Thomas Tuchel started his England reign with a comfortable 2-0 win against Albania on Friday night. The German’s second game in charge is also at Wembley against Latvia, in what should be another routine victory in front of the home fans. I’m going for a similar result and tipping England to win to Nil and England to Score in Both Halves at 1.70 odds.
A New Era
England started their World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win. The Three Lions’ group is realistically not going to give them many problems and it would be fair to say Tuchel would be sacked on the spot if England don’t make it to the 2026 World Cup. In Group K, England face Serbia, Andorra, Latvia and Albania. There’s only one automatic spot with 2nd place going into a play-off however England will be confident they can breeze through although fans will be wanting a higher standard of opposition to better prepare the team for the World Cup.
Tuchel will be looking to experiment and tinker with the starting 11 to see what players and tactics work best and respectfully, this is the perfect game to try that as with the depth of quality England have, they should be able to put away this calibre of opposition. Morgan Gibbs White should be set to start aswell as Jarrod Bowen after underwhelming performances from Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden. After the game, Tuchel stated that he would like to see his wingers attack and be more direct, something the West Ham forward is well capable of doing.
Latvia beat Andorra in their first group game by a single goal to nil, England will be a completely different game for them however. In Latvia’s last qualifying campaign they failed to score in 5/8 games scoring just four goals failing to reach the Euros. This will be the first ever meeting between the two nations making history but this should be a standard England win. Again, our tip for this one is England to Score in Both Halves and to Keep a Clean Sheet.
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