England’s second game with 2026 World Cup qualification takes place on Monday evening when they compete against Latvia for the first time.
The Thomas Tuchel-era started on Friday evening with an impressively controlled 2-0 victory over Albania, although the German found that much more occurred after the match. While the three lions did not inspire against a deep defense, they performed with the synergies and cohesiveness of a club side.
The signs were undoubtedly positive and Tuchel’s side will have fun on Monday evening.
Latvia was the 140th nation of the world in the World Cup and was sitting between Burundi and the Dominican Republic, but her campaign began with a 1-0 victory in Andorra (171st place).
Visitors are led by the former Italy -U21 coach Paolo Nicolato and will enjoy the occasion regardless of the goal line.
Here is 90 minutes Guide for England against Latvia.
England against Latvia H2H Record (last five games)
This is the first meeting between England and Latvia.
Current form (all competitions)
England | Latvia |
|---|---|
England 2-0 Albania – 21/03/25 | Andorra 0-1 Latvia – 21/03/25 |
England 5-0 Ireland – 17/11/24 | Latvia 1-2 Armenia – 17/11/24 |
Greece 0-3 England – 14/11/24 | North -Macedonia 1-0 Latvia -14/11/24 |
Finland 1-3 England – 13/10/2 | Färöer Islands 1-1 Latvia – 13/10/24 |
England 1-2 Greece – 10.10.24 | Latvia 0-3 North Macedonia – 10/10/24 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | ITV 1, ITVX, STV, STV player, UTV |
United States | Fubotv, FoxSports.com, Vix, Fox Sports App, Fox Sports 2 |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Tuchel selected two starting blades for criticism on Friday evening, but the New England boss was through the hip injury that Anthony Gordon suffered against Albania. Since Gordon withdraws from the squad, Marcus Rashford was able to keep his place left, but there will probably be a change on the opposite flank.
Jarrod Bowen is used to start Phil Foden.
There should be more changes on the XI on Friday evening, although Tuchel wants to see as much as possible from his squad. Dean Henderson, Marc Guehi, Levi Colwill and Dominic Solanke are among those who cannot be seen in Tuchel’s debut, but should either start or appear against Latvia.
England predicted the line-up against Latvia (4-2-3-1): Henderson; James, Guehi, Colwill, Lewis-Skelly; Jones, rice; Bowen, Bellingham, Rashford; Cane.
The Latvian squad is loaded with unknown names, with the majority of those who own Wembley on Monday evening in the second and third stage across Europe.
You have no fresh injuries due to your slim victory against Andorra on Friday. Deniss Melnik was withdrawn at halftime for tactical reasons.
Latvia predicted the line-up against England (4-3-3): Zviedris; Jurkovskis, Balodis, Cernomordijs; Savalnieks, Melniks, Savaljevs, Ciganiks; Zelenkovs, Ikaunies; Gutkovskis.
We can expect visitors to at least try to curb Tuchel’s side with a compact, deep defense, but England showed against Albania that they have the tools to penetrate.
In short, Latvia is not particularly good, and we should not expect you to create a lot of resistance to a team of England, which is now led by one of the best managers in the world. On Friday it was a controlled efficiency, and the hosts should be measured in a similar way while increasing the score.