England
WC Qualification Europe
Group Stage
Thu , Mar 25 , 2021 20:45
5 - 0
San Marino
England
San Marino
5 - 0
England host San Marino at the Wembley Stadium (London) in the Group I 1st round match of the UEFA World Cup qualifications and the game kicks of at 7.45 pm (UK) on Thursday, March 25th. Read our reasons for England vs San Marino prediction and betting tips.
The delayed Euro 2020 finals are less than three months away, but the 2022 World Cup isn’t waiting. The first round of qualifying matches takes place this week, and England could hardly have asked for an easier opener. The hosts have met San Marino on eight previous occasions and have recorded an aggregate score of 37-1 over those matches, meaning they will be expecting nothing less than a convincing victory on Thursday evening.
The Covid-enforced delay to the European Championships means England begin their qualification campaign for one major tournament before another has even begun - and also means the three fixtures during this international break double as crucial opportunities for Gareth Southgate to fine tune his plans for this summer. It will be interesting to see what side Gareth Southgate fields on Thursday, as San Marino at home is certainly their easiest fixture on paper during 2020 World Cup qualification.
The visitors should provide few problems at Wembley, but may give Southgate the opportunity to experiment with a more attacking line-up, the Three Lions boss having been criticised for being too conservative during the Uefa Nations League campaign. Gareth Southgate will of course want to get the international break underway with an emphatic victory but with two tougher games to come in quick succession he may hold back his regular starters here. Nevertheless, anything other than a big England win would be a major surprise.
On the other hand, as ever with these fixtures, the onus is always on ridiculing San Marino for their national side being made up of part-time footballers. It's always a commendable effort from the nation and its team, however, who have a population of little under 34,000 people. 23-year-old Filippo Berardi was San Marino's last scorer at the international level in November 2019, bagging their first home goal in six years in a 5-1 defeat to Kazakhstan.
San Marino have never won a competitive match, though have kept two clean sheets in their last three having last managed to keep one in 2014 prior to that. They are usually on the receiving end of some big defeats, with Belgium and Russia each beating them 9-0 recently. To make this task even harder for them, San Marino captain Davide Simoncini was sent off in their final game of 2020 and will miss out at Wembley on Thursday.
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England meet San Marino having previously won their six internationals against San Marino by an aggregate score of 37-1, with San Marino’s one goal was certainly one for the history books, coming after eight seconds in a 1994 World Cup qualifier in November 1993 in Bologna. However, England recovered to win 7-1.
At Wembley, England have won their three games against San Marino by at least five goals each time, most recently a 5-0 win in October 2014 in a European Championship qualifier so the BettingKick’s England vs San Marino prediction is: Over 2.5 goals
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11.07.2021. | Italy | VS | England | 1-1 |
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07.07.2021. | England | VS | Denmark | 1-1 |
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03.07.2021. | Ukraine | VS | England | 0-4 |
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29.06.2021. | England | VS | Germany | 2-0 |
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22.06.2021. | Czech Republic | VS | England | 0-1 |
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12.10.2021. | England | VS | Hungary | 1-1 |
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05.09.2021. | England | VS | Andorra | 4-0 |
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07.07.2021. | England | VS | Denmark | 1-1 |
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29.06.2021. | England | VS | Germany | 2-0 |
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18.06.2021. | England | VS | Scotland | 0-0 |
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13.06.2021. | England | VS | Croatia | 1-0 |
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06.06.2021. | England | VS | Romania | 1-0 |
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02.06.2021. | England | VS | Austria | 1-0 |
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31.03.2021. | England | VS | Poland | 2-1 |
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25.03.2021. | England | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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09.10.2021. | Andorra | VS | England | 0-5 |
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08.09.2021. | Poland | VS | England | 1-1 |
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02.09.2021. | Hungary | VS | England | 0-4 |
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11.07.2021. | Italy | VS | England | 1-1 |
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03.07.2021. | Ukraine | VS | England | 0-4 |
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22.06.2021. | Czech Republic | VS | England | 0-1 |
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28.03.2021. | Albania | VS | England | 0-2 |
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15.11.2020. | Belgium | VS | England | 2-0 |
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08.09.2020. | Denmark | VS | England | 0-0 |
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05.09.2020. | Iceland | VS | England | 0-1 |
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12.10.2021. | San Marino | VS | Andorra | 0-3 |
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09.10.2021. | Poland | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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08.09.2021. | Albania | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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05.09.2021. | San Marino | VS | Poland | 1-7 |
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02.09.2021. | Andorra | VS | San Marino | 2-0 |
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01.06.2021. | Kosovo | VS | San Marino | 4-1 |
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28.05.2021. | Italy | VS | San Marino | 7-0 |
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31.03.2021. | San Marino | VS | Albania | 0-2 |
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28.03.2021. | San Marino | VS | Hungary | 0-3 |
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25.03.2021. | England | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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12.10.2021. | San Marino | VS | Andorra | 0-3 |
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05.09.2021. | San Marino | VS | Poland | 1-7 |
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31.03.2021. | San Marino | VS | Albania | 0-2 |
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28.03.2021. | San Marino | VS | Hungary | 0-3 |
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14.11.2020. | San Marino | VS | Gibraltar | 0-0 |
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11.11.2020. | San Marino | VS | Latvia | 0-3 |
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08.09.2020. | San Marino | VS | Liechtenstein | 0-2 |
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19.11.2019. | San Marino | VS | Russia | 0-5 |
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16.11.2019. | San Marino | VS | Kazakhstan | 1-3 |
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09.09.2019. | San Marino | VS | Cyprus | 0-4 |
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09.10.2021. | Poland | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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08.09.2021. | Albania | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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02.09.2021. | Andorra | VS | San Marino | 2-0 |
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01.06.2021. | Kosovo | VS | San Marino | 4-1 |
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28.05.2021. | Italy | VS | San Marino | 7-0 |
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25.03.2021. | England | VS | San Marino | 5-0 |
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13.10.2020. | Liechtenstein | VS | San Marino | 0-0 |
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07.10.2020. | Slovenia | VS | San Marino | 4-0 |
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05.09.2020. | Gibraltar | VS | San Marino | 1-0 |
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13.10.2019. | Scotland | VS | San Marino | 6-0 |
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