |
FIFA (27th May 2021)
4th
EFO ranking
Group One (3rd)
ELO rating 8th |
Colours |
The Nike 2020 home uniform -
White crew-necked jerseys with
navy blue collar and side trim,
blue shorts with pale blue side stripe, white socks. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 50 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016.
|
²⁷
most goals as captain |
32nd of 75, W 20 - D 5 - L 7 - F 73 - A 28 |
|
Conor Coady 60:54. |
P 53rd of 102, W 33 - D
10 - L 10 - F 110 - A 38 |
England
Lineup |
|
nine changes to the previous match (Rice & Kane
remain) |
league position
(FINAL POSITIONS) |
|
|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
27 87 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL 10th) |
31 |
27ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.,
injured off 88th min. (87:56) |
22 238 days |
7 October 1998 |
RB/ RWB |
Liverpool FC
(PL third) |
13 |
1 |
|
88th min. for wandering back onto the field
of play without the
referee's permission. |
3 |
Trippier, Kieran J. |
30 256 days |
19 September 1990 |
LB/ LWB |
Club Atlético de Madrid, Spain |
27 |
1 |
4 |
Rice, Declan, off 61st min.
(60:36) |
22 139 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
West Ham United FC
(PL 6th) |
16 |
1 |
5 |
Mings, Tyrone D.,
off 61st min. (60:41) |
28 81 days |
13 March 1993 |
LCD |
Aston Villa FC
(PL 11th) |
9 |
0 |
6 |
Coady, Conor D. |
28 97 days |
23 February 1993 |
RCD |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(PL 13th) |
5 |
1 |
7
|
Saka, Bukayo A.T. |
19 270 days |
5 September 2001 |
LAM |
Arsenal FC
(PL 8th) |
5 |
1 |
8 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W. |
17 338 days |
29 June 2003 |
RDM |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Kane, Harry E., off 61st min. |
27 309 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 7th) |
54 |
34 |
10 |
Grealish, Jack P., off 71st min. |
25 265 days |
10 September 1995 |
AM |
Aston Villa FC
(PL 11th) |
6 |
0 |
11
|
Lingard, Jesse E., off 61st min. |
28 169 days |
15 December 1996 |
RAM |
Manchester United FC
(PL RU) |
28 |
4 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
England 1 Austria 0 |
17 |
Watkins, Oliver G.A., on 61st min.
(60:52) for Lingard |
25 154 days |
30 December 1995 |
LF |
Aston Villa FC
(PL 11th) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
100 |
14 |
Godfrey, Benjamin M., on 61st min.
(60:56) for Mings |
23 138 days |
15 January 1998 |
LCD /LD |
Everton FC
(PL 10th) |
1 |
0 |
1260 |
the 70th Everton player to represent
England |
18 |
Ward-Prowse, James M.E., on 61st min.
(60:57) for Rice |
26 213 days |
1 November 1994 |
DM |
Southampton FC
(PL 15th) |
7 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
12
|
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic N., on 61st min.
(60:59) for Kane |
24 78 days |
16 March 1997 |
RF |
Everton FC
(PL 10th) |
8 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
66th min. after he outjumped Aleksandr Dragović and caught his head with his legs. |
|
1261 |
16 |
White, Benjamin W., on 71st min.
(70:42) for Grealish |
23 237 days |
8 October 1997 |
RD |
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
(PL 16th) |
1 |
0 |
the fifth Albion player to represent
England |
result:
England 1 Austria 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
13-Sam Johnstone, 15-Kalvin
Phillips, 19-Jordan Henderson, 20-Jadon Sancho
(ill), 22-Aaron Ramsdale. |
team notes: |
England finished the match with ten men, after Terence
Alexander-Arnold picked up a thigh injury when he kicked the ball away
(85:45) following a throw-in. Knowing he was injured, he
wandered off the pitch (86:44), but inadvertently wandered back on,
and received a caution because of it. Jack Grealish's great great
grandfather,
Billy Garraty, also played for
England in 1903. |
manager records: |
It is Gareth Southgate's first return as England Senior Team manager
to the ground of the club he managed between 2006 and 2009. He did
bring the U21's here in March 2015, beating Germany 3-2. |
records: |
Jude Bellingham is the youngest starter since
Wayne Rooney against Turkey in April 2003 (17yrs
160dys).
He is
also the youngest post-war player to complete ninety minutes, third
youngest overall. England last won seven friendly matches in a row in 1984-86.
This is the first time that England have kept six friendly clean
sheets in a row. |
|
4-2-3-1 3-5-2 after 71
minutes |
Pickford - Alexander-Arnold, Coady, Mings
(Godfrey), Trippier - Bellingham,
Rice (Ward-Prowse) - Lingard
(Watkins), Grealish, Saka -
Kane (Calvert-Lewin).
notes: Calvert-Lewin and Watkins swapped wings when they came on as
substitutes. Then with the introduction of White, England went with
three at the back. |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
25 years 141
days |
Appearances/Goals |
17.9 |
3.8 |
|
|
Rank |
FIFA (23rd May 2021)
23rd
EFO ranking
Group 8
ELO rating
33rd |
Colours |
Made by Puma - Black crew-necked jerseys with red/white/green
pinstripe across chest,
light blue shorts, light blue socks.
