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England
Squad |
Type |
Albania
Squad |
Referee
(salmon pink)
Ruddy Buquet
44 (29 January 1977),
Amiens, France, FIFA listed 2011.
replaced Felix Zwayer |
15 |
Goal Attempts |
5 |
6 |
Attempts on Target |
4 |
Assistant Referees |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
0 |
Marco Achmüller 42 (17
October 1979), Bad Füssing |
Jan Seidel 37 (10
October 1984), Oberkrämer |
4 |
Corner Kicks Won |
0 |
Fourth official Sven Jablonski
31 (13
April 1990),
Bremen.
FIFA Referee Assessor - Nicola Rizzoli,
Italy FIFA Match Commissioner -
Feliz Grigore, Romania |
1 |
Offside Calls Against |
3 |
3 |
Fouls Conceded |
14 |
63.7% |
Possession |
36.3% |
Video
Assistant Officials |
Bastian
Dankert
41 (9 June 1980),
Schwerin, FIFA listed 2014.
Mike Pickel 46, Mendig |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
FIFA (21st Oct 2021)
5th
EFO ranking
Group One (3rd)
ELO rating 5th to 6th |
Colours |
The Nike 2020 away uniform - Mega
blue and royal blue
collared jersey and shorts. Abstract three-lions pattern
throughout with challenge red sidestripes. Mega blue socks
with a thin challenge red/sport royal blue hoop. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 51 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016.
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most goals as captain |
43rd of 75, W 27 - D 9 - L 7 - F 95 - A 32. |
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Jordan Henderson
62:19 |
P 67th of 102, W 43 - D
14 - L 10 - F 142 - A 42 |
England
Lineup |
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five changes to the previous match (Mings, Shaw,
Rice, Mount & Grealish out) |
league position (4
November) - ten PL matches played |
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|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
27 280 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL 10th) |
42 |
31ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Walker, Kyle
A. |
31 168 days |
28 May 1990 |
RD |
Manchester City FC
(PL 3rd) |
65 |
0 |
5 |
Stones, John |
27 168 days |
28 May 1994 |
CD |
Manchester City FC
(PL 3rd) |
54 |
3 |
6
|
Maguire, J. Harry |
28 252 days |
5 March 1993 |
LD |
Manchester United FC
(PL 5th) |
40 |
6 |
the 90th player to reach the 40-app milestone |
4
|
James, Reece
T., off 77th min. |
21 339 days |
8 December 1999 |
RWB |
Chelsea FC
(PL TOP) |
9 |
0 |
8
|
Henderson, Jordan B. |
31 148 days |
17 June 1990 |
RDM |
Liverpool FC
(PL 2nd) |
68 |
2 |
7 |
Phillips, Kalvin M., off 63rd min. |
25 345 days |
2 December 1995 |
LDM |
Leeds United AFC
(PL 17th) |
18 |
0 |
3 |
Chilwell, Benjamin
J. |
24 326 days |
21 December 1996 |
LWB |
Chelsea FC
(PL TOP) |
16 |
1 |
11
|
Foden, Philip W., off 64th min. |
21 168 days |
28 May 2000 |
RF |
Manchester City FC
(PL 3rd) |
12 |
2 |
9
|
Kane, Harry E., off 63rd min. |
28 107 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 9th) |
66 |
44 |
|
the 366th
(233rd post-war)
brace,
the 89th (52nd post-war) hattrick scored |
new record of 37-39th competitive goals
(WC19 EC19 NL1) |
10
|
Sterling, Raheem S.,
off 77th min. |
26 339 days |
8 December 1994
in Kingston, Jamaica |
LF/RF |
Manchester City FC
(PL 3rd) |
72 |
18 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
England 5 Albania 0 |
17 |
Bakumo-Abraham, K.O. Tamaraebi,
on 63rd min. (62:39) for Kane |
24 41 days |
2 October 1997 |
CF |
AS Roma, Italy |
9 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
14 |
Grealish, Jack P., on 63rd min.
(62:45) for Foden |
26 63 days |
10 September 1995 |
LF |
Manchester City FC
(PL 3rd) |
18 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
18 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W., on 64th min.
(63:04) for Phillips |
18 136 days |
29 June 2003 |
LDM |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany |
9 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.,
on 77th min. (76:18) for James |
23 36 days |
7 October 1998 |
RWB |
Liverpool FC
(PL 2nd) |
15 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
1264 |
19 |
Smith Rowe, Emile, on 77th min.
