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The Three Lions have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico and are now only playing for pride. Tuchel's team won all seven of their World Cup qualifying matches without conceding a goal and are in very solid form. Even though there's nothing left to play for, England can still have a perfect group stage. They've never dropped points against Albania and have only conceded one goal in seven matches. However, this match is also relatively unimportant to Albania. England's victory against their direct rivals Serbia on Thursday evening secured second place and thus a playoff spot for Albania. After seven matches, the hosts have amassed 14 points, while Serbia has only ten. Albania can primarily thank their strong defense for this success as they conceded only three goals in their seven qualifying games, two of which were against England. Albania's seven qualifying matches saw more than two goals.