England still have some work to do to guarantee their place at the next World Cup but a win over Albania at Wembley on Friday would surely see them finish as group winners.

The visitors sit in third spot, five points behind England, and still have a chance to qualify themselves. A victory for the Three Lions would guarantee a top two finish, and would mean they would simply need to avoid defeat against minnows San Marino to secure top spot ahead of Poland.

With qualification yet to be secured, England boss Gareth Southgate is likely to name his strongest possible XI to ensure they get the job done on Friday. Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane may be struggling at club level but they retain the manager’s trust and it would be a surprise to see either of them miss out on a starting spot, while Jordan Pickford is likely to retain his place in goal despite increasing pressure from the uncapped Aaron Ramsdale.

Not a straightforward task for Three Lions

England won the reverse fixture 2-0 and have an impressive home record as they are unbeaten in their last eight games on home soil (W7, D1) but the visitors shouldn’t be underestimated here either.

This game is essentially a cup final for Albania and only a win will do if they are to reach the tournament proper. Southgate’s men were clean sheet specialists not too long ago but they have conceded in two of their last three World Cup qualifiers. England do have three clean sheets in their last seven games but two of those shut outs came against Andorra. John Stones and Harry Maguire are likely to continue at centre-half and neither has been particularly impressive at club level of late, so there are reasons to suggest Albania can make a breakthrough.

Albania have scored in 10 of their last 13 games and have managed 11 in eight qualifiers so far. Ultimately, England should prove too strong for the visitors but backing the hosts simply to win doesn’t offer any value and a home win with both teams to score looks to have a chance at a big price. This contest



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英格兰队仍有很多工作要做，以确保他们在下一届世界杯的位置，但周五在温布利战胜阿尔巴尼亚肯定会让他们以小组冠军的身份结束比赛。

客队排名第三，落后英格兰队5分，但仍有机会晋级。如果三狮军团获胜，他们就能确保进入积分榜前两名，也意味着他们只需避免输给圣马力诺这样的小球队，就能在波兰之前稳居榜首。

由于晋级资格还没有确定下来，英格兰主帅加雷斯·索斯盖特可能会选出他最强的可能的十一人，以确保他们在周五的比赛中完成任务。Raheem英镑和哈利凯恩可能挣扎在俱乐部,但他们保留了经理的信任,这将是一个惊喜看到他们错过一个起始点,而乔丹皮克很可能保留他的位置在目标尽管从无上限的亚伦Ramsdale越来越大的压力。

对于三狮军团来说，这并不是一项简单的任务

英格兰2-0战胜了对手，并保持了令人印象深刻的主场记录，他们过去8场主场不败(W7, D1)，但客队在这里也不应该被低估。

这场比赛对阿尔巴尼亚来说本质上是一场杯赛决赛，只有一场胜利才能让他们真正进入锦标赛。索斯盖特的球队不久前还是不失球的专家，但他们在最近三场世界杯预选赛中有两场失球。英格兰在过去的七场比赛中确实有三场没有失球，但其中两场是对安道尔的比赛。约翰·斯通和哈里·马奎尔很有可能继续担任中卫，而这两个人最近在俱乐部的表现都不是特别出色，所以有理由认为阿尔巴尼亚可以取得突破。

阿尔巴尼亚在过去的13场比赛中有10场进球，在8场预选赛中攻入11球。最终，对于客队来说，英格兰队应该是强大的，但仅仅支持主队赢球并没有任何价值，而在主场两队都能进球的情况下取胜似乎有可能付出很大的代价。这个比赛