Reece James Gives England The Lead Against Latvia; Poland Leading Vs Malta

K. Swiderski has given the Polish the lead against Malta in their European qualifier match at the Stadion Narodowy. The FC Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski is on the bench for the Poles.

Just before the end of the 1st half, England score via a free-kick from Reece James. The Chelsea skipper lines up from lange and curves in neatly in the Latvian net. The English players especially Thomas Tuchel are happy for the right-back as the Three Lions lead on the night.

The on-loan Aston Villa forward Marcus Rashford is loving life on the left flank as he is finding space behind the Latvian defence. But the Man United star is yet to find the back of the net.

All action in the England vs Latvia game. A mix-up between England keeper Jordan Pickford and Marc Guehi results in Vladislavs Gutkovskis taking the advantage but the latter shoots wide.

Goals flying in from other matches – Rey Manaj has given Albania the lead against Andorra whereas Romania lead against lowly San Marino via an own-goal.

No goals yet so far in all the matches, including England vs Latvia. The Three Lions have started well with high-press and some neat exchanges between Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham. But no clear cut chance yet.

And we have kick-off in rest of the games taking place. For now, we will be sending updates from England vs Latvia.

Poland have rested their influential captain and FC Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski for their game against Malta.

Playing XI: Skorupski – Piątkowski, Bednarek, Kiwior – Frankowski, Szymański, Moder, Bogusz, Kamiński – Świderski, Piątek.

“I think we are clear favourites. I think it will be difficult to predict exactly what Latvia is doing. They’re facing a new level of opponent with us. We have a qualifier to play.”

An entertaining game finishes at Darius and Girėnas stadium with Lithuania drawing 2-2 against Finland.

Gvidas Gineitis has equalised for Lithuania against Finland in the early kick-off of the FIFA WC UEFA Qualifier match. Gineitis plies his trade with Serie A side Torino FC.

England XI: Pickford, Lewis-Skelly, Konsa, Guehi, James, Rogers, Rice, Bellingham, Bowen, Kane, Rashford.

Predicted England XI: Pickford; James, Konsa, Guehi, Lewis-Skelly; Rogers, Rice, Bellingham; Foden, Kane, Rashford

Armandas Kucys has scored one goal for the hosts and cut down the lead to one as they look to fightback against the Finnish side. What a game we have on our hands now.

Joel Pohjanpalo has doubled Finland’s lead with a penalty in the 39th minute as the Finnish eye a strong finish to the first-half.

An early kick-off game brings an early goal! K. Kairinen has scored the first goal of the evening against Lithuania in their WC 2026 European Qualifier match. The game is being played at Darius and Girėnas stadium.

Coming back to club football, Newcastle United football club have angered some of their fans after announcing plans to celebrate their Carabao Cup triumph with a celebration party on the city’s Town Moor rather than an open-top bus parade.

Newcastle United defender Tino Livramento has been left out of England’s squad for Monday’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia. The 22-year-old defender isn’t injured but since England manager Thomas Tuchel selected a 26-man squad, as per Uefa rules, a side can pick a 23-man squad for each match.

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