{"id":485058,"date":"2025-10-09T07:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/485058\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:19:13","slug":"england-vs-wales-prediction-kick-off-time-tv-live-stream-team-news-h2h-results-odds-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/485058\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs Wales: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While this is billed as an international friendly, that is rarely ever the case when two rivals meet as bragging rights will be at stake in a \u2018Battle of Britain\u2019 clash.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it is likely that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/thomas-tuchel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Tuchel<\/a> and Craig Bellamy will each have one eye on their upcoming World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions find themselves in a great position to book a place at next summer\u2019s tournament having won all five games in Group K so far, leading second-placed Albania by seven points at the halfway stage.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wales<\/a> are currently third in their group but still have to play Belgium and North Macedonia at home which means they are in control of their destiny.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date, kick-off time and venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>England vs Wales is scheduled for a 7.45pm BST kick-off tonight on Thursday October 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The match will take place at Wembley Stadium in London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to watch England vs Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live and free-to-air on ITV. Coverage starts at 7pm BST on ITV1.<\/p>\n<p>Live stream: ITVX will offer a free live stream service online.<\/p>\n<p>Live blog: You can follow all the action this evening via <strong>Standard Sport\u2019s<\/strong> live blog, with expert analysis from England reporters Dom Smith and Simon Collings at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England vs Wales team news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ollie Watkins is the only other out-and-out striker in the squad, though the likes of Marcus Rashford and Jarrod Bowen can also play there if required.<\/p>\n<p>James was replaced by Manchester City youngster Nico O\u2019Reilly, who received his maiden senior international call-up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/harrykane08102025a-jpg.jpeg\" width=\"5393\" height=\"3595\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kgsspP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Key absence: England will be without influential captain Harry Kane against Wales due to injury<\/p>\n<p>The FA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Adam Wharton and Jack Grealish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/bellingham-snubbed-england-squad-tuchel-b1251026.html\" title=\"England: Jude Bellingham misses out as Thomas Tuchel announces latest squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were all left out of the squad by Tuchel<\/a>, while Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Levi Colwill and Tino Livramento are sidelined because of injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bukayo Saka returns to the fold as Elliot Anderson, Djed Spence and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are among those who have been retained from the last camp.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Ramsey has been forced to withdraw from the Wales squad due to injury, while former Manchester United winger Dan James is also unavailable for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy, however, can call upon Tottenham\u2019s Brennan Johnson in attack with Karl Darlow, Ben Davies and Harry Wilson among the other Premier League representatives in the Wales squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England vs Wales prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a difficult one to predict, especially because Wales\u2019 approach to this fixture is uncertain. While Bellamy will love to record a win over England, he knows the Belgium game is of greater importance.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, he could choose to rest a number of key players in preparation for the World Cup qualifier. This would certainly play into England\u2019s hands as the squad at Tuchel\u2019s disposal highlights the gulf in quality between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>England will be full of confidence following that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/serbia-vs-england-result-b1246837.html\" title=\"Serbia 0-5 England: Three Lions run riot in best performance under Thomas Tuchel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5-0 thrashing of Serbia<\/a> last month and we expect the Three Lions to come out on top in the battle of Britain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head to head (h2h) history and results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>England have won the last seven meetings against Wales, including 3-0 triumphs in the 2022 World Cup group phase and the most recent friendly between the two nations in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MarcusRashfordManUtd07102025.jpeg\" width=\"3236\" height=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kgsspP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On target: Marcus Rashford scored twice the last time England faced Wales<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>England vs Wales match odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While this is billed as an international friendly, that is rarely ever the case when two rivals meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,4149,6573,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-485058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-harry-kane","12":"tag-thomas-tuchel","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115342997663853091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}