England vs Albania Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

England are firm favourites to win this game due to the overall quality of their squad, while also having the potential of ‘new manager bounce’, as Thomas Tuchel takes charge of his first game as manager of the Three Lions.

In the Nations League, England earned 15 points from six matches, seeing them win League B Group while Albania earned just seven points from six games in League B Group 1, culminating in the latter’s relegation to League C.

On top of this, the Three Lions were in good goalscoring form in the Nations League, as they fired in 16 goals from six matches, averaging 2.6 goals per game. On top of this, England have won all six previous head-to-head meetings they have had with Albania.

Prediction: England 3-0 Albania

England kick-off their World Cup qualifying campaign against Albania on Friday night, in what will be Thomas Tuchel’s first game as manager of the Three Lions.

Date: 21/03/2025

Location: Wembley Stadium

Time: 7:45pm

The last time these two sides faced off was back in November 2021 where England ran out as comfortable 5-0 winners, as the likes of Harry Maguire, Harry Kane (3) and Jordan Henderson all got on the scoresheet.

Tuchel’s reign as England manager will be met with lofty expectations, with the Three Lions finishing as runners-up at Euro 2020 and Euro 2024, on top of the fact that the German has a terrific coaching pedigree, having managed to win 11 major honours during his career, including the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea in 2020/21.

England will be expected to comfortably top Group K ahead of the likes of Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra, especially after a positive Nations League campaign under Lee Carsley that saw them win five of their six matches while playing a significantly better brand of football than that which played under Gareth Southgate.

On the other hand, Albania’s European Championship campaign was an interesting one, as they finished fourth in Group B with one points from three matches, however, it must be said that they did give the likes of Italy and Croatia good competitive games.

Sylvinho’s side were one of the surprise packages in the lead up to Euro 2024, as they actually finished top of Group E ahead of the likes of the Czech Republic and Poland.

As far as the Nations League goes, Albania suffered relegation from League B Group 1 with seven points from six matches - seeing them finish fourth behind Georgia, the Ukraine and Czechia.

England versus Albania will be broadcast live on ITV 1, STV, ITVX and STV Player.

England

Predicted line-up: Pickford; Walker, Guehi, Burn; James, Henderson, Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.

Albania

Predicted line-up: Strakosha; Balliu, Ismaijli, Ajeti, Aliji; Laci, Ramadani, Asllani; Asani, Broja, Uzuni.

England

England enters this game with four wins and one defeat from their last five matches, with that sole loss being via a 2-1 scoreline to Greece at Wembley Stadium.

During Lee Carsley’s final five matches as Interim Manager, the Three Lions managed to beat Finland (2-0 & 3-1), as well as Greece 3-0 and the Republic of Ireland 5-0 with Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon, Conor Gallagher, Jarrod Bowen and Taylor Harwood-Bellis all getting on the scoresheet against the Boys in Green.

Albania

Albania’s form is far less convincing, as they have won just one of their last five matches, with that sole victory coming away at Georgia on 14th October as Inter Milan midfielder Kristjan Asllani scored the only goal of the game.

The visitors other results in this sequence saw them draw 0-0 at home with Czechia while losing to Ukraine (2-1), Czechia (2-0) and Georgia (1-0).

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