England will lock horns with Latvia in their latest World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Monday night.
New England boss Thomas Tuchel got his reign up and running with a solid if unspectacular 2-0 win over Albania on Friday, on a night where all three of my selections landed.
That victory has already lifted the Three Lions to the summit of the standings in World Cup qualifying Group K.
Seeking to make it two wins from two, England will be expected to brush aside Latvia with minimum fuss on matchday two.
Paolo Nicolato’s side hit the ground running in their own quest to qualify for the 2026 World Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over Andorra on Friday.
However, it would be fair to say that the Latvians will face a serious upgrade on that challenge when they take on star-studded England on Monday night.
How the bookies view it: Three Lions to feast
Unsurprisingly, England are heavy favourites for the win on Monday night, with a home win trading at a lowly 1/33 on Parimatch.
Latvia are a whopping 50/1 on Parimatch to emerge from the English capital victorious, while the draw is also deemed unlikely at 18/1 with the same bookmaker.
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Head to head: History book blank
England and Latvia will cross paths on the international circuit for the first time on Monday night. Latvia last came up against opposition from the UK during Euro 2024 qualifying, losing both home and away to Wales.
Players to watch: Kane to make more gains?
Harry Kane tightened his grip as England’s all-time record goalscorer by striking against Albania on Friday night. The England skipper is just 1/3 to make the net bulge on Monday night, however backing him to score alongside both teams to score ‘no’ will boost the odds up to 4/5 on Bet 365.
Dario Sits scored the only goal of the game during Latvia’s aforementioned 1-0 win over Andorra on Friday night. The Latvian forward is as big as 14/1 on Boylesports to repeat the trick on matchday two.
Predicted line-ups
England boss Tuchel could experiment with his starting XI on Monday night, with Jarrod Bowen, Marc Guehi and Morgan Rogers all pushing for a starting berth.
After coming off the bench to score the only goal of the game on Friday night, the aforementioned Dario Sits is expected to get the nod from the off at Wembley.
England: Pickford; Walker, Guehi, Colwill, Lewis-Skelly; Henderson, Rice; Bowen, Bellingham, Rogers; Kane
Latvia: Zviedris; Jurkovskis, Balodis, Cernomordijs; Savalnieks, Melniks, Savaljevs, Ciganiks; Zelenkovs, Ikaunieks; Sits
Anything else catch the eye?
With England expected to claim another routine win on Monday night, splitting stakes on either a 4-0 or 5-0 home win looks worthy of interest.
The Three Lions won their final Nations League game at home to the Republic of Ireland by a 5-0 scoreline at the tail end of 2024.
As for Latvia, they suffered 4-0 and 5-0 losses away from home at Turkey and Croatia during Euro 2024 qualifying.
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