England v San Marino live stream, ITV, Thursday 25th March, 7:45pm GMT
England get their World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign underway as they host San Marino on Thursday.
The visit of the team ranked 210th and last in the FIFA world rankings is the ideal chance for Gareth Southgate’s side to get off to a winning start on the road to Qatar. England then travel to Albania on Sunday before welcoming Poland to Wembley next Wednesday.
Although they ended the last international break in November with a 4-0 Nations League win over Iceland, the Three Lions’ autumn was a mixed bag that saw them lose two of their other five games in the same competition, away to Belgium and at home to Denmark – with the latter producing red cards for Harry Maguire and Reece James and bringing England’s first home defeat since October 2019.
Thursday’s game should present no such problems, though. England have played San Marino six times over the years, winning by an aggregate score of 37-1 – although that solitary Sammarinese goal, scored by Davide Gualtieri in a 7-1 victory for England in Bologna, infamously prevented the Three Lions from qualifying for the 1994 World Cup.
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For these first three qualifiers, Southgate has handed Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins and West Brom goalkeeper Sam Johnstone their first call-ups, while John Stones, Luke Shaw and Jesse Lingard all return to the squad after more than two years away. Trent Alexander-Arnold has been dropped, while Jack Grealish will be missing through injury.
While San Marino have never won a competitive game – their only victory of any kind, a 1-0 friendly win over Liechtenstein, came 17 years ago – they did pick up a point in each of their last two Nations League fixtures, drawing 0-0 with Liechtenstein and Gibraltar either side of a 3-0 friendly defeat to Latvia. However, their last meeting with a top ten-ranked nation ended in a 9-0 thrashing by Belgium.
Kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT and the game is being shown on ITV in the UK.
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