Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
England
Match Time & Date:
24/03/2025
20:45
Prediction: 4-0
Latvia
England will look to build on a 2-0 win over Albania when they face Latvia in yet another home game in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The Three Lions are seen as hot favourites to win Monday’s clash, but new boss Thomas Tuchel must warn his men against complacency. Tuchel is likely to shuffle his pack, with all Anthony Gordon, Jarrod Bowen, and Morgan Rogers pushing for a start.
Paolo Nicolato’s men, on the other hand, kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Andorra, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against England. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the away team, forward Dario Sits should be recalled to the starting XI after scoring the winner as a substitute against Andorra. It has to be noted that England and Latvia meet for the first time in a competitive match.
Highlighted Player (Harry Kane):
Widely regarded as one of England’s best strikers at the moment, Harry Kane enjoyed a meteoric rise at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring 21 Premier League goals during the 2014/2015 campaign to be voted PFA Young Player of the Year.
The highly rated striker went on to surpass that achievement the following season as he helped Tottenham Hotspur mount a serious title challenge for the first time in club’s recent history and he made seamless transition to international football. Kane scored four goals in his first ten appearances for England to prove he was here to stay and at the same time established himself as a first choice striker in Roy Hodgson’s squad ahead of the Euro 2016 finals.
Kane is a modern striker, who is extremely dangerous in the opposition box, but it was some outstanding goals from distance as well as link-up play with teammates that earned him an excellent reputation in world football. Kane is expected to lead both Tottenham and England in years to come, that is if he can resist the lure of top European clubs that continue to cast admiring glances his way.
Highlighted Team (Latvia):
Latvia is yet another former Soviet republic. The Latvian footballers played for the Soviet Union national team until 1992 and they have been playing for Latvia ever since. The Sarkanbaltsarkanie (Red-white-red) did remarkably well to qualify for the Euro 2004 finals, but they failed to impress at the showpiece tournament in Portugal.
Latvia kicked off their Euro 2004 campaign with a 2-1 loss to Czech Republic and they managed to hold Germany to a goalless draw in their second group game. The former Soviet republic suffered a 3-0 loss to Netherlands in their last game in Group D and, as a result, they did not make it to the knockout stages of the European Championship finals.
Latvia suffered their biggest defeat on May 29, 1927 when they were beaten by Sweden 12-0 in Stockholm. Speaking of their biggest victory, the Latvians outclassed Lithuania 5-0 on two occasions. The Latvian national football team play their home games at Skonto stadium in Riga and the capacity of the venues is 9.500.
Bayer Leverkusen 
Bochum
Fulham 
Crystal Palace
Espanyol 
Atletico Madrid 
Juventus 
Genoa 
Brighton
Nottingham Forest 
Real Madrid 
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