England v Andorra: Line-ups, stats and preview

Match preview for England v Andorra

England head into tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier in opposition to Andorra in a no-win place. A powerful win will likely be met with a shrug of the shoulders as ‘it’s solely Andorra’ and every other end result will deliver widespread criticism.

Thomas Tuchel discovered that out within the reverse fixture when his aspect toiled for big elements of the sport in Barcelona earlier than Harry Kane poked house the one objective.

England below Tuchel have but to fireplace. Wins over Andorra, Latvia and Albania have been laboured somewhat than spectacular whereas a much-changed crew put in an alarmingly poor show in shedding 3-1 to Senegal on the Metropolis Floor in June.

There’s little have to panic, but. England will qualify after which the true check of Tuchel will start in the US, Canada and Mexico.

We are going to study little tomorrow however there should be extra gained from Tuesday’s journey to Serbia in what’s prone to be England’s hardest sport within the group.

Six factors over the subsequent few days would signify an enormous step in direction of qualification whereas 4 could be greater than passable.

Tuchel shouldn’t be anticipating both Andorra or Serbia to play expansive soccer, predicting each fixtures may very well be wars of attrition.

The German mentioned: “In sport it’s not about what you might have finished yesterday however about what you do tomorrow to get higher and so I count on coaching session from the gamers to be prepared for tomorrow.

“We are going to face – in each matches – a deep block and a 5-4-1 for positive within the first match and it’s the problem to beat that shortly and aggressively and play with extra rhythm than we did within the first match [against Andorra].”

It’s a much-changed England squad with John Stones the most recent to tug out by means of damage, becoming a member of the likes of Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer on the sidelines.

Tuchel stays assured his aspect can placed on an improved displaying, nevertheless.

“It has been a superb camp till now and I couldn’t be happier with the engagement, the standard, the attention and the way the group is collectively,” he mentioned. “Hopefully now we’ve one other high coaching session later in the present day and we are able to show the purpose to you [the media] and the followers can see what I see each day.”

It’s obscure what Andorra acquire from matches like this aside from their gamers attending to expertise a full home at Villa Park.

Koldo Alvarez’s aspect have performed 4, misplaced 4 in Group Ok and have but to attain.

Staff Information for England v Andorra

Tuchel has vowed to go full power, dismissing any ideas of conserving the likes of Kane, Declan Rice and Jordan Pickford recent for Tuesday’s sport in Belgrade.

However it’s onerous to think about any of his big-hitters over-exerting themselves and you’ll count on loads of modifications all through the sport.

Elliot Anderson may very well be handed a begin after impressing for the Underneath-21s as they retained the European Championship title this summer season.

Andorra will likely be captained by 43-year-old Marc Pujol, who is about to win his 123rd cap.