England players celebrate after Myles Lewis-Skelly scored the opening goal in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Albania at Wembley Stadium, London, March 2025
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After beginning his England reign with a routine 2-0 win over Albania, Thomas Tuchel will be looking to make it two wins from two at the start of 2026 World Cup qualifying, with Latvia the visitors to Wembley on Monday night.

The Three Lions havent lost a home qualifier since that infamous defeat to Croatia in 2007, and it would take an upset of historical proportions for that run not to remain intact when they take on one of UEFAs minnows.

Here are some juicy stats and facts to sink your teeth into ahead of the action

Latvia and England have never met

This will be the very first meeting between England and Latvia, with the two countries having avoided each other in qualification campaigns since the latter joined UEFA in the early 90s, following the break-up of the Soviet Union.


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