(76:24) for Sterling |
21 107 days |
28 July 2000 |
LF |
Arsenal FC
(PL 6th) |
1 |
0 |
66th Arsenal player to represent
England |
result:
England 5 Albania 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
13-Sam Johnstone, 15-Tyrone Mings, 16-Conor Coady, 20-Bukayo Saka,
22-Aaron Ramsdale. |
team notes: |
Jack Grealish's great great
grandfather,
Billy Garraty, also played for
England in 1903. 500th match since Viv Anderson, the first BME
player, debuted for England |
stadium notes: |
This
is Gareth Southgate's tenth World Cup match at Wembley, two more than
Alf Ramsey, and three more than Bobby Robson. Jack Grealish is
the fiftieth England player to have
played at the National Stadium ten times, whereas Emile Smith Rowe
is the 140th England player to 'grace the hallowed turf.' Kane's hattrick
means he has now
scored nineteen goals at the Stadium, equal with Wayne Rooney.
It is also a record-extending eighteenth captaincy for
Kane at the rebuilt stadium.
Jordan Henderson is the 53rd different England player
to have scored at the National Stadium. |
records: |
300th victory on home soil from the 462 matches played. England have won all six of their meetings with
Albania, scoring
nineteen, conceding one. Unbeaten in thirty World Cup qualification matches, having not lost since
October 2009 (W22 D8). Unbeaten in nineteen matches, best since
10 November 1965 and 16 November 1966 (W16
D3). This is England's 18th match in
2021, a new calendar record. As is the 42 goals they have scored.
Harry Kane has now scored a record four goals against Albania. With
his first goal, Kane equalled Wayne Rooney
as
record WC goalscorer, by the end, he was heading the list.
Sixth
match on this date is also a sixth victory.
250th clean
sheet under a Conservative government. |
goalkeeper
records: |
Jordan Pickford has kept goal for England for over four years,
he
becomes the 27th keeper to do so. He has kept 21 clean sheets,
equal with David James, and
only
seven other keepers have kept more. His 42 appearances makes
him eighth in the
charts of most appearances. |
the hattrick: |
The first England
hattrick in almost
exactly two years (14 November 2019).
Harry Kane's fourth hattrick puts him =third in
the all time hattricks list &
=fourth in the goalscoring charts.
In all his four hattricks,
he has been replaced shortly after, making him the most replaced
hatrician, it is tenth
overall. It is also the fourteenth time the captain has scored a hattrick.
The fifth hattrick under the Wembley arch, but the 22nd at Wembley overall. |
substitute notes: |
Tammy Abraham is the 75th England player to have
been a substitute seven times or more. |
Manager Gareth Southgate was an unused substitute
when England met
Albania in September 2001. |
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3-4-3 |
Pickford - Walker, Stones, Maguire - James
(Alexander-Arnold), Henderson, Phillips (Bellingham), Chilwell - Foden
(Grealish), Kane (Abraham), Sterling
(Smith Rowe). notes: When Grealish
replced Foden, he went on the right side, with Sterling going left. |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26 years
339 days |
Appearances/Goals |
42.0 |
6.5 |
oldest team since vs. Germany in 2017 |
most experienced starting XI under Southgate
so far
most experienced since against Ukraine in 2013 |
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Albania Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (21st Oct 2021)
63rd
EFO ranking
n/a
ELO rating
64th to 65th |
Colours |
Made by Macron - White jerseys with red
trim with
varying shades of red depicting an embossed eagle on front of shirt,
white shorts, with red trim, white socks with
single red hoop. |
Captain |
Elseid Hysaj |
Manager |
Edoardo Reja, 76 (10 October 1945 in Luvinico, Italy),
appointed 17 April 2019. |
Albania Lineup |
23 |
Strakhosa, Thomas
F. |
26 238 days |
19 March 1995 in
Athens, Greece |
G |
SS Lazio, Italy |
17 |
0 |
18 |
Ismajli, Ardian I. |
25 43 days |
30 September 1996 |
RD |
Empoli FC, Italy |
23 |
1 |
|
25th min. for grabbing, holding and then bringing down Raheem Sterling. |
15 |
Kumbulla, Marash
N., injured off 17th min. (16:01) |
21 277 days |
8 February 2000
in Peschiera del Garda, Italy |
CD |
AS
Roma, Italy, on loan from Hellas Verona FC, Italy |
12 |
0 |
5 |
Veseli, Frédéric
S. |
28 2 days |
10 November 1992 in
Renens, Switzerland |
LD |
US Salernitana 1919, Italy |
39 |
0 |
4 |
Hysaj, Elseid G. |
27 265 days |
20 February 1994 |
RWB |
SS Lazio, Italy |
64 |
2 |
7 |
Bare, Keidi, injured off 12th min. |
24 76 days |
28 August 1997 |
RM |
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, Spain |
20 |
2 |
8 |
Gjasula, Klaus F. |
31 333 days |
14 December 1989 |
DM |
SV Darmstadt 1898, Germany |
15 |
0 |
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8th min. for colliding into the back of Harry Kane.
