England hosts Albania in round 9 of the World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Friday, November 12th at Wembley Stadium (London)
Gareth Southgate's team is ranked 1st in the qualifying group with 20 points. The vice-champions of Europe gained six victories and two draws in eight rounds. The national team of England is confidently going through the qualification and is avoiding defeats to competitors in the group. The Three Lions lost points only two times: in the away match against Poland (1-1) and in the home game with Hungary (1-1). To guarantee participation in the World Cup in Qatar, Southgate players need to score at least three points in the next matches against Albania and San Marino, ensuring the goal difference is no worse than that of the opponents.
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The national team of Albania is in 3rd place in the standings with 15 points. The Red-Blacks chalked up five victories and three defeats in eight games. In October, the Eagles played two matches in the 2022 World Cup qualification with controversial results. Albania defeated Hungary away on October 9 (0-1), eliminating the Magyars from the fight for the first two lines. However, then the Red-Blacks lost to Poland at home (0-1). That defeat almost destroyed Albania's chances of qualifying from the group. To take 2nd place, Edoardo Reja’s charges must beat England and Andorra and hope for misfires from the Poles, who are waiting for the confrontations against the Andorrans and Hungarians.
England is unlikely to lose the 1st place in the group. Even a defeat to Albania will not be fatal for the men of Southgate, as they will still have an away game against the outsiders from San Marino. Albanians are in a stalemate. They only need a victory in the upcoming game. Any other result will leave the Eagles out of the fight for a trip to Qatar. The Three Lions are obvious favorites of the upcoming game, as the visitors will have to play open football to score a goal at Wembley. The pragmatic national team of England will take advantage of this by scoring a couple of unanswered goals, as it did in Albania.
Prediction for the match: England to win and Under 3.5 goals scored
