Harry Maguire in World Cup qualifiers:
vs Lithuania
vs Albania
vs Poland
vs Hungary
Not bad for a defender.
Harry Maguire in World Cup qualifiers:
vs Lithuania
vs Albania
vs Poland
vs Hungary
Not bad for a defender.
Leroy Sane has scored his first ever goal for Germany in a World Cup qualifier.
The winger finally opens his account.
Declan Rice has scored his first ever goal away from home for England.
The 22-year-old finally strikes for the Three Lions.
Raheem Sterling
Harry Kane
Harry Maguire
Declan Rice
The Three Lions open up a five-point gap at the top of Group I.
Daniel Ballard
Conor Washington
Rolandas Baravykas
Shayne Lavery
Paddy McNair
The Green and White Army win their first game of the qualifying campaign.
Italy have now equalled the longest unbeaten runs in men’s international football:
◉ Italy (2018-present) - 35
◉ Brazil (1993-1996) - 35
◉ Spain (2007-2009) - 35
But, Roberto Mancini’s men drop two points at home to Bulgaria.
Hungary have lost just two of their last nine homes games:
0-3 vs Portugal
0-4 vs England
England join elite company.
7 - Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score from the penalty spot for Portugal for the first time in his last seven attempts, since failing to convert against Iran at the 2018 World Cup.
1 - John Egan scored his first-ever goal for the Republic of Ireland in his 15th appearance and with just his second shot on target.
111 - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal, with Republic of Ireland the 45th different nation he’s found the net against.
1 - England have only lost one of their last 50 matches in qualifying for the EUROs/WC (W40 D9), losing to the Czech Republic in October 2019. They haven’t lost any of their last 24 WC qualifiers (W18 D6) since a 1-0 away defeat to Ukraine in October 2009.
50 - John Stones won his 50th cap for England last tonight, while five of the previous 10 players to win 50 caps have done so while a Manchester City player: Gareth Barry (2011), James Milner (2014), Joe Hart (2015), Raheem Sterling (2019) and Kyle Walker (2020).
16 - Raheem Sterling has now been directly involved in 16 goals in his last 11 qualifying matches for the EUROs/World Cup (10 goals, 6 assists).
13 - Harry Kane has now scored in each of his last 13 EUROs/World Cup qualifying matches for England, netting 17 goals overall.
4 - Harry Maguire has now scored five international goals for England, with four of them being netted via headers.
1 - Declan Rice is the first West Ham player to score for England in a WC/EURO qualifier since Trevor Brooking in June 1981 (also v Hungary).
0-4 - Hungary’s 0-4 loss to England was their heaviest ever home defeat in a World Cup qualifier. Silenced.