SUSPENDED |
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|
11 |
Bajrami,
Nedim, off half time |
22 257 days |
28 February 1999 in
Zürich, Switzerland |
LM |
FC Empoli, Italy |
5 |
0 |
10 |
Trashi, Lorenc, off half time |
29 180 days |
16 May 1992 |
LWB |
Qadsia SC, Kuwait |
15 |
1 |
16 |
Çikalleshi, Sokol |
31 108 days |
27 July 1990 |
RF |
Konyaspor Kulübü, Turkey |
45 |
12 |
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21st min. for diving, handball, and then dissent.
SUSPENDED |
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|
20 |
Uzuni, Myrto, off 86th min. |
26 165 days |
31 May 1995 |
LF |
Ferencvárosi TC, Hungary |
21 |
3 |
Albania
Substitutes |
scoreline:
England
1 Albania 0 |
14 |
Laçi, Qazim, on 12th min.
(11:18) for Bare |
25 297 days |
19 January 1996 |
RM |
AC
Ajaccio, France |
13 |
1 |
|
66th min. after his high foot resulted in Stones and James clashing heads |
6 |
Dermaku, Kastriot L., on 17th min.
(16:07) for Kumbulla |
29 301 days |
15 January 1992
in Scandiano, Italy |
CD |
US Lecce, Italy |
12 |
1 |
scoreline:
England
5 Albania 0 |
13 |
Mihaj, Enea, on half time for Trashi |
23 130 days |
5 July 1998 in
Rhodes, Greece |
LWB |
Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón, Greece |
7 |
0 |
17 |
Ramadani, YIber L, on half time for Bajrami |
25 214 days |
12 April 1996 in
Starnberg, Germany |
CF |
MTK Budapest FC, Hungary |
14 |
1 |
21 |
Roshi, Odise, on 86th min.
(85:57) for Unzini |
22 174 days |
22 May 1991 |
M |
Boluspor Kulübü, Turkey |
66 |
5 |
result:
England 5 Albania 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
1.Etrit Berisha, 2-Erion Hoxhallari, 3-Ermir Lenjani, 9-Endri Çekiçi, 12-Gentian Selmani, 19-Bekim Balaj, 22-Albi Doka. |
team notes: |
Goalkeeper Thomas Strakhosa's father Fotaq,
was in goal for Albania the last time these two teams met in England,
and also
the previous match to that in Tiranë. Keidi Bare was initially injured when colliding with Raheem Sterling
in the penalty area (3:43). He limped around for the next England
attack, eventually going down (5:45)
to receive treatment. Albania
were down to ten men when England scored their first goal. Returned to
the field of play to kick-off (9.35), and as he was unable to keep up
with Phil Foden, he signaled his
intention (10:14) for his replacement, went down again (10.45), to
eventually be replaced (11.18). It is unclear where Marash Kumbulla
picked up his hamstring injury, he appeared to start limping (13:26)
before going down for treatment (14.35) and off the pitch (16:01)
and
replaced six seconds later. |
records: |
Albania have never scored in England, their own goal coming in Tiranë by Rraklli.
Albania are the
43rd different nation to visit the the National Stadium. |
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3-5-2 |
Strakosha - Ismajli, Kumbulla (Dermaku), Veseli -
Hysaj, Bare (Laçi), Gjasula, Bajrami
(Mihaj), Trashi (Ramadani) - Çikalleshi,
Uzuni (Roshi) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
24 years
60 days |
Appearances/Goals |
25.1 |
1.9 |
youngest opposing XI in Southgate era
youngest since Netherlands in 2016 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
This
match was won and lost in a blistering first-half by an England team
determined to get the job of qualification for the World Cup Finals done
and dusted.
