This is only the second time in England’s last 237 competitive internationals there’s been six players in the starting XI with five or fewer caps (also Lithuania, October 2017, World Cup qualifier).
James Ward-Prowse is the tenth different Southampton player to score for the England senior team, and first to do so in a competitive game since Ryan Bertrand in September 2017. Saint.
Raheem Sterling has now scored 150 goals for club (136) and country (14), with 12 of his 14 England goals coming in his last 14 matches, after just two in his first 45 caps. Skipper.
Mason Mount created seven chances in open play in the first half against San Marino, already the most by an England player in a game since Nathaniel Clyne against Slovakia at EURO 2016. Playground.
England had 22 shots in the first half against San Marino, three more than San Marino managed in the entirety of their last World Cup qualifying campaign (19). Chasm.