Thomas Tuchel’s time begins on Friday evening, as the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager oversees his first party by England.
The 51 -year -old was officially designated England Boss last October, but only work began at the beginning of the calendar year. He has had several months to plan and prepare -before his first departure and a visit from Albania is a fairly welcoming start for German.
England begins his 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign at Wembley Stadium against the Surprise Surprise Surprise 2024 and will perform again on Monday evening when Latvia’s visit. Its other competitors of the K group are Serbia and Andorra.
There has been many speculations on what the future has under the supporters of Tuchel and England will be desperate to witness the first vision of what they expect to be an exciting reign. Albania showed its ability to cause problems for euros last summer, but they should not show a party for the three motivated lions.
Here is 90 minutes Debut Guide to England of Tuchel.
England against Albania H2H record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
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England |
Albania |
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England 5-0 Ireland – 11/17/24 |
Albania 1-2 Ukraine – 19/11/24 |
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Greece 0-3 England – 11/14/24 |
Albania 0-0 Czech – 16/11/24 |
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Finland 1-3 England – 13/10/24 |
Georgia 0-1 Albania – 14/10/24 |
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England 1-2 Greece – 10/10/24 |
Czech 2-0 Albania – 10/11/24 |
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England 2-0 Finland – 10/09/24 |
Albania 0-1 Georgia – 10/09/24 |
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Field |
TV Channel/Stream Live |
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UK |
ITV 1, ITVX, STV, Player STV, UTV |
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United States |
FUBOTV, VIX |
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Canada |
Dazn Canada |
It is difficult to predict as Tuchel will be aligned as the main coach of England for the first time, but his selection has been slightly limited by injuries. Trent Alexander -Arnold, Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer are among the absent: the latter retires to the template and replaced by Morgan Gibbs-White.
There were some surprise omissions, especially Ollie Watkins and Conor Gallagher, while some eyebrows have been proposed by the selection of Jordan Henderson and Marcus Rashford, both of which have lost their recent squads.
Dan Burn scored Wembley last weekend Newcastle United won the Carabao Cup And has been selected without ever representing England at any level above. Jarell Quansah and Myles Lewis-Skelly are at the other end of the age scale, but both defenders expect to debut seniors during the next two games.
All the main names have been selected, with Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Phil Foden and Declan Rice to start quickly under Tuchel.
England predicted the VS Albania line (4-2-3-1): Pickford; James, Guehi, Colwill, Lewis-Skelly; Henderson, rice; Foden, Bellingham, Rashford; Kane.
The recent return from Armando Broja’s injury has pushed for Sylvinho’s options before the clashes with England and Andorra, with the Everton striker in order to punish the club’s companion and the goalkeeper of England, Jordan Pickford. He only returned from an absence of two months last weekend against West Ham United.
Rangers attacking the Nedim Bajrami midfielder is another England will have to keep the tabs in Wembley. The 26 -year -old, who scored against Italy in the Euro 2024, has contributed to nine goals in Scotland this season.
Albania predicted the line against England (4-3-3): Strakosha; Balliu, Ismajli, Dimiti, Aliji; Asllani, Ramadani, EID; Asan, Broja, Muci.
Albania will not be a boost in Wembley, but should be overwhelmed by an experienced and impressive side of England, driven by his new coach. They will have the goal of maintaining the score and representing a counterattack threat.
The hopes of an important and emphatic victory in the Tuchel Arc can be ambitious, as he has had very little time to work with his new players and who has never been a coach known for his expressive approach.
A comfortable victory, clean sheet and evidence of fresh ideas should be enough to like home supporters on Friday night.