After the disappointment of the home draw against Hungary
in their previous match, England came out of the blocks quickly.
After just four minutes Raheem Sterling wiggled his way through
the Albanian defence and appeared to be brought down in the box.
The referee waved away England's protests, but it was not to be the
last reckless challenge by the visiting defenders.
When Klaus Gjasula clattered over Harry Kane, he deservedly earned
himself a booking, the first of four Albania received on the night.
And also deservedly, from the free-kick England opened the scoring.
The assist came from Reece James, outstanding all through.
His pinpoint cross to the far post gave Harry Maguire the easiest
of headers as he firmly headed home, much to his delight after recent
criticism of his club form.
On ten minutes Phil Foden was clean
through, but his shot was high and wide as a challenge came in.
Albania made an early substitution with Keidi Bare going off and
Qasim Laci coming on.
Four
minutes later a disastrous backpass from Kyle Walker almost produced a
shock equaliser.
Luckily for
Walker, Jordan Pickford stood tall to make a fine save from Nedim Bajrami.
A let-off for England with Walker full of apologies to his
teammates.
With still only 15 minutes into the match, Albania had
to make another change as Marash Kumballa went off to be replaced by
Kastriot Dermaku.
Three
minutes later though and England scored another fine goal.
Lovely inter-play between Foden and Jordan Henderson ended with the
most sublime cross where Kane delightfully headed past the goalkeeper.
Joy all round, and England were now rampant.
Ben Chilwell's cross was just too high for Foden, Sterling had
defenders in all sorts of bother before finally being crowded out, and
then Ardian Ismajli, was booked for another horrible foul on Sterling.
The Albanians were not taking any prisoners on this night, that's
for sure.
On 27 minutes
another poor England pass almost led to a goal for the visitors, but
Pickford again saved, this time from Sokol Cikalleshi.
Careless errors by England, but that did not detract from their
dominance and almost immediately they added a third goal, and another
cracker it was too.
Henderson doesn't score very often for England but he
will forever remember this one.
He stormed into the box, played a superb one-two with Kane,
sidestepped defenders and slotted home with his left foot.
A brilliant goal.
Two minutes later, on the half-hour, Kane so nearly
made it four after he combined with Sterling, and two minutes after that
he came even closer as he typically fired in a curling effort that had
goal written all over before Thomas Strakhosa just managed to get a hand
on it to push it wide for a corner.
The save of the game.
From the corner John Stones headed over.
However, England only had to wait for another minute before it was
4-0.
This time Sterling fed
Kane on the left and he jinked past a defender before firing a left-foot
shot into the far corner giving the keeper no chance to save.
England continued to put the visitors under immense
pressure and Kane came within a whisker of a hat-trick when he fired in
from another Sterling pass, but just pulled his shot inches wide.
Then on 42 minutes it was another James cross that Kane met with a
diving header.
It just missed
but that was also a good effort and the striker had a threesome in his
eyes!
Just before the break
the England skipper sorted it.
Maguire was beaten to a Sterling cross by a defender.
The defender's header almost went into his own net, but out for a
corner.
From the kick though
Kane scored another beauty to complete that much cherished hat-trick.
As the cross came in Kane met it with a superb scissors-kick volley
that flew past Strakhosa.
Almost immediately the half-time whistle blew and what a half it had been
for England and for their “out of form” skipper!
He was lethal in this match and produced a masterclass of
finishing, left-foot, header, and right-foot, the perfect hat-trick.
Now in these sort of games, the second-halves can be
more of the same, or it can fall very flat!
Sadly for the fans, this was of the latter variety.
Another bad pass gave Cikalleshi a chance but again Pickford saved,
and all three of his saves had come from careless errors by his teammates.
To be fair to Albania they put up a much better showing in this
half, keeping possession well but without giving England too much to worry
about.
The game was a
procession of substitutions for both sides after this, with nothing much
worth reporting.
I don't know
about you, but if I was a substitute coming on for England I would be full
of energy and intent.
Sadly,
that wasn't the case with most of the subs that did come on.
So the match petered out with all the damage done in that brilliant
first-half.
As for Harry Kane,
James Peter Greaves will be looking down on him and delighted by the fact
that another Spurs striker has equalled his 44 goals for England.
Still, it is not over until it's over and there is
another vital game coming up, and nothing in football is certain, but San
Marino? Come on.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport FSHF.org |
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UEFA.com Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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