(Austrian crest on rear below neckline) |
Captain |
David Alaba |
Manager |
Franco Foda, 55 (23 April 1966 in Mainz, West Germany), appointed
30 October 2017, effective January 2018.
|
Aleksander Dragović 70:53 |
33rd match, W 20 - D 4 - L 9 - F x - A x. |
Austria Lineup |
1 |
Bachmann, Daniel |
26 328 days |
9 July 1994 |
G |
Watford FC, England |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
21 |
Lainer, Stefan, off 81st min. |
28 279 days |
27 August 1992 |
RB |
Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach, Germany |
29 |
1 |
|
52nd min. after twice
attempting to bring down Saka, succeeding the second time |
3 |
Dragović, Aleksandar |
30 88 days |
6 March 1991 |
RCD |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany |
90 |
2 |
4 |
Hinteregger, Martin |
28 268 days |
7 September 1992 |
LCD |
Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany
|
54 |
4 |
|
86th min. after disagreeing with the referee awarding a free-kick against
him |
26 |
Friedl, Marco |
23 78 days |
16 March 1998 |
LB |
SV
Werder Bremen von 1899, Germany |
3 |
0 |
19 |
Baumgartner, Christophe, off 62nd min. |
21 305 days |
1 August 1999 |
RM |
TSG 1899
Hoffenheim, Germany |
9 |
3 |
24 |
Laimer, Konrad, off 62nd min. |
24 6 days |
27 May 1997 |
RCM |
RB
Leipzig, Germany |
8 |
1 |
23 |
Schlager, Xaver, off 81st min. |
23 247 days |
28 September 1997 |
LCM |
VfL
Wolfsburg, Germany |
20 |
1
|
|
20th min. after a mistimed tackle
on Bukayo Saka in the middle of the Austrian half |
|
|
8 |
Alaba, David O., off 71st min. |
28 343 days |
24 June 1992 |
LM |
FC
Bayern München, Germany |
80 |
14 |
9 |
Sabitzer, Marcel |
27 77 days |
17 March 1994 |
AM |
RB
Leipzig, Germany |
49 |
8 |
25 |
Kalajdžić, Saša, off 71st min. |
23 330 days |
7 July 1997 |
CF |
VfB
Stuttgart 1893, Germany |
6 |
3 |
Austria
Substitutes |
scoreline:
England 1 Austria 0 |
10 |
Grillitsch, Florian, on 62nd min
(61:20) for Laimer |
25
299 days |
7 August 1995 |
RCM |
TSG 1899
Hoffenheim, Germany |
22 |
1 |
17 |
Schaub, Louis, on 62nd min.
(61:32) for Baumgartner |
26 338 days |
29 December 1994 in
Fulda, Germany |
RM |
1.FC Köln 01/07, Germany |
20 |
6 |
11 |
Gregoritsch, Michael, on 71st min.
(70:49) for Kalajdžić |
27
45 days |
18 April 1994 |
CF |
FC
Augsburg 1907, Germany |
25 |
4 |
18 |
Schöpf, Alessandro A., on 71st min.
(70:56) for Alaba |
27
115 days |
7 February 1994 |
LM |
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Germany |
26 |
5 |
16 |
Trimmel, Christopher, on 81st min.
(80:30) for Lainer |
34
98 days |
24 February 1987 |
RB |
1.FC
Union Berlin, Germany |
12 |
0 |
14 |
Baumgartlinger, Julian J., on 81st min.
(80:48) for X.Schlager |
33
151 days |
2 January 1988 |
LCM |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany |
83 |
1 |
result:
England 1 Austria 0 |
|
|
|
unused
substitutes: |
1-Alexander Schagel, 2-Andreas Ulmer, 5-Stefan Posch, 6-Stefan Ilsanker, 12-Pavao Pervan,
15-Philipp Lienhart. |
team notes: |
There were no Austrian based players in the starting XI, in fact,
sixteen
of the seventeen players involved had played their football in the German Bundesliga,
goalkeeper Bachmann being the exception, playing in the English
Championship. |
|
4-4-2(1-1) |
Bachmann - Lainer (Trimmel), Dragović, Hinteregger, Friedl -
Baumgartner (Schaub), Laimer (Grillitsch), Schlager
(Baumgartlinger), Alaba
(Schöpf) - Sabitzer - Kalajdžić (Gregoritsch). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26 years 49
days |
Appearances/Goals |
31.7 |
3.4 |
|
In the great scheme of things, this friendly match hardly mattered
before the mainent of the European Championships begins later this
month. However, it did give Gareth Southgate the chance to try a few
things out, see how players in his squad were, and start the planning for
upcoming fixtures.
With no Chelsea, Manchester City or Manchester United, players considered
due to their involvement in European finals, the team had an experimental
look about it, although with lots of familiar names, and the game had a
lively start. With just four minutes on the clock fine play and a
pass from Harry Kane to Trent Alexander-Arnold, ended with a fizzing shot
just touched over by Austrian goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann. From the
resultant corner, Jude Bellingham had a free header but his effort went
straight at the keeper. The visitors immediately hit back and
England defenders had to be on their toes to clear any danger. After
eight minutes it was the Austrians turn to see a fierce shot go just over
as Christian Baumgartner tried the first of several attempts by the lively
striker.
Three minutes later and
England had the ball in the net as good play down the left saw Bukayo
Saka win a corner. From the kick, the defence failed to clear
properly, the ball ran to Jesse Lingard and his low shot at goal was
turned in by Bellingham. Alas, the goal was ruled out because Tyrone
Mings was penalised for a foul on the keeper.
Over the next fifteen
minutes play was fast and furious with the tough tackling visitors showing
no mercy with their challenges. Jack Grealish was particularly
targeted, and he crashed to the ground on more than one occasion. On
19 minutes Saka was the next to suffer as Xaver Schlager was booked for a
reckless tackle on the Arsenal player. From the free-kick, the ball
reached Lingard whose clever lob then found Saka at the far post, but his
volley flew high, wide and not so handsome. This was followed by a
dangerous breakaway from the Austrians which ended with a dangerous cross
going wide with no-one able to touch it. On 27 minutes Grealish was
fouled again and from Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick, the ball was again
cleared to Lingard and suddenly Kane was in on goal. The goalkeeper
dived at his feet though and saved the situation.
Declan Rice and Bellingham
were working hard and effectively in midfield with both players making
timely interceptions. Both teams were pressing when the other side
was in possession, so there was little time to settle on the ball.
The man in possession was quickly pounced on, by both teams, and into the
last ten minutes of the half, Austria put some pressure on the England
back line. Following their first corner, Sasa Kalajdzic
fired in a shot, which was easily saved by Jordan Pickford. This
encouraged the visitors though, and they moved the ball around well.
Mings came to the rescue with one fine block as Baumgartner was about to
shoot, and although the ball hit his hand, the referee waved away
tentative appeals for a penalty. So, the half ended goalless, but
not short on incident.
After the restart England
were forced to defend and Stefan Lainer was booked after another foul on
Saka. The Austrians certainly didn’t hold back when it came to their
tackles. England’s free-kicks had been disappointing so far, and
easily dealt with by the visiting defence. Then, a little out of the
blue to some extent, England took a 56th
minute lead, and it was a good goal too. A quick break from defence
saw Kane in the inside-left channel. His delightful pass found
Lingard in full flight and his terrific touch sent Grealish in on goal, as
bodies blocked and collided with the Aston Villa man, the ball ran for
Saka, also up with the attack, and he slotted home from a tight angle for
his first England goal.
Austria responded well to
the setback though and were soon on the attack, determined to pull the
goal back. Baumgartner, who was dangerous throughout, saw another
effort deflected for a corner, which was cleared by England. At this
point, manager Southgate decided the time was right for a raft of
substitutions. It was basically everyone off, and everyone else on!
At least that what it seemed like at the time. It almost proved a
disaster for Ben Godfrey as his first touch was to send the ball back to
his Everton teammate, Pickford, except that Pickford had gone walkabout!
Thankfully the goalkeeper rescued Godfrey with a desperate clearance off
the line.
As England tried to regroup
after all the changes, Austria stepped up a gear forcing England to defend
in numbers. Conor Coady was having an excellent game though and was
the calm head at the back. One incident annoyed the England fans, as
another of the subs, Dominic Calvert-Lewin put in a prestigious leap to
head the ball, but caught an Austrian defender as he came down from a
great height. The referee, much to the crowd’s anger, decided it was
dangerous play and booked the Everton striker.
As this
half progressed England lost their rhythm a little, and at times looked very disjointed.
Grealish continued to impress with his clever runs and control and one
dangerous cross was only just cleared. It was the last act by the
Villa player as he was then substituted by Ben White, of Brighton, who was
making his debut. White was quickly in the action with a terrific
shot that flew just wide. That would have been a great way of
introducing yourself to international football.
On 80 minutes, Austria
were pressing still,
and Pickford had to make a fine diving save from Baumgartner, and the more
annoying thing was that it was the visitors who were picking up the loose
balls more often than not. Three minutes later
Alexander-Arnold worryingly pulled up after a clearance, he had played
well, but this was an anxious moment for both player and team.
Meanwhile, Martin Hinteregger was booked after arguing about a foul he
committed, and then a minute from the end Austria missed their best chance
of equalising. A cross from the right found Michael Gregoritsch
on his own with a free header, but the substitute missed a sitter and held
his head in his hands.
The last few minutes saw
England hanging on somewhat, and down to ten men as Alexander-Arnold
trudged off in despair. Right on time, Pickford slapped a cross that
dropped for a shot at goal which was cleared by White from the line.
In the end the final 1-0 score was secured. England were a little
lucky to win to be honest and Austria will be disappointed finishing with
nothing for all their effort. Without doubt England were affected by
all the substitutions, but the exercise was a useful one and the crowd
watching (how good it is to say that), went home delighted.
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