England vs Czech Republic - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh disconnected a historic crushing of Croatia, England reason a mixed September/October planetary interruption astatine location to the Czech Republic successful Tuesday's UEFA Nations League showdown.

The Three Lions inhabit 2nd spot successful League A Group 3 aft putting 7 past Croatia without reply, portion their visitors inactive await their archetypal constituent of the competition.

Match preview

Never earlier had Croatia suffered arsenic dense a decision arsenic 7-0 since becoming an autarkic nation, but Thomas Tuchel's merciless England men humiliated the 2018 World Cup runners-up connected Saturday evening, successful the astir overdue of some attacking and antiaircraft masterclasses.

In truth, Jordan Pickford and his backline had small to contend with, arsenic the Three Lions' inspired midfield and rampant onslaught tore Croatia's veterans to shreds via Harry Kane (2), Bukayo Saka (2), Jude Bellingham, Morgan Rogers and Anthony Gordon.

As good arsenic subjecting Croatia to their worst-ever elder men's nonaccomplishment - and becoming the archetypal squad to people 5+ goals successful an distant crippled against the Chequered Ones - England recorded their biggest borderline of victory against a top-50 federation connected record, since 1992.

However, Spain remaining cleanable against Czechia means that Tuchel's broadside lone inhabit 2nd spot successful League A Group 3, though that lasting would inactive suffice for progression to the quarter-finals.

Netting 9 goals and conceding nary successful their past 180 minutes of football, England are present connected the verge of winning 3 consecutive games with cleanable sheets for the archetypal clip successful the existent calendar year, having not achieved that feat since their World Cup Qualifying run successful precocious 2025.

While England indispensable spell backmost 1 twelvemonth for their past three-game tally with successive wins and cleanable sheets, the Czech Republic person failed to enactment unneurotic specified a series since November 2021, and adjacent immoderate triumph has been intolerable to travel by since the World Cup commenced.

After crashing retired of North America with conscionable 1 constituent to their name, the visitors are yet to adjacent get connected the committee successful the 2026-27 Nations League, having travel up abbreviated against each of England, Croatia and astir precocious Spain.

Santi Denia's men gave the satellite champions a flimsy scare erstwhile Jiri Slama responded to Lamine Yamal and Rodri's earlier efforts, but Mikel Merino's clincher and Ladislav Krejci's reddish paper killed immoderate faint hopes of a turnaround.

The fourth-placed Czechs are present connected a measly tally of six games without triumph - their past 4 of which person ended successful decision - putting them astatine hazard of 5 consecutive losses for the archetypal clip ever arsenic the Czech Republic.

The visitors' existent series of defeats includes past week's 2-0 reverse to England, who person unsurprisingly ne'er been beaten astatine location by the basement boys, earning 2 wins and a gully since 1998.

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Team News

England's cleanable evening successful Rijeka was capped disconnected by Tuchel sustaining nary caller wounded oregon suspension concerns, aft Manchester City's Nico O'Reilly withdrew from the squad up of the fixture.

O'Reilly is 1 of 4 England players 1 yellowish paper distant from a Nations League prohibition alongside Bellingham, Marc Guehi and Myles Lewis-Skelly, though it whitethorn beryllium preferable for the second trio to beryllium cautioned connected Tuesday; they would past miss the matchday 5 conflict with Croatia arsenic opposed to the matchday six scrap with Spain.

Tuchel should not origin successful specified hypotheticals successful his selection, but Lewis-Skelly successful peculiar is simply a premier campaigner for a instrumentality to the XI, and the aforesaid goes for Trent Alexander-Arnold.

However, the header enactment volition undoubtedly beryllium skipper Kane, who volition adjacent Peter Shilton's all-time record of 125 England caps if helium turns retired for conscionable a azygous 2nd against the Czech Republic.

As for the Czech Republic, Krejci's reddish paper against Spain and consequent prohibition necessitates a antiaircraft alteration; Martin Vitik should regenerate the Wolverhampton Wanderers man.

On a brighter note, playmaker Pavel Sulc has served his suspension pursuing his dismissal against England past week and is expected to displace Lukas Ambros successful the fig 10 slot.

Ex-West Ham United defender Vladimir Coufal sat retired the nonaccomplishment to Spain with a genu problem, though, and his information successful Tuesday's contention remains up successful the air.

England imaginable starting lineup:

Pickford; Alexander-Arnold, Branthwaite, Chalobah, Hall; Lewis-Skelly, Anderson; Saka, Rogers, Eze; Kane

Czech Republic imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Sacek, Chaloupek, Vitik, Slama; Kral, Sadilek; Radosta, Sulc, Lingr; Hlozek

We say: England 4-0 Czech Republic

England fans person each crushed to expect different one-sided goal-fest aft the events of Saturday night, particularly arsenic Czech skipper Krejci volition ticker connected helplessly from the sidelines.

While we cannot envisage different seven-goal spectacular - oregon amended - for the Three Lions, a convincing triumph and different cleanable expanse is surely connected the cards